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NAI Uitgevers/Publishers Stichting 2007 2007. Softcover, 344 pages, EN, 240 x 160 mm, book is in very fine condition, with pictures / illustrations from Hitchcock movies, all in b/w, with index and filmography, very interesting !. ISBN 9789064506376. In the films of Alfred Hitchcock, architecture plays an important role. Having worked as a set designer in the early 1920s, Hitchcock remained intensely concerned with the art direction of his films. In addition, the 'master of suspense' made some remarkable single-set films, such as Rope and Rear Window, that explicitly deal with the way the confines of the set relate to those of the architecture on screen. Spaces of confinement also turn up in the 'Gothic plot' of films in which the house is presented as an uncanny labyrinth and a trap. Furthermore, it became a Hitchcock hallmark to use famous monuments as the location for a climactic scene. Last but not least, Hitchcock used architectural motifs such as stairs and windows, which are…
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The Wrong House: The Architecture Of Alfred Hitchcock Paperback - 2007
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- Title The Wrong House: The Architecture Of Alfred Hitchcock
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- Date 2007-01
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