Classical Myth in Alfred Hitchcock''s Wrong Man and Grace Kelly Films

This book treats six beloved films of Hitchcock: The 39 Steps, Saboteur, and North by Northwest, plus Dial M for Murder, Rear Window, and To Catch a Thief. Padilla reviews their production histories with an eye to classical influences, and then analyzes their links with Greek art, poetry, and philosophy.

List of contents

Preface

List of the Feature Films of Alfred Hitchcock

List of Illustrations

Introduction

Part One: Three Wrong Man Films

Chapter One: The 39 Steps' Reception of Homer's Odyssey: Modernist Myth via John Buchan and Gilbert Murray

Chapter Two: Saboteur and the British Museum's Parthenon Sculptures: Athena, Hephaestus, and Poseidon as Models for Pat, Barry, and Tobin

Chapter Three: North by Northwest's Receptions of Oedipus: Campbell, Freud, Nietzsche, and Sophocles

Part Two: The Three Grace Kelly Films

Chapter Four: Dial M for Murder as the Net of Hephaestus: Untangling the Mythic Imagination of Frederick "Knott"

Chapter Five: Rear Window's Seductions: The Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite and Sirius' Dog Star Ritualism

Chapter Six: To Catch a Thief's Vacation on France's Côte d'Azur: Maenads, Dionysian Actors, and Plato's Sôphrôsyne

Bibliography

Index

About the author

Mark William Padilla

Product details

• Authors: Mark William Padilla, Mark William Padilla, Padilla Mark William
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.11.2024
• EAN: 9781498563529
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-6352-9
• No. of pages: 412
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500, Individual Film Directors, Film-Makers, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / Direction & Production, Film production: technical & background skills, PERFORMING ARTS / Individual Director, Filmmaking and production: technical and background skills