Alfred Hitchcock on Dialogue
Dialogue should simply be a sound among other sounds, just something that comes out of the mouths of people whose eyes tell the story in visual terms. Alfred HitchcockRead More
Alfred Hitchcock
A Tribute To Alfred Hitchcock
Jean-Baptiste Lefournier cut together this great homage to maestro Alfred Hitchcock with live action footage shot on Lumix GH2.Read More
Alfred Hitchcock Press Conference for “Family Plot”
This is part one of a 100 minute press conference for the 1976 film, Family Plot directed by Alfred Hitchcock. This was a closed circuit press conference for media outlets. This was recorded by Tri-Tronics Inc on 3/24/76 and hosted by critic/film historian Richard Schickel. http://vimeo.com/433430003 via Erik Clapp Cinema+PhotoRead More
Salvador Dalí’s Dream Sequence from Alfred Hitchcock’s “Spellbound”
In the 40s psychoanalysis was all the thing. Hollywood mogul David O Selzneck pressured Alfred Hitchcock to use psychoanalysis as a driving plot point for a film. The result was Spellbound and who else could they turn to for crafting a bizarre dream sequence than the master of surrealism himself: Salvador Dalí. via OpenCultureRead More
Did ‘Vertigo’ Introduce Computer Graphics to Cinema?
Saul Bass is a much celebrated graphic designer who was responsible for many of the title sequences during the 50s and 60s. For Vertigo, Bass wanted to create perfect mathematically defined spirals and he turned to a computerized gun controller, working with collaborator John Whitney to create what was one of the first computer aided Read MoreRead More
A Recording of Hitchcock and Screenwriter Ernest Lehman Discussing the Story of “Family Plot”
This rare audio clip of director Alfred Hitchcock and screenwriter Ernest Lehman presented by the Harry Ransom Center in Texas finds the director and writer duo developing the details for the storyline of what would become Hitchcock’s last film: HITCHCOCK: We haven’t worked out yet what Miss Rainbird’s—whether she’s religious or not. Does she ever go Read MoreRead More
Hitchcocked! (2006)
This magnificent documentary captures the essence of one of the most influential and innovative directors of the last century: Alfred Hitchcock.Read More
How Hitchcock Got People To See Psycho
Alfred Hitchcock and Paramount present a guide to their revolutionary release of “Psycho” in this extended “press book on film” from the Academy Film Archive.Read More
Hitchcock’s Earliest Film: “The White Shadow” (1924)
While combing over some nitrate prints in New Zealand’s Film Archive Leslie Lewis discovered what would turn out to be Hitchcock’s oldest surviving film print. Along with conservators Kurt Otzen and Louise McCrone they have preserved the nitrate print and made it available online: Click here to see the filmRead More
Alfred Hitchcock on Working with Salvador Dalí
The Master Alfred Hitchcock explains what it’s like working with the surrealist Salvador Dalí in his 1945 film, Spellbound. In 1945 Alfred Hitchcock had to explain one of Hollywood’s unwritten rules to Salvador Dali: No, you can’t pour live ants all over Ingrid Bergman! Hitchcock had approached Dali for help with a dream sequence in his upcoming thriller, Spellbound, Read MoreRead More
Kim Novak on Vertigo
Alfred Hitchcock’s masterpiece Vertigo has been voted the Greatest Film of All Time in Sight & Sound magazine’s 2012 poll, considered to be the most trusted guide of its kind. Here, actor Kim Novak recounts her starring role in Vertigo and how she felt “stripped naked” playing the part of Madeleine/Judy.Read More
Alfred Hitchcock tells you to “Turn Your Phones Off”
Brought back to life by Anthony Hopkins, Alfred Hitchcock delivers a warning to any movie goers who may get the desire to text or chat during a movie.Read More