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URBAN STUDIES AND THEORY

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nai010 publishers

BOOK FORMAT
Paperback, 6 x 9.5 in. / 344 pgs / illustrated throughout.

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Catalog: SPRING 2014 p. 159   

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ISBN 9789462080966 TRADE
List Price: $55.00 CAD $72.50

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The role of architecture in Hitchcock's films -- from from the Greenwich Village apartment that provided the set for Rear Window to the now-iconic Bates house in Psycho

  

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The Wrong House: The Architecture of Alfred Hitchcock

By Steven Jacobs.

In this imaginative and scholarly book, Steven Jacobs explores the architectural elements of Alfred Hitchcock’s films and the vital role they played in providing atmosphere and facilitating plot development. Hitchcock famously left nothing to chance, and from the Greenwich Village apartment that provided the set for Rear Window or the now-iconic Bates house in Psycho, every architectural entity plays a significant role both in setting the scene and in advancing the suspenseful narratives of which Hitchcock was master. Having worked as a set designer in the early 1920s, the director remained intimately involved with his films’ sets throughout his entire career. With the help of reconstructed floor plans made specially for this book, the author explains how, for example, confined spaces reinforce vulnerable characters’ sense of being powerless, while readers also learn of the importance of stairs and windows at key moments in Hitchcock’s masterpieces.
PRAISE AND REVIEWS

Metropolis Magazine

Sameul Medina

an excellent source on Hitchcock and film history

The Wrong House: The Architecture of Alfred Hitchcock

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