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Biabani M, Behzadpour M, Kalantari M, Jalali M. Semiotic analysis of Hitchcock's crime cinema from the perspective of criminology of place (case study: Psycho film). Haft Hesar J Environ Stud 2024; 13 (48) :71-86
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1- Arak Branch, Islamic Azad University, Arak, Iran
2- Hashtgerd Branch, Islamic Azad University, Hashtgerd, Iran
3- Professor of Mathematics, Islamic Azad University, Tafresh, Iran
2- Hashtgerd Branch, Islamic Azad University, Hashtgerd, Iran
3- Professor of Mathematics, Islamic Azad University, Tafresh, Iran
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Cinema and architecture are two well-known arts that have significant similarities with each other in creating art and space. Hitchcock's cinema is one of the strong foundations of world cinema in film genres, including the crime film genre, in which the commonalities of cinema and architecture are also strongly visible. Criminological dimensions and angles in criminal genres are one of the components of cinema that have not been investigated so far in the form of common relations between cinema and architecture. The purpose of this research is to know the three-way relations between “cinema, architecture and crime” in the context of Hitchcock's crime cinema and with the help of the analysis of “Psycho” film as the most well-known crime Hitchcock's film, which third link of these relations can be interpreted with the “new criminology of place” idea. The approach of this research is qualitative and research technique is “Semiotics” with the mixed approach of “De Saussure” and “Barthes” in order to identify the signs system and the semiotic analysis of architectural and urban spaces from the point of “criminology of place” approach. The findings of the research indicate the existence of a group of “signifiers” and “signifiers” as the form of a “signs system” aligned with the semantic context of Hitchcock's crime cinema which is supported by strong urban and architectural spaces. In addition, the architectural spaces of the “Psycho” film can be explained by theoretical literature on criminology of place more than environmental criminology theoretical literature which it shows the maturity of Hitchcock and the pioneer of his cinema with at least fifty years between 1960 and 2010 as a date of produce of movie and date of birth of modern criminology of place. In total, the results of the research reveal extending two-way commonalities known between the two arts of cinema and architecture as a form of a three-level spectrum “cinema-architecture-crime” on the context of the crime cinema and distinguished director named “Alfred Hitchcock”, which in addition fills the research gaps in this field and resonates “Hitchcock you don't know, Yet” statement.
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Received: 2024/08/18 | Accepted: 2024/07/31 | Published: 2024/07/31
Received: 2024/08/18 | Accepted: 2024/07/31 | Published: 2024/07/31
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