Hitchcock-Hawksianism

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Takashi Fujimura's paper: Hitchcock-Hawksianism

Hitchcock's Occupation-Movement Relationship Table

Black: Works from the Skill Loss Movement ① ● Works where the occupation and the movement are formally and substantively inconsistent.

Blue: Works from the Skill Loss Movement ② ● Works where the occupation and the movement are formally consistent but substantively inconsistent.

Red: Works from the Skill Movement ① ● Works where the occupation and the movement are formally consistent.

Pink: Works from the Skill Movement ② ● Works where the occupation and the movement are formally inconsistent but substantively consistent.

Green: A skills movement aimed at the skills of human beings themselves, in a broader sense than just occupations. Works such as "The Smiths" (1941) and "Under Capricorn" (1949) are not occupational movements, but they are works that move towards broader human origins than occupations, such as "a man (woman) doing a man (woman)" and "a nobleman doing a nobleman," and are skills movements that aim at human origins in a different sense than the Hitchcockian movement of getting involved.


		Protagonist ■Male ★ Female ① The action/mission that the protagonist actually performs in the film ② Protagonist's occupation, social attributes ③ Other attributes	remarks
1925	快楽の園(The Pleasuer Garden)	★Virginia Valli ①Almost killed by her mad husband ②Dancer
	下宿人(The Rodger)	■ Iva Novello ① He searches for the killer to avenge his murdered sister, but is mistaken for the killer himself and nearly killed by a mob. ② The victim's brother
1927	下り坂(Downhill)	■ Iva Novello ① Disowned by his father and wandering the land ② A student at a public school
	ふしだらな女(Easy Virtue)	★Isabel Jeans ① A scandalous woman who cheated and was divorced in court remarries a young man from a good family, but her true identity is revealed to his family, leading to another divorce. ② A woman with many lovers	A woman who falls in love easily simply loves.
	リング(The Ring)	■ Carl Brisson ① While boxing, he suffers from his wife's infidelity. ② A boxer.
1928	農夫の妻(未・The Farmar's Wife)	■Jameson Thomas ①Owner of a farm ②Remarried after numerous arranged marriage meetings.
	シャンパン(Champagne)	★Betty Bolfer ① Daughter of a wealthy man ② She elopes with her lover, acting completely selfishly.	The daughter of a wealthy man lives her life as the daughter of a wealthy man.
	マンクスマン(The Manxman)	★Annie Ondra ① Married and cheating ② Bar waitress ■Carl Brisson ① Married and cheated on ② Fisherman	A melodrama about people in love.
1929	ゆすり(Blackmail)	★Annie Ondra ①She kills the man who tried to rape her and is then blackmailed by a stranger. ②The daughter of a newspaper delivery man.
1930	ジュノーと孔雀(Juno and the paycock)	■Edward Chapman ① He gets drunk and chats. ② Self-proclaimed captain. Unemployed.
	殺人！(Murder！)	■Herbert Marshall ①Investigating the perpetrator of a murder case ②Playwright and actor.
1931	いかさま勝負(The Skin Game)	■ Edmund Gwayne ① Developed land despite opposition from the aristocracy ② Nouveau riche	The nobility behave like the nobility, and the nouveau riche behave like the nouveau riche.
1932	リッチ・アンド・ストレンジ(Rich and Strange)	■Henry Kendall ①A couple in a rut inherits an estate and travels ②Husband ★Joan Barry ①Same as above ②Wife
	第十七番(Number Seventeen)	■ John Stewart ① Tracking a jewel thief ② Detective
1934	暗殺者の家(The Man Who New Too Mach)	■Leslie Banks ① Searching for her kidnapped daughter ② Father ★Edna Best ① Searching for her kidnapped daughter ② Mother. A sharpshooter.
1935	三十九夜(THE 39　STEPS)	■Robert Donat ①Preventing the leakage of British national secrets ②Canadian tourist ③Frivolous. Womanizer. No sense of direction.
1936	間諜最後の日(SECRET AGENT)	■John Gielgud ①Espionage ②A British novelist and army captain is recruited as an intelligence agent. ★Madeline Carroll ①Espionage ②Intelligence agent
	サボタージュ(Sabotage)	■Oscar Homolka ① Carries out acts of sabotage in London ② Owner of a movie theater. An immigrant from America of German descent. ③ Turns to acts of sabotage when his business is struggling. ★Sylvia Sidney ① Kills her husband, Oscar Homolka ② Co-owner of the movie theater. An immigrant from America.
1937	第3逃亡者(Young and Innocent)	■ Derrick De Marney ① Investigating a murder case ② Novelist ★ Nova Pilbium ① Investigating a murder case with Marney ② Daughter of the police chief
1938	バルカン超特急(The Lady vanishes)	★Margaret Lockwood ① Protecting England's national secrets ② British travelers
1939	巌窟の野獣(Jamaica Inn)	★Maureen O'Hara ① Protecting her aunt from a gang of bandits. ② A girl who came from Ireland.
1940	レベッカ(Rebecca)	★Joan Fontaine ①Supports her mysterious aristocratic husband, though she is suspicious of him. ②A companion and commoner. ③Timid. Loves Laurence Olivier.	●Note: The "inner" introvert, reminiscent of the women in Mikio Naruse's films, the husband being an aristocrat with a different lifestyle, and the "complete lack of familiarity" with Mandalay, where the newlyweds take place, are brilliantly portrayed as "soft" elements.
