Hidden Hitchcock

by D. A. Miller

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No filmmaker has more successfully courted mass-audience understanding than Alfred Hitchcock, and none has been studied more intensively by scholars. In Hidden Hitchcock, D. A. Miller does what seems impossible: he discovers what has remained unseen in Hitchcock's movies, a secret style that imbues his films with a radical duplicity. Focusing on three films Strangers on a Train, Rope, and The Wrong Man Miller shows how Hitchcock anticipates, even demands a "Too-Close Viewer." Dwelling within us all and vigilant even when everything appears to be in good order, this Too-Close Viewer attempts to see more than the director points...Read more
  • ISBN10 022637470X
  • ISBN13 9780226374703
  • Publish Date 1 August 2016
  • Publish Status Active
  • Imprint University of Chicago Press
  • Format eBook
  • Pages 208
  • Language English