Alfred Hitchcock

“The two most important words in movies today are ‘Billy Wilder’!”

Billy Wilder's Double Indemnity came out in 1944, the same year David O. Selznick released Since You Went Away. Part…

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Talking Pictures: A look back at television appearances by legends of the silver screen

A look back at television appearances by legends of the silver screen, using archive footage to tell the story of…

9 years ago

Masterclass Interview: Alfred Hitchcock on Filmmaking

In this fantastic interview from a 1976 press conference for his final film, Family Plot, Alfred Hitchcock responds to a range…

9 years ago

Living Famously: Alfred Hitchcock (BBC, 2002)

Profile of enduring icons. The life and work of legendary film director Alfred Hitchcock is featured, from his early years…

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Dial H for Hitchcock (1999)

Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius aka Dial H for Hitchcock (1999) is a fascinating look at the cinematic genius of…

9 years ago

“I’m planning a psychological film, it’s called Psycho and it’s in the nature of, shall we say, a rather gentle horror picture”

Desert Island Discs is a biographical and factual radio programme, broadcast on BBC Radio 4. It was first broadcast on…

10 years ago

A Hitchcock thriller that never was: The Short Night

Near the end of his life, Alfred Hitchcock had worked on the script for a projected spy thriller, The Short…

10 years ago

The Men Who Made the Movies: Alfred Hitchcock (1973)

The Master of Suspense himself, who is interviewed extensively here, shares stories including his deep-seated fear of policemen, elaborates on…

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“Yes, it’s a crop duster. We can plant some crops nearby”

The Cinematographer’s camera angles for the crop dusting sequence from Alfred Hitchcock’s North by Northwest. All 61 bullet points (above)…

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The purest expression of a cinematic idea

Alfred Hitchcock is a master of mise en scène. His films are so much fun to analyze because there are…

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