Pippin, Robert B
The Philosophical Hitchcock
- ISBN 13:
- 9780226668246
- author:
- Pippin, Robert B
- format:
- Paperback / softback
- publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2019
- Pages:
- 144
- Dimensions:
- 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.3 centimetres (0
- Genre:
- Nonfiction, Social Sciences, Media Studies,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Alfred Hitchcock's 1958 masterpiece Vertigo is more than just a film - it's a profound exploration of our struggles to understand others and ourselves. In "The Philosophical Hitchcock: Vertigo and the Anxieties of Unknowingness", Robert B. Pippin delves into the world of Hitchcock's films, revealing how they reflect our modern world's complexities and challenges. Through a close reading of each scene in Vertigo, Pippin shows how Hitchcock's characters repeatedly face problems rooted in our failure to understand others or ourselves. The film embodies a common struggle for mutual understanding in a late modern social world where dependencies are ever more complex. By using a fictional narrative rather than discursive analysis, Pippin argues that Hitchcock helps us see the systematic misunderstandings and self-deceit we're subject to when trying to establish knowledge necessary for love, trust, and commitment. This book offers a bold exploration of one of cinema's most admired works, leading philosophers and cinephiles alike to a new appreciation of Vertigo and its meanings.
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