Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho A Casebook

Name: Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho A Casebook
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ISBN: 9780195169201

ISBN-10: 0195169204

ISBN-13: 9780195169201

Edition: 2004

Authors: Robert Kolker, Robert Kolker

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Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho: A Casebook collects some of the finest essays on this groundbreaking film--a film that is ideal for teaching the language of cinema and the ways in which strong filmmakers can break Hollywood conventions. Psycho is a film that can be used to present the structures of composition and cutting, narrative and genre building, and point of view. The film is also a highpoint of the horror genre and an instigator of all the slasher films to come in its wake. The essays in the casebook cover all of these elements and more. They also serve another purpose: presented chronologically, they represent the changes in the methodologies of film criticism, from the first journalist…

Book details

List price: $49.99
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 8/19/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 8.19" wide x 5.39" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 0.924
Language: English

Robert Kolker is a New York magazine contributing editor and a finalist for the National Magazine Award. He writes frequently about issues surrounding criminal justice and the unforeseen impact of extraordinary events on everyday people. He lives with his family in Brooklyn. This is his first book.




"Good Evening ...": Alfred Hitchcock Talks to Francois Truffaut about "Pure Cinema," Playing His Audience Like an Organ, and Psycho



Introduction




The Inception


From Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho




Early Reception


Hitchcock's 'Psycho' Bows at 2 Houses



Psycho Entry for "Ten Best Films"



The Building of a Reputation


Hitch and His Audience



Psycho



Psycho




Psycho's Music


Hermann, Hitchcock, and the Music of the Irrational




Psycho and the Gaze


"If Thine Eye Offend Thee ...": Psycho and the Art of Infection




Psychoanalytical Approaches


Epilogue: Psycho and the Horror of the Bi-Textual Unconscious




Gender, Reception, and the Postmodern


Discipline and Fun: Psycho and Postmodern Cinema




The Man Who Knew More Than Too Much


The Form, Structure, and Influence of Psycho



Bibliography


Film Credits