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Narratives:

Edward Branigan on, 2 , 173 ;

deep structure vs. cultural contexts of, 96 –97;

Hitchcock's formal construction of, 34 –35;

myth vs. novel, 287 –88;

oedipal thrust of, 125 ;

overt vs. covert, 174

Nash, Jay Robert, 285

Native Americans, 300 –301, 308 n1

Naughty Cadets on Patrol (1986), 192

NBC Theatre. See Screen Directors Playhouse

Necrophilia, 264 , 273 n7

Nelson, Ralph, 95

New Jack City (1991), 135 –36

Newman, David, 284 , 285 , 287 , 289 , 328 , 330

Newman, Leslie, 328 , 330

Newman, Paul, 332

Ngor, Haing S., 194

Niblo, Fred, 28

Nichols, Bill, 4

Nigerian cinema, 192

Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), 49 , 169

Nimoy, Leonard, 25

1941 (1979), 115

Ninotchka (1939), 80

Nitzsche, Jack, 157

Noiret, Philippe, 179

North by Northwest (1959), 53 , 56

Nosferatu (term), 263 , 273 n6

Nosferatu:

A Symphony of Horror (1922), 28 , 254 fig., 262 , 273 n1;

as adaptation of novel, 241 –42, 249 n2;

dream quality of, 255 ;

Herzog's transformation of, 243 –45;

presence/absence devices of, 239 , 242 –43;

reproduced copies of, 241 ;

universal Dracula themes of, 263 , 265 , 266 , 267

Nosferatu, the Vampyre (1979), 28 , 244 –47, 244 fig., 247 fig., 255 fig., 262 , 273 n1;

dream quality of, 255 ;

literary/cinematic allusions of, 245 –46, 246 –47;

presence/absence devices of, 239 , 245 –46, 249 n5;

self-reflexivity of, 241 , 248 ;

as transformation of original, 240 –41, 243 –46, 249 n3;

universal Dracula themes of, 263 , 265 , 266 , 267

Nostalgia films, 119 , 128 n9

Notational system:

of allographic arts, 297 –98;

in theater vs. cinema, 298 –99

Notorious (1946), 38 , 66 , 68 n11

Novel, the:

comics vs.,287 –88;

film and, 286 .

See also Literary works

Nyby, Christian, 30

Nykvist, Sven, 165