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Hitchcock's Moral Gaze

By R. Barton Palmer , Steven M. Sanders , Homer B. Pettey

Book information

Publisher
State University of New York Press
Year
2018
ISBN
1438463847, 9781438463841
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (2878361 bytes)
Series
Horizons of Cinema
Pages
342\344
Topic
Art Cinema
Time added
2020-12-17 00:46:46

Description

In his essays and interviews, Alfred Hitchcock was guarded about substantive matters of morality, preferring instead to focus on discussions of technique. That has not, however, discouraged scholars and critics from trying to work out what his films imply about such moral matters as honesty, fidelity, jealousy, courage, love, and loyalty. Through discussions and analyses of such films as Strangers on a Train, Rear Window, Vertigo, North by Northwest, and Frenzy, the contributors to this book strive to throw light on the way Hitchcock depicts a moral--if not amoral or immoral--world. Drawing on perspectives from film studies, philosophy, literature, and other disciplines, they offer new and compelling interpretations of the filmmaker's moral gaze and the inflection point it provides for modern cinema.

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