Thirteen Conversations About the Same Thing. It is a pity I didn't analyze the structure of the film better since it clearly was inspired by Wallace Stevens's zen like poem, Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird, in thirteen stanzas. Susanna Chandler on 6/23/03 4:21 PM, W. McCarthy at [log in to unmask] wrote: > In the opening scenes of Hitchcock's "Shadow of a Doubt," the > evil uncle emerges from a boarding house whose street number is 13. > This, with several other details, immediately sets the tone for a > film that is replete with allusions to a variety of superstitions -- > particularly apt because the uncle is in fact conceived to be a kind > of vampire. You really should consider this film in your study. > I would be happy to fill out your questionnaire. > > Best, > W. McCarthy > > > <--- mine (supra) responds to yours (infra) ---> > : >> I am currently researching and writing a book on the number 13, which will >> include a section on 13 (and related superstitions) in film and on TV. If >> anyone can direct me to films/TV shows that have featured the number >> 13 (other than >> Friday the 13th), I would be grateful. Separately, if anyone has the time and >> inclination to answer a general interest questionnaire on superstitions >> surrounding 13, email me--and I can send it on directly. Thank you. >> >> Sincerely, >> >> Nathaniel Lachenmeyer >> [log in to unmask] >> Author of The Outsider and Broken Beaks >> >> >> ---- >> For past messages, visit the Screen-L Archives: >> http://bama.ua.edu/archives/screen-l.html > > ---- > To sign off Screen-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF Screen-L > in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask] ---- To sign off Screen-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF Screen-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]