More than imagery, more than trendy artistic movements, Poe’s neuroses, fears, and recurring motifs are so deeply embedded in Hitchcock’s films – and, perhaps, in Hitchcock himself – that the films’ debt to their literary antecedents is irrefutable. However, in many of his finest films, the central themes were quite clearly inspired by the stories and poems of Edgar Allan Poe. Such stylistic elements, as well as many others, are easily identifiable throughout Alfred Hitchcock’s lengthy oeuvre. No surprise, then, that many filmmakers imbue their work with a sort of collaboration of different artistic forces: perhaps a musical score that quotes Wagner, imagery inspired by Dali, and mises-en-scène – lighting, set design, camera angles – that directly quote Expressionistic Weimar-era cinema. The art itself is an alchemical product of photography, theatre, literature, music, and dance the making of any given film involves directors, actors, producers, cinematographers, cameramen, set decorators, costume designers, music composers, and many more the finished film’s success depends on audience members to involve themselves in the process by going to the theatre to see it. This topic appeals to me as a fan of Hitchcock, of Poe, and of my wild idea that Hitch and fellow Poe-lover Nabokov should have been BFFs.įilm is well-known as a highly collaborative affair. NOTE: This is another of those academic trifles I’ve written over the years – and yes, I’ve already posted another one about Hitchcock, so if you’re tired of him and me, then I do apologize. Nevermore, Ever More: How Poe Lives in Hitchcock
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