Hitchcock gets onto the analyst's couch in this extraordinary volume of case studies. The contributors bring to bear an unrivaled enthusiasm and theoretical sweep on the entire Hitchcock oeuvre, analyzing movies such as Rear Window and Psycho. Starting from the premise that 'everything has meaning,' the authors examine the films' ostensible narrative content and formal procedures to discover a rich proliferation of hidden ideological and psychic mechanisms. But Hitchcock is also a bait to lure the reader into a serious Marxist and Lacanian exploration of the construction of meaning.
An extraordinary landmark in Hitchcock studies, this new edition features a brand-new essay by philosopher Slavoj Zizek, presenter of Sophie Fiennes's three-part documentary The Pervert's Guide to Cinema.
Contributors: Pascal Bonitzer, Miran Bozovi?, Michel Chion, Mladen Dolar, Fredric Jameson, Stojan Pelko, Renata Salecl, Alenka Zupan?i? and Slavoj Zizek.
| ISBN: | 9781844676224 |
| Publication date: | 2nd November 2010 |
| Author: | Slavoj Zizek |
| Publisher: | Verso an imprint of Verso UK |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 279 pages |
| Genres: |
Film history, theory or criticism |
Hitchcock gets onto the analyst's couch in this extraordinary volume of case studies. The contributors bring to bear an unrivaled enthusiasm and theoretical sweep on the entire Hitchcock oeuvre, analyzing movies such as Rear Window and Psycho. Starting from the premise that 'everything has meaning,' the authors examine the films' ostensible narrative content and formal procedures to discover a rich proliferation of hidden ideological and psychic mechanisms. But Hitchcock is also a bait to lure the reader into a serious Marxist and Lacanian exploration of the construction of meaning.
An extraordinary landmark in Hitchcock studies, this new edition features a brand-new essay by philosopher Slavoj Zizek, presenter of Sophie Fiennes's three-part documentary The Pervert's Guide to Cinema.
Contributors: Pascal Bonitzer, Miran Bozovi?, Michel Chion, Mladen Dolar, Fredric Jameson, Stojan Pelko, Renata Salecl, Alenka Zupan?i? and Slavoj Zizek.
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Lacan (But Were Afraid to Ask Hitchcock features in the following genres: Film history, theory or criticism
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Lacan (But Were Afraid to Ask Hitchcock is available in Hardback, Paperback
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Lacan (But Were Afraid to Ask Hitchcock was written by Slavoj Zizek and published by Verso an imprint of Verso UK
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Lacan (But Were Afraid to Ask Hitchcock has 279 pages