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Hitchcock Book Recommendations & Something’s Gonna Live
I thought it would be a good idea to follow up on a recent thread on our Facebook page by discussing some key books on Alfred Hitchcock. These are just a few of my personal recommendations from the growing mountain of Hitchcock literature, which includes Donald...
Buried … with a nod to Alfred Hitchcock
I'm not one for divulging a movie's secrets in advance of its release, so you won't get any (or at least not much) of that here. That said, I found the hype surrounding the premise and execution of Rodrigo Cortés's forthcoming Buried so intriguing that I gave in to...
Claude Chabrol (1930-1910): Filmmaker, Hitchcock Pioneer
A little more than eight months ago Eric Rohmer, the French director and film critic passed away. Yesterday marked the passing of Rohmer's co-author of the first book-length study of the films of Alfred Hitchcock—Claude Chabrol. In my previous post on Eric Rohmer, I...
Had Hitchcock Heeded Peggy’s Advice …?
It was 45 years ago today—September 9, 1965—that Peggy Robertson, Alfred Hitchcock’s longtime personal assistant, did what might have been considered the unthinkable by her employer. After consulting with Lew Wasserman and trusted agent Ned Brown, Robertson included...
Family Plot & Hitchcock’s Continued Influence on Pop Culture
Discussion of Alfred Hitchcock's unwaning influence on popular culture mostly through iconic works such as Psycho, Vertigo, and Rear Window, but more recently a minor work such as Family Plot has found its way into the video for Lady Gaga's "Bad Romance". The sex and...
Audience Manipulation, Doubles, and Locations in Strangers on a Train
The Danbury Railway Museum which served as the main train depot in Alfred Hitchcock's Strangers on a Train is the setting for a discussion of the development of the screenplay, Hitchcock's fondness for doubles and contrasting images, and Hitchcock's ability to...