Hitchcock a La Carte

In this study of Alfred Hitchcock's two television series, Jan Olsson demonstrates how Hitchcock created a personal brand build on his large body, gastronomical proclivities, and teh manipulation of bodies and food, which allowed him to mark is creative oeuvre as strictly his own.

List of contents

Acknowledgments  vii

Introduction. A Body for All Seasons  1

1. Feeding the Legend  13

Interlude 1. Tasty Bodies  63

2. Smaller Screen, Bigger Brand: Hosting "Hitchcock"  69

Interlude 2. Double Hosting  109

3. Hitchcockian Reflections: Traces, Proxies, Doubles, and Corpses  117

Conclusion. Violent Endings with a Twist  183

Appendix. Director Credits for Alfred Hitchcock Presents and The Alfred Hitchcock Hour  215

Notes  219

Selected Bibliography  245

Index  253

About the author

Jan Olsson is Professor of Cinema Studies at Stockholm University. He is the coeditor of Television after TV: Essays on a Medium in Transition, also published by Duke University Press.

Summary

In this study of Alfred Hitchcock's two television series, Jan Olsson demonstrates how Hitchcock created a personal brand build on his large body, gastronomical proclivities, and teh manipulation of bodies and food, which allowed him to mark is creative oeuvre as strictly his own.

Product details

• Authors: Jan Olsson
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.04.2015
• EAN: 9780822357902
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-5790-2
• No. of pages: 272
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; einzelne Künstler, Künstlermonografien, PERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / History & Criticism, Pop Arts / Pop Culture, PERFORMING ARTS / Individual Director (see also BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Entertainment & Performing Arts)