This provocative study traces Alfred Hitchcock's long directorial career from Victorianism to postmodernism. Paula Marantz Cohen considers a sampling of Hitchcock's best films-- Shadow of a Doubt, Rear Window, Vertigo, Psycho --as well as some of his more uneven ones-- Rope,...
" This provocative study traces Alfred Hitchock's long directorial career from Victorianism to postmodernism. Paul Cohen considers a number of Hitchcock's most acclaimed films- Shadow of a Doubt, Rear Window, Vertigo, Psycho -as well as some of his less well-known ones- Rope,...
Argues that the respected director's career development reflects the evolution in cultural identity from Victorian times to the postmodern era.