Must We Kill the Thing We Love? : Emersonian Perfectionism and the Films of Alfred Hitchcock.
William Rothman argues that the driving force of Hitchcock's work was his struggle to reconcile the dark vision of his favorite Oscar Wilde quote, Each man kills the thing he loves," with the quintessentially American philosophy, articulated in Emerson's writings, that gave classical...
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| Acesso em linha: | Electronic book from EBSCO |
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| Formato: | livro eletrônico |
| Idioma: | English |
| Publicado em: | New York : Columbia University Press, 2014. |
| coleção: | Film and culture.
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Sumário:
- Table of Contents; Introduction: Drawing a New Circle; 1. The Wilde-er Side of Life; 2. Accomplices in Murder; 3. "I Don't Like Murderers"; 4. Little Deaths; 5. "The Time to Make Up Your Mind About People Is Never"; 6. "But May I Trust You?"; 7. Silence and Stasis; 8. Talking vs. Living; 9. Two Things to Ponder; 10. The Dark Side of the Moon; 11. Scottie's Dream, Judy's Plan, Madeleine's Revenge; 12. Never Again?; 13. A Loveless World; 14. Birds of a Feather; 15. A Mother's Love; 16. Every Story Has an Ending; Conclusion: Emerson, Film, Hitchcock; Notes; Acknowledgments; Index.