Strangers on a train

by Goldberg, Jonathan

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Title Statements

Full title :Strangers on a train / Jonathan Goldberg.

Summary

"Alfred Hitchcock's 1951 thriller based on the novel of the same name by Patricia Highsmith (author of The Talented Mr. Ripley) is about two men who meet on a train: one is a man of high social standing who wishes to divorce his unfaithful wife; the other is an enigmatic bachelor with an overbearing father. Together they enter into a murder plot that binds them to one another, with fatal consequences. This Queer Film classic delves into the homoerotic energy of the film, especially between the two male characters (played by Farley Granger and Robert Walker). It builds on the question of the sexuality the film puts on view, not to ask whether either character is gay so much as to explore the queer relations between sexuality and murder and the strong antisocial impulses those relations represent. The book also includes a look at the making of the film and the critical controversies over Hitchcock's representations of male homosexuality."--Provided by publisher.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2012.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Arsenal Pulp Press
Place of Publication:Vancouver
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2012.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (157 pages) : : illustrations

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781551524832, 155152483X
oclc:ocn810526307
LC Classification:PN1997 S77
Dewey Decimal:791.43/72

Synopsis -- Credits -- One: Production notes and the making of a Queer film classic -- Two: Critical interludes -- Three: Strangers on a train x two.

Subjects

Criticism, interpretation, etc Étrangers au cinéma Hitchcock, Alfred Homosexualité -- Au cinéma Homosexuality in motion pictures PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video Strangers in motion pictures Strangers on a train (Motion picture)