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Boyd & Palmer — After Hitchcock

Influence, Imitation, and Intertextuality

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Boyd & Palmer (eds.), After Hitchcock: Influence, Imitation, and Intertextuality (University of Texas Press).

Good for

Not yet written up. The measured coverage below says what this book is dense on; the judgement about when to reach for it is still to come.

In the library

Held in Reel, the local research library of scanned and indexed film books. 15 parts, 1,179 indexed passages. Page numbering is auto-checked.

Cite passages from this book as ah <page> — for example ah 214.

Strongest on

Measured, not guessed. Each figure is how much denser this book is on a concept than the library average — so common words don't crowd out real specialisms.

Themes — 1.9× the library average (71 passages)
Lighting — 1.8× the library average (84 passages)
Conflict — 1.4× the library average (96 passages)

Go on, then

source Durgnat — A Long Hard Look at Psycho (2002) A shot-by-shot, scene-by-scene reading of the whole film. The model for what a maximal close reading looks like.
source Rebello — Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho (1990) The production history. Where nearly every behind-the-scenes claim about Psycho should be checked.
source Truffaut — Hitchcock (1966) The book-length interview. Hitchcock's own theory of directing the audience, in his own words.
source Aaron Baker — A Companion to Martin Scorsese Aaron Baker (ed.) (Wiley Blackwell)
source Barsam & Monahan — Looking at Movies: An Introduction to Film Barsam and Monahan: the most current of the introductions, strong on sound, genre as industry, and the MacGuffin.
source Boggs & Petrie — The Art of Watching Films Boggs and Petrie's classroom text: plain analytical questions, a working glossary, and the flat/round and static/dynamic character pairs.