Alfred Hitchcock - A Silent Vision

Year 1995, Issue: 1, 49 - 52, 01.04.1995

Michael Oppermann

Abstract

Alfred Hitchcock has left us with an incredible legacy of outstanding films. Traditionally regarded as a master of flawlessly edited, fast-paced suspense movies that make the audience's hair stand on end, Hitchcock's work has also been met with considerable critical acclaim. The groundbreaking studies by Lindsay Anderson, Jean Domarchi and Eric Rohmer/Claude Chabrol initiated a critical discourse that has not come to a standstill. Note 1 Raubicheck's and Srebnick's collection of essays provides the reader with a fairly comprehensive introduction to the contemporary diversity of critical approaches to Hitchcock's films. Note 2

References

• Cook, David A. A History of Narrative Film. New York and London: Norton, 1981.
• Modleski, Tania. The Woman Who Knew Too Much: Hitchcock and Feminist Theory. New York and London: Methuen, 1988.
• Price, Theodore. Hitchcock and Homesexuality. His 5O-Year Obsession with Jack the Ripper and the Superbitch Prostitute - A Psychoanalytical View. London: The Scarecrow Press, 1992.
• Raubicheck, Walter and Srebnick, Walter Hitchcock's Released Films: From Rope to Vertigo. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1991.
• Rohmer, Eric and Chabrol, Claude. Hitchcock. Paris: Editions Universitaires, 1957.
• Sharff, Stefan. Alfred Hitchcock's High Vernacular: Theory and Practise. New York: Columbia University Press, 1991.
• Truffaut, François. Mr. Hitchcock, Wie Haben Sie das Gemacht? München: Heyne, 1973.
• Wood, Robin. Hitchcock's Films. London and New York: Zwemmer and Barnes, 1965.