Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-251) and index.
Contents:
Introduction: A body for all seasons -- 1. Feeding the legend: Interlude I; Tasty bodies -- 2. Smaller screen, bigger brand: hosting "Hitchcock": Interlude II; Double hosting -- 3. Hitchcockian reflections : traces, proxies, doubles, and corpses -- Conclusion: Violent endings with a twist.
Summary:
In this study of Alfred Hitchcock's two television series, Jan Olsson demonstrates how Hitchcock created a personal brand built on his large body, gastronomical proclivities, and the manipulation of bodies and food, which allowed him to mark his creative oeuvre as strictly his own.
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