A Dream of Hitchcock

by Murray Pomerance

A Dream of Hitchcock examines the recurring motif of the dream in Hitchcock's work--dreamscapes, dream processes, the dream effect--by focusing on close readings of six celebrated but often misinterpreted films: Strangers on a Train, Rebecca, Saboteur, Rear Window, To Catch a Thief, and Family Plot. The Hitchcockian dream, as invoked here, is not so much a dream as it is a way of understanding, in its...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1438472080
• ISBN13: 9781438472089
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Length: 274 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"