作品简介
l确立希区柯克电影美学的电影原作!海明威推荐的下班后读物!
l同样是“默片”,希区柯克利用光影效果塑造氛围,原作则在字里行间满溢悬疑的气氛。
经营家庭旅馆的邦汀夫妇经济状况日益窘迫。一日,他们迎来了一位出手大方的神秘房客。他性情虽有些古怪,但举止优雅。这位房客喜静又不喜见人,只偶尔在晚间出门。邦汀太太察觉到他外出的夜间,城内恰好都发生了谋杀案。
她对这位房客颇有好感,但又难免怀疑他真的与连环杀人案有关。年轻的警局侦探乔,经常前来探望邦汀夫妇,也向他们倾诉办案困难。而当嫌疑人线索渐渐与房客的信息契合时,邦汀太太会如何抉择?
玛丽·贝洛克·朗兹(Marie Belloc Lowndes,1868―1947),是一位多产的英国小说家。她善于捕捉和刻画兴奋事件下人物的心理活动,因此确立了文学声誉。其创作的小说《古怪的新房客》在推理小说史上地位非凡。希区柯克也正是根据这本小说改编了电影,从而确立了自己独特的电影美学。
Introduction of works
l The original film that established Hitchcock's film aesthetics! Hemingway recommended after work reading!
l is also a "silent film", Hitchcock uses light and shadow effects to shape the atmosphere, while the original is full of suspense between the lines.
Mr. And Mrs. Bunting, who run a family hotel, are struggling financially. One day, they welcomed a generous mysterious tenant. In spite of his odd disposition, he is elegant in manner. The lodger was quiet and private, and only occasionally went out at night. Mrs. Bunting noticed that the night he was out, there were murders in the city.
She had a soft spot for the lodger, but it was hard not to suspect that he was really involved in the serial killings. Joe, the young police detective, often comes to visit the Bunting couple and confides in them the difficulties of handling the case. And when the suspect's clues gradually match the tenant's information, what will Mrs. Bunting do?
Marie Belloc Lowndes (1868-1947) was a prolific English novelist. She is good at capturing and portraying the psychological activities of characters under exciting events, thus establishing a literary reputation. His novel The Strange New Lodger occupies an extraordinary position in the history of speculative fiction. Hitchcock also adapted the film based on this novel, thus establishing his own unique film aesthetics.