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Hitchcock's Objects as Subjects: The Significance of Things on Screen - Softcover

Strauss, Marc Raymond

 
9780786443086: Hitchcock's Objects as Subjects: The Significance of Things on Screen
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0786443081 ISBN 13: 9780786443086
Publisher: McFarland & Co, 2015

Synopsis

Alfred Hitchcock's imperative was to charge the screen with emotion. Subject matter and acting were, for him, subordinate to "all of the technical aspects that made the audience scream." Focusing on onscreen objects in Hitchcock's films, this study examines staircases, eyeglasses, lamps, doors, candles, cigarettes, buildings, monuments, statues and dozens of other props that the director treated as subjective protagonists, their roles nearly equal to the actors'. Examining each of the director's 52 extant films, this book provides a comprehensive exploration of Hitchcock's treatment of objects as subjects.

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About the Author

Marc Raymond Strauss is a professor emeritus of theater and dance from Southeast Missouri State University. He lives in Port Charlotte, Florida.

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Publisher
McFarland & Co
Publication date
2015
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0786443081
ISBN 13 
9780786443086
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
204