The Master of Surprise: Alfred Hitchcock’s Epistemic Doubt
HitchCon '22: Hitchcock in a Time of Crisis
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15m
This paper challenges the Hitchcockian moniker “Master of Suspense” to posit that the principle of surprise is also central to Hitchcock, which explains why his films continue to resonate with creators of interactive media and virtual reality environments today.
Maria Belodubrovskaya is Associate Professor in the Department of Cinema and Media Studies at the University of Chicago. She is the author of "Not According to Plan: Filmmaking under Stalin" (Cornell University Press, 2017) and has published articles on film aesthetics, history, theory, and Russian film in" Cinema Journal," "Film History," "Projections: The Journal of Movies and Mind," "Slavic Review," "Studies in Russian and Soviet Cinema," "KinoKultura," and several edited volumes.
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