The hanging figure : on suspense and the films of Alfred Hitchcock

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The hanging figure : on suspense and the films of Alfred Hitchcock

Christopher D. Morris

Praeger, 2002

  • : hbk

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-307) and index

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In a radical new interpretation of the works of Alfred Hitchcock, Christopher Morris argues that suspense—the fundamental component of Hitchcock's cinema—is best understood through deconstruction of the very meaning of the word, which relates to dependence or hanging. He analyzes its portrayal first in painting and sculpture and then in Hitchcock's body of work. In this iconographic tradition, hanging figures challenge the significance of human identity and rationality, and further imply that closure, or an end to suspense, is all but illusory. This work represents the first deconstructive approach to suspense, and the first-ever survey of the iconography of the hanging figure. Hitchcock's films provide ample opportunity for such discussion, with their constant use of the tool of suspense, and Morris argues that, essentially, all of human existence is in this very state, a state embodied particularly well by the films he discusses. Drawing on the work of Jacques Derrida, Paul de Man, and J. Hillis Miller, this cross-disciplinary study of an important cinematic oeuvre establishes the advantage of a deconstructive and figurative approach to an often-studied directorial style, one that nearly embodies a genre unto itself.

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Introduction Theories of Suspense Current Theories of Suspense Hitchcock on Suspense The Iconography of the Hanging Figure The Hanging Figure in Non-Cinematic Visual Art The Hanging Figure in Hitchcock's Films Suspense in Hitchcock The Lodger: Deferred Identity in the Crucified Figured Easy Virtue: Framed Nothing The Ring: The Circularity of Reading Spellbound: The Suspense of Black Marks on White Notorious: Thresholds in the Glamorously Dangerous Charade Rope: Suspense as the Absent Referent Vertigo: The Futile Search for Something Tenable North by Northwest: Groundless Figuration Psycho: Empty Interiors The Birds: Signs of a World without Cause or Meaning Torn Curtain: The Hanging Figure Afterword: Figures of Suspense

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