Hitchcock's Magic

Author(s) Neil Badmington

Language: English

Genre(s): Media, Film and Theatre

  • April 2011 · 224 pages ·216x138mm

  • · Paperback - 9780708323694
  • · eBook - pdf - 9780708323717
  • · eBook - epub - 9781783164516

Why are we drawn to the work of Alfred Hitchcock so long after his final film appeared? What is the source of Hitchcock’s magic? This book answers these questions by focussing upon the fabric of the films themselves, upon the way in which they enlist and sustain our desire, holding our attention by constantly withholding something from us.

Author(s): Neil Badmington

Neil Badmington is a Reader in English Literature at Cardiff University.

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