Hitchcock's Films Revisited - Softcover

Wood, Robin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0231126956 ISBN 13: 9780231126953

Publisher: Columbia University Press, 2002

Synopsis

Hitchcock's Films Revisited When "Hitchcock's Films" was first published, it became known as a book on film that came to be considered a necessary text in the Hitchcock bibliography. This work includes eighteen essays and a chapter on Marnie titled "Does Mark Cure Marnie? Or, 'You Freud, Me Hitchcock.'" Full description

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Review:

It is impossible not to be impressed by the richness, justice, and eloquence of [Woods] readings like "Rope, Notorious, Under Capricorn," and "The Man Who Knew Too Much." . . . If there are still any doubters about Hitchcock's central place in the canon of 20th century artists, they should address themselves to this wonderful study, where they will find the case for the defense magisterially outlined and argued with sustained, fiery conviction.

Synopsis:

When "Hitchcock's Films" was first published, it quickly became known as a new kind of book on film - one that came to be considered a necessary text in the Hitchcock bibliography. When Robin Wood returned to his writings on Hitchcock's films and published "Hitchcock's Films Revisited" in 1989, the multi-dimensional essays took on a new shape - one that was tempered by Wood's own development as a critic. This new revised edition of "Hitchcock's Films Revisited" includes a substantial new preface in which Wood reveals his personal history as a film scholar - including his coming out as a gay man, his views on his previous critical work, and how his writings, his love of film, and his personal life have remained deeply intertwined through the years. This revised edition includes all original eighteen essays and a new chapter on Marnie titled "Does Mark Cure Marnie? Or, 'You Freud, Me Hitchcock.'"

About this edition

• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0231126956
• ISBN 13: 9780231126953
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 448