Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents IX
3. Acknowledgments XI
4. Introduction 1
5. Book One. Hitchcock's Films
6. 1. Introduction 55
7. 2. Strangers on a Train 86
8. 3. Rear Window 100
9. 4. Vertigo 108
10. 5. North by Northwest 131
11. 6. Psycho 142
12. 7. The Birds 152
13. 8. Marnie 173
14. 9. Torn Curtain 198
15. 10. Retrospective 206
16. Endnotes for Earlier Editions 229
17. Book Two. Hitchcock's Films Revisited
18. 11. Plot Formations 239
19. 12. Symmetry, Closure, Disruption: The Ambiguity of Blackmail 249
20. 13. Norms and Variations: The 39 Steps and Young and Innocent 275
21. 14. Ideology, Genre, Auteur: Shadow of a Doubt 288
22. 15. Star and Auteur: Hitchcock's Films with Bergman 303
23. 16. The Murderous Gays: Hitchcock's Homophobia 336
24. 17. The Men Who Knew Too Much (and the women who knew much better) 358
25. 18. Male Desire, Male Anxiety: The Essential Hitchcock 371
26. Bibliography 389
27. Index 391