A grammar of murder: violent scenes and film form

Pt. 1. Murder and montage

Framing for murder : cut-ins and close-ups

Acting in silents : murder, montage, and the film actor

Murder outside the poetics of montage : André Bazin and Jean Renoir

Pt. 2. Murder and genre

Individual and series

Stylization and mimesis

Conclusion : Hitchcock's aerial views.