Hitchcock: Suspense, Humour and Tone (Paperback)

Acknowledgments Introduction 1. A cinema based on Sabotage The avoidance of 'cliche' Reaffirming contract Who Killed Cock Robin? 2. Suspense Murder!: practising the art of suspense Forms of adress Patterns of suspense Suppression and surprise Suspense and surprise Rereading the text 3. Humour Humour and suspense Counter voices in Rope Framed by irony A notorious form of humour? 4. Mise en scene Setting the scene The point-of-view shot Objects The cameo device: Hitchcock, hunger and the single set film Music 5. Tone and meaning in The Birds A very avian form of sabotage Seeing - feeling - knowing A bird's eye view Multiple perspectives, multiple readings Conclusion Filmography Bibliography Index