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The Dynamics Of Proximity : Hitchcock's Cinema Of Claustrophobia, Scott Edward Peeler
The Dynamics Of Proximity : Hitchcock's Cinema Of Claustrophobia, Scott Edward Peeler
University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations
The implication of space in film is worth exploring in detail particularly with regard to the films of Alfred Hitchcock, since he is, perhaps more than any other filmmaker, concerned with the dynamics of proximity. Possibly because of his experience as a set designer on Graham Cutt’s silent films Woman to Woman (1922), The White Shadow (1923), The Passionate Adventure (1924), The Blackguard, and The Prude’s Fall (both 1925), Hitchcock very early in his career was faced with the task of expressing himself - without words - through setting, set shape, and room size. In Francois Truffaut's book, Hitchcock, the …