Hitchcock: Master of suspense and the sublime

Assignment Choices

• Psycho
• North By Northwest
• The Birds
• Rope
• Rear Window
• Click HERE to go to the Vertigo page

We’ll experience several of Hitchcock’s masterpieces – “North By Northwest” and “Vertigo” for sure – and maybe one or two of his other great films. When we’re done, we’ll settle in and respond to his work. Here are some resources that should help you better understand the director and his work:

Info about Hitchcock the director and person –

• Hitchcock at IMDB

• Hitchcock Wiki

• Hitchcock.tv

• Senses of Cinema

• Hitchcock for Scholars

“Psycho” –

• “Psycho” at IMDB

• 1000 frames of “Psycho”

“North by Northwest” –

• “North by Northwest” at IMDB

• 1000 frames from “North by Northwest”

• The story behind the Vandamm House in “NbNW”

“The Birds” – 

• New York Times’ review of “The Birds”

• “The Birds” on IMDB

• Deep analysis of “The Birds”

• Another look at “The Birds”

• Chaos and “The Birds”

• Score vs. Birds Soundtrack –

• Attic Sequence w/Orchestral Score

• Original Attic Sequence

• 1000 frames from “The Birds”

“Rear Window” –

• “Rear Window” at IMDB

• 1000 frames from “Rear Window”

• Roger Ebert’s review of “Rear Window”

       • Another Roger Ebert review of “Rear Window”

• Film and Psychoanalysis- Alfred Hitchcock’s “Rear Window“

• The Exposition of “Rear Window“

If you really want to understand the man and the director, you need to read this. It’s amazing:

• Hitchcock’s Interview with Herb Lightman