Hitchcock: The Theory

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The films of Hitchcock often overwhelm the compelling narratives for which they are widely appreciated by threading them through meta-cinematic reflections on the nature of cinema itself. This peculiar method of construction has piqued the attention not only of film theorists, who look to Hitchcock to teach them about technique, but also philosophers, who look to him to help them thing more clearly about the nature of thinking, promising, doubting, and obsession. We will not only examine the films themselves alongside the speculations they have inspired, but also attempt to define the complex pleasures – somatic, cinematic, and cerebral –they elicit from viewers.