Perpetual Movement: Alfred Hitchcock's Rope (SUNY series, Horizons of Cinema) - Softcover

Badmington, Neil

Softcover

ISBN 10: 143848416X ISBN 13: 9781438484167

Publisher: State University of New York Press, 2022

Synopsis

Offers both a production history and a close analysis, with a chapter for each of the film's eleven shots.

The first book-length study in English of Alfred Hitchcock's Rope (1948), Perpetual Movement offers both a production history that draws extensively upon little-known archival materials, including set drawings and drafts of the screenplay, and a close examination of the film in which Neil Badmington analyzes each of Rope's eleven shots. Writing in an accessible and engaging style, Badmington explores the film's treatment of space, sound, editing, sexuality, source material, design, intertexuality, narrative, and music. He looks at Hitchcock's struggle with censorship while planning, shooting, and distributing the film. Perpetual Movement also addresses Rope's reception and legacy, explaining why the film's unusual qualities provide such lasting appeal for viewers.

About this title

About the Author

Neil Badmington is Professor of English Literature at Cardiff University. He is the author of Hitchcock's Magic, The Afterlives of Roland Barthes, and Alien Chic.

Edition details

• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 143848416X
• ISBN 13: 9781438484167
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224