For half a century Alfred Hitchcock created films full of gripping and memorable music. Over his long career he presided over more musical styles than any director in history and ultimately changed ...how we think about film music. This book is the first to fully explore the essential role music played in the movies of Alfred Hitchcock.Based on extensive interviews with composers, writers, and actors, and research in rare archives, Jack Sullivan discusses how Hitchcock used music to influence the atmosphere, characterization, and even storylines of his films. Sullivan examines the director's important relationships with various composers, especially Bernard Herrmann, and tells the stories behind the musical decisions. Covering the whole of the director's career, from the early British works up toFamily Plot, this engaging look at the work of Alfred Hitchcock offers new insight into his achievement and genius and changes the way we watch-and listen-to his movies.
This article hypothesizes that Alfred Hitchcock's Strangers on a Train (1951) is successful because it has a scientific scaffolding. In The Films of Alfred Hitchcock, David Sterritt observes that ...Hitchcock is "among the few directors to combine a strong reputation for high-art filmmaking - even his detractors grant the consistency and technical ingenuity of his work - with enormous mass-audience popularity.. The culminating fact of Hitchcock's universe is the transcendence of physical conflict over psychological and even moral considerations" . This essay extends Sterritt's ascriptions of "technical ingenuity" and "transcendence of physical conflict" to demonstrate that the director is an expatriate British filmmaker whose new lease on life in America, as a maverick straddling art and science, made him Hollywood's pioneering critic of American capitalist society in his era. An ingenious layering of literary text and scientific subtext in Strangers on a Train transcends the obvious motivations of the characters and propulsion of the plot intrigues.
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Introduction Gallafent, Edward; Gibbs, John
Movie (Warwick),
05/2017
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Ya lo decía Aristóteles: por su propia naturaleza, el ser humano desea conocer (siente «amor hacia el saber») y los ojos son el primer instrumento que utilizamos para investigar y desentrañar la ...realidad fenoménica que nos rodea, con sus múltiples enigmas y misterios aparentemente indescifrables. Al salir del cine (2005), obra que nos da una muestra fascinante de cómo Marías se ha ido empapando de algunas de las mejores obras de la historia del cine para ir forjando a lo largo de los años su estilo tan peculiar, por ser tan digresivo, tan reflexivo y, al mismo tiempo, tan visual. A Space Odissey (1968) en relación con el relato The Sentinel (1951) de Arthur C. Clarke; en Lolita, en relación con la obra maestra de Vladimir Nabokov publicada en 1955, esto es, tan solo siete años antes de la versión de Kubrick; en Shining (1980) con respecto a la novela de Stephen King, de tan solo tres años anterior a la versión cinematográfica; y así sucesivamente, creando «mundos polémicos» -según una de las tres definiciones de re-escritura de Doležel- de una riqueza enorme con respecto a los textos originales. De ahí la importancia de Los dominios del lobo en cuanto novela americana (por estar totalmente ambientada en EE.UU.) y que bebe directamente del cine de Hollywood de los años 40, 50 y 60 (la época gloriosa del cine clásico americano al que Marías empezará a rendir culto desde su juventud); de ahí también la extrañeza de esa novela, llena de intrigas, de diálogos, de escenas violentas y rápidas, que no hablaba de España, ni de Franco, ni de los problemas relacionados con el franquismo.
Gathered here for the first time are Alfred Hitchcock's reflections on his own life and work. In this ample selection of largely unknown and formerly inaccessible interviews and essays, Hitchcock ...provides an enlivening commentary on a career that spanned decades and transformed the history of the cinema. Bringing the same exuberance and originality to his writing as he did to his films, he ranges from accounts of his own life and experiences to techniques of filmmaking and ideas about cinema in general. Wry, thoughtful, witty, and humorous—as well as brilliantly informative—this selection reveals another side of the most renowned filmmaker of our time. Sidney Gottlieb not only presents some of Hitchcock's most important pieces, but also places them in their historical context and in the context of Hitchcock's development as a director. He reflects on Hitchcock's complicated, often troubled, and continually evolving relationships with women, both on and off the set. Some of the topics Hitchcock touches upon are the differences between English and American attitudes toward murder, the importance of comedy in film, and the uses and techniques of lighting. There are also many anecdotes of life among the stars, reminiscences from the sets of some of the most successful and innovative films of this century, and incisive insights into working method, film history, and the role of film in society. Unlike some of the complex critical commentary that has emerged on his life and work, the director's own writing style is refreshingly straightforward and accessible. Throughout the collection, Hitchcock reveals a delight and curiosity about his medium that bring all his subjects to life.
Known as the celebrated director of critical and commercial successes such as Psycho (1960) and The Birds (1963), Alfred Hitchcock is famous for his distinctive visual style and signature motifs. ...While recent books and articles discussing his life and work focus on the production and philosophy of his iconic Hollywood-era films like Notorious (1946) and Vertigo (1958), Hitchcock Lost and Found moves beyond these seminal works to explore forgotten, incomplete, lost, and recovered productions from all stages of his career, including his early years in Britain. Authors Alain Kerzoncuf and Charles Barr highlight Hitchcock's neglected works, including various films and television productions that supplement the critical attention already conferred on his feature films. They also explore the director's career during World War II, when he continued making high-profile features while also committing himself to a number of short war-effort projects on both sides of the Atlantic. Focusing on a range of forgotten but fascinating projects spanning five decades, Hitchcock Lost and Found offers a new, fuller perspective on the filmmaker's career and achievements.
Pat Hitchcock O'Connell (1928-2021) was Alfred Hitchcock's sole daughter but only got small film parts "when they needed a maid with an English accent." Her father did nothing to further her career ...and may have impeded it. She claimed to be content with her role as wife and mother and defended her father against claims of being a control freak. She was vocal in support of her mother as well, arguing that the best Hitchcock films were a joint effort.
The impact of the Hitchcockian suspense model and its associated directing style on the horror genre has been studied in the field of neurocinematics. This research aims to scientifically examine the ...relationship between film and cognitive neuroscience. Hitchcock, influenced by German Expressionism, created unique and distinct films that elicited strong emotional responses from viewers. The study analyzed changes in brain activity related to suspense points in selected sequences from five Hitchcock films. The results showed significant activity in various frequency bands, indicating the intensity of suspense experienced by viewers. The directing style, including camera angles, shot sizes, and sound design, played a crucial role in creating suspense and engaging the viewers' attention. The study also highlighted the importance of cognitive illusionism, arousal, and cinematic empathy in the Hitchcockian suspense model. Overall, this research provides insights into the cognitive and neural mechanisms underlying the impact of Hitchcock's directing style on the horror genre.
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Alfred Hitchcock is an English director and a leading figure in American cinema. He is known as the "Master of Suspense". His skill in the form of cinematic expression is suspense and apprehension. ...The movie, "Psycho", among Hitchcock's movies, is a highly captivating movie, which is a brilliant experience in arousing the viewer. In this movie, the decoupage parameters in the murder scene in the bathroom have been examined and analyzed many times. In this sequence, a series of shots which are quickly and accurately arranged, where the viewer apparently witnesses a horrible crime on the screen. This research is conducted with the aim of evaluating directing styles of the movie, "Psycho," and how the decoupage parameters used in creating suspense can affect the EEG. Therefore, components of the brain signal power spectrum associated with suspense are evaluated in the movie. In the second stage, association between changes in the decoupage parameters and changes in brain waves were calculated.
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