Posted on May 3, 2012 in General Screenwriting, Interviews | No Comments
John Micahel Hayes penned many great Hitchcock films including Rear Window, To Catch a Thief, The Trouble with Harry and The Man Who Knew Too Much. Here is an interview with Hayes done in the 1960s.
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Posted on April 4, 2012 in Off Topic | No Comments
By combining the shots from Alfred Hitchcock’s “Rear Window” Jeff Desom creates a timelapse of what you could see from the titular window.
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Posted on March 16, 2012 in Interviews | No Comments
Alfred Hitchcock defines his idea of happiness.
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Posted on October 31, 2011 in Filmmaking 360 | No Comments
The master of suspense, Alfred Hitchcock, gets delightfully campy on his 1962 Golden Records LP Ghost Stories for Young People. He ushers in the chills for the children as he narrates these spooky stories read by actor John Allen.
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Posted on September 29, 2011 in Interviews | No Comments
In this interview Alfred Hitchcock discusses why he wanted Salvador Dali to design the dream sequences for his 1945 film Spellbound.
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Posted on September 12, 2011 in Interviews | No Comments
While discussing slutty actors with Dick Cavett in this 1972 interview Alfred Hitchcock jokes: “puns are the highest form of literature.”
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Posted on July 19, 2011 in Filmmaking 360 | No Comments
Rob Ager’s analysis of the subliminal themes in Alfred Hitchcock’s horror masterpiece PSYCHO.
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Posted on July 19, 2011 in Outtakes | 1 Comment
In this rare sound test Alfred Hitchcock trying his best to embarrass the film’s Czech lead Anny Ondra, who ends up giggling and turning her back to the camera…
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Posted on July 13, 2011 in Filmmaking 360 | No Comments
Hitch by Felix Meyer, Pascal Monaco, Torsten Strer and others was their graduation project at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts in Hannover. It’s about an animated book containing the recipes for Alfred Hitchcock’s classics. “The Ultimate Hitch Cookbook” is made for Hitchcock enthusiasts and every other couch potato out there.
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Posted on June 3, 2011 in Interviews | 1 Comment
This conversation that appeared in Interview Magazine in September 1974 doesn’t offer any great insights into filmmaking, but for what it lacks in informativeness it makes up for in novelty.
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Posted on April 19, 2011 in Editing | No Comments
In this classic interview with Alfred Hitchcock he demonstrates the Kuleshov Effect. This is a film editing montage effect named after Russian filmmaker Lev Kuleshov who first illustrated it in the 1910s and 1920s.
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Posted on April 8, 2011 in Outtakes | No Comments
Death scenes from 36 of Alfred Hitchcock’s movies, synchronised to climax in unison.
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Posted on March 31, 2011 in Interviews | No Comments
Farley Granger star of Alfred Hitchcock films such as “Rope” and “Strangers on a Train,” has died this week. In this video Granger talks about the making of “Rope” and working with Hitchcock.
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Posted on February 22, 2011 in Interviews | No Comments
Film Detail discovered this 12-hour audio file of the legendary interview between Francois Truffaut and Alfred Hitchcock, possibly the greatest filmmaker interview ever done. Here is a rare opportunity to eavesdrop on two cinematic masters from very different backgrounds as they cover each of Hitch’s films in succession.
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Posted on November 10, 2010 in Storyboarding | 8 Comments
Hitchcock was known for his extensive storyboarding down to the finest detail of production. He was reported to have never even bothered looking through the viewfinder, since he didn’t need to do so. Looking at his storyboards versus the finial film it’s safe to say that is a vast overstatement.
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