	海外特派員(Foreign Correspondent)	■ Joel McCrea ① Work as a correspondent overseas ② Overseas correspondent
1941	スミス夫妻(Mr. and Mrs. Smith)	★Carol Lombard ①A couple argues and makes up ②Wife ■Robert Montgomery ①A couple argues and makes up ②Husband	The couple spends all their time arguing.
	断崖(Susption)	★Joan Fontaine ① Suspects she may have been murdered by her enigmatic husband. ② An amateur enthusiast of child psychology. ③ Timid.	The cardigan that wrapped around her slender body in "Rebecca" and "Suspicion" is the ultimate device that beautifully reveals her "softness."
1942	逃走迷路(Saboteur)	■Robert Cummings ①Preventing sabotage ②Aircraft factory worker ③Suspected of murder. Unfamiliar with the area. Lost credibility after being seen in handcuffs.
1943	疑惑の影(Shadow of a Doubt)	★Teresa Wright ① She nearly got killed by her beloved uncle and killed him with her own hands. ② Teenager ③ Sensitive during adolescence.
	救命艇(未・Lifeboat)	★Talulah Bankhead (Journalist) ■William Bendix (Sailor) ★Mary Anderson (Nurse) ■John Bodorak (Engineer) ■Henry Hull (Shipyard Owner) ★Heather Angel (Mother) ■Hume Cronin (Communications Engineer) ■Canada Lee (Cook/Former Pickpocket) ■Walter Schlesag (German Captain) ① Survive in a lifeboat
1945	白い恐怖(Spellbound)	★Ingrid Bergman ① To clear her lover's name of murder, she performs a psychoanalysis on him. ② A psychoanalyst. ■Gregory Peck ① He impersonates a murdered psychoanalyst to investigate the case. ② A wounded soldier.
1946	汚名(Notorious)	★Ingrid Bergman ①Espionage ②Spy ■Cary Grant ①Espionage ②Spy
1947	パラダイン夫人の恋(The Paradine Case)	■Gregory Peck ① Legal practice ② Lawyer
1948	ロープ(Rope)	■John Dall and Farley Granger ① Murder ② College student	They are homicidal, but when it comes to killing, they are "first-time offenders" and have no skills.
1949	山羊座のもとに(Under　Capricorn)	★Ingrid Bergman ① Reclaiming her ladylike self ② Lady	A nobleman behaves like a nobleman.
1950	舞台恐怖症(STAGE FRIGHT)	★Jane Wyman ① Plays Dietrich's secretary in a murder investigation ② Actress
1951	見知らぬ乗客(Strangers on a train)	■Farley Granger ①Involved in a reciprocal murder scheme, he confronts Robert Walker, who killed his wife. ②A tennis player. ③His wife is murdered while they are in the process of divorce, and he is suspected of the murder.
1952	私は告白する(I Confess)	■Montgomery Clift ① Upholding the priest's duty of confidentiality ② A Catholic priest
1954	ダイヤルMを廻せ！（Dial M for Murder)	★Ray Milland ① Attempted murder of his wife ② Former tennis player ★Grace Kelly ① Nearly murdered by a man hired by her husband ② Wife
	裏窓(Rear Window)	■James Stewart ① He peeked into the apartment across the street, discovered a murder, investigated, and confronted the culprit. ② A news photographer.
1955	泥棒成金(To Catch a Thief)	■Cary Grant ① Catching a thief ② A former thief.
1956	ハリーの災難(The Trouble with Harry)	■ Edmund Gwain ① Dispose of the body. ② Self-proclaimed tugboat captain ★ Shirley MacLaine ① Dispose of the body. ② Widow and mother of one child. ■ John Forsyth ① Dispose of the body. ② Painter ★ Mildred Natwick ① Dispose of the body. ② Widow
	知りすぎていた男(The Man Who Knew Too Match)	■James Stewart ① Searching for his kidnapped son ② Doctor and father. ★Doris Day ① Searching for her kidnapped son. Sings. ② Singer and mother.
1957	間違えられた男(The Wrong Man)	■Henry Fonda ① After being imprisoned and released on parole, he proved his innocence. ② Bass player ③ Poverty. His wife suffered from mental illness.
1958	VERTIGO	■James Stewart ① He investigates his friend's wife at the friend's request. ② Former police officer. ③ Acrophobic. Love affair with Kim Novak.
1959	北北西に進路を取れ(North by Northwest)	■Cary Grant ① Preventing the leak of U.S. national secrets ② Head of advertising at an advertising company
1960	サイコ(Psycho)	★Janet Leigh ① Embezzlement ② Secretary at a real estate company. ③ After embezzling company funds, she is caught, chased by the police, and even cursed by rain.
1963	鳥(The Birds)	★Tippi Hedren ① Running away from birds ② Playgirl ③ Traumatized by being abandoned by her mother
1964	マーニー(Marnie)	★Tippi Hedren ① Theft ② Thief ③ Traumatized by assault in childhood ★Sean Connery ① Psychoanalysis ② Company president. Also a zoologist who studies animal instincts, and has written papers on female crime in particular.
1966	引き裂かれたカーテン(Torn Curtain)	■ Paul Newman ① American physicist and member of the American Space Commission (public servant) ② Espionage
1969	トパーズ(Topaz)	■ Frederick Stafford ① Spy ② Espionage
1972	フレンジー(Frenzy	■John Finch ①He is arrested on suspicion of murder but escapes and clears his name. ②Bartender ③Short-tempered. Crude. Heavy drinker. No social standing.
1976	ファミリープロット(Famiry Plot)	★Barbara Harris ① Looking for someone ② A fraudulent fortune teller ③ No social credibility ■Bruce Dern ① Looking for someone ② A taxi driver. Aspiring actor. ③ No social credibility