TY  - GEN
T1  - Scripting Hitchcock : Psycho, the birds, and Marnie
A1  - Raubicheck, Walter, 1950-
A2  - Srebnick, Walter
LA  - English
PP  - Urbana
PB  - University of Illinois Press
YR  - 2011
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_ocn767579269
AB  - This book explores the collaborative process between Alfred Hitchcock and the screenwriters he hired to write the scripts for three of his greatest films: Psycho, The Birds, and Marnie. Drawing from extensive interviews with the screenwriters and other film technicians who worked for Hitchcock, the authors illustrate how much of the filmmaking process took place not on the set or in front of the camera, but in the adaptation of the sources, the mutual creation of plot and characters by the director and the writers, and the various revisions of the written texts of the films. Hitchcock allowed his writers a great deal of creative freedom, which resulted in dynamic screenplays that expanded traditional narrative and defied earlier conventions. Critically examining the question of authorship in film, the authors argue that Hitchcock did establish visual and narrative priorities for his writers, but his role in the writing process was that of an editor. While the writers and their contributions have generally been underappreciated, this study reveals that all the dialogue and much of the narrative structure of the films were the work of screenwriters Jay Presson Allen, Joseph Stefano, and Evan Hunter. The writers also shaped American cultural themes into material specifically for actors such as Janet Leigh, Tippi Hedren, and Tony Perkins. This volume gives due credit to those writers who gave narrative form to Hitchcock's filmic vision. -- Back Cover.
OP  - 131
CN  - PN1998.3.H58 R38 2011eb
SN  - 9780252093517
SN  - 0252093518
SN  - 1283292963
SN  - 9781283292962
SN  - 9786613292964
SN  - 6613292966
SN  - 9780252078248
SN  - 0252078241
SN  - 9780252036484
SN  - 0252036484
KW  - Hitchcock, Alfred, : 1899-1980 : Criticism and interpretation.
KW  - Psycho (Motion picture : 1960)
KW  - Birds (Motion picture)
KW  - Marnie (Motion picture)
KW  - Hitchcock, Alfred, : 1899-1980
KW  - Motion picture plays, American : History and criticism.
KW  - Motion picture authorship.
KW  - Film adaptations : History and criticism.
KW  - Screenwriters : United States.
KW  - Scénarios de cinéma américains : Histoire et critique.
KW  - Cinéma : Art d'écrire.
KW  - Adaptations cinématographiques : Histoire et critique.
KW  - Scénaristes : États-Unis.
KW  - PERFORMING ARTS : Film & Video : Direction & Production.
KW  - PERFORMING ARTS : Film & Video : History & Criticism.
KW  - Film adaptations
KW  - Motion picture authorship
KW  - Motion picture plays, American
KW  - Screenwriters
KW  - United States
KW  - Electronic books.
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc.
ER  -