Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to Alfred Hitchcock
- The Cambridge Companion to American Studies
- The Cambridge Companion to Alfred Hitchcock
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Notes on Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Chronology
- Guide to Further Reading
- Filmography: Hitchcock’s American Films
- Introduction
- Part I Hitchcock Encounters America, America Encounters Hitchcock: Roots and Offshoots
- Part II Hitchcock: Sexualities, Genders, Theories
- Part III Hitchcock’s American Films: Some Case Studies in Form and Content
- 9 Expedient Exaggeration and the Scale of Cold War Farce in North by Northwest
- 10 Looking Up
- 11 Blood, Paint, or Red?
- 12 Live Nude Hitchcock
- Part IV Hitchcock Beyond Hitchcock
- Index
9 - Expedient Exaggeration and the Scale of Cold War Farce in North by Northwest
from Part III - Hitchcock’s American Films: Some Case Studies in Form and Content
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 August 2015
- The Cambridge Companion to Alfred Hitchcock
- The Cambridge Companion to American Studies
- The Cambridge Companion to Alfred Hitchcock
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Notes on Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Chronology
- Guide to Further Reading
- Filmography: Hitchcock’s American Films
- Introduction
- Part I Hitchcock Encounters America, America Encounters Hitchcock: Roots and Offshoots
- Part II Hitchcock: Sexualities, Genders, Theories
- Part III Hitchcock’s American Films: Some Case Studies in Form and Content
- 9 Expedient Exaggeration and the Scale of Cold War Farce in North by Northwest
- 10 Looking Up
- 11 Blood, Paint, or Red?
- 12 Live Nude Hitchcock
- Part IV Hitchcock Beyond Hitchcock
- Index
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- The Cambridge Companion to Alfred Hitchcock , pp. 161 - 179Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2015