Choice (2013) - Psycho-sexual: male desire in Hitchcock, De Palma, Scorsese, and Friedkin
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- book review: Psycho-sexual: male desire in Hitchcock, De Palma, Scorsese, and Friedkin
- author(s): M.J. Emery
- journal: Choice (01/Aug/2013)
- issue: volume 50, issue 12, page 2236
- journal ISSN: 0009-4978
- publisher: American Library Association dba CHOICE
- keywords: Book reviews, Film studies, Motion picture directors & producers, Nonfiction
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Abstract
[CIP Greven] (Univ. of South Carolina) takes a sustained look at the psychosexual dynamics of masculine desire found in two generations of American filmmakers. Starting with Alfred Hitchcock's The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956), and following with a long discussion of Psycho (1960), the author jumps ahead a decade to consider three early Brian De Palma comedies-Greetings (1968), Hi, Mom! (1970), Get to Know Your Rabbit (1972)-and Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver (1976).