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Wrong House : The Architecture of Alfred Hitchcock

Wrong House : The Architecture of Alfred Hitchcock

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Wrong House : The Architecture of Alfred Hitchcock

by Steven Jacobs ; Piet Gerards

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NAI Uitgevers/Publishers Stichting 2007 2007. Softcover, 344 pages, EN, 240 x 160 mm, book is in very fine condition, with pictures / illustrations from Hitchcock movies, all in b/w, with index and filmography, very interesting !. ISBN 9789064506376. In the films of Alfred Hitchcock, architecture plays an important role. Having worked as a set designer in the early 1920s, Hitchcock remained intensely concerned with the art direction of his films. In addition, the 'master of suspense' made some remarkable single-set films, such as Rope and Rear Window, that explicitly deal with the way the confines of the set relate to those of the architecture on screen. Spaces of confinement also turn up in the 'Gothic plot' of films in which the house is presented as an uncanny labyrinth and a trap. Furthermore, it became a Hitchcock hallmark to use famous monuments as the location for a climactic scene. Last but not least, Hitchcock used architectural motifs such as stairs and windows, which are closely connected to Hitchcockian narrative structures (suspense) or typical Hitchcock themes (voyeurism). Apart from dealing with these issues extensively, Steven Jacobs discusses at length a series of domestic buildings with the help of a number of reconstructed floor plans especially made for this publication.

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Title
Wrong House : The Architecture of Alfred Hitchcock
Author
Steven Jacobs ; Piet Gerards
Book Condition
Used
Binding
Paperback
ISBN 10
906450637X
ISBN 13
9789064506376
Publisher
NAI Uitgevers/Publishers Stichting 2007 2007
Place of Publication
Rotterdam
This edition first published
2007-01
Keywords
Beaux Arts, Sciences, Geschiedenis, History, Literature Film antique antiek deco beeldhouwkunst beelden sculpturen Art & Architecture schilderen Kunst Fotografie Art, Histoire et patrimoine, Nouveautés, art, arts plastiques, culture, histoire

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