Hitchcock and His Influence Friday to Sunday, June 9-11.
Alfred Hitchcock is probably the most influential and most imitated director in the history of cinema. In this intensive, weekend-long course to be held in Sarah Lawrence College's new, state-of the art film theater, we will attempt to find out why. We will watch, and then discuss in depth, four of his most important films: 39 STEPS (1937), SHADOW OF A DOUBT (1943), REAR WINDOW (1954), and VERTIGO (1958). We will then turn our attention to two examples of Hitchcock's enduring legacy. The first, Claude Chabrol's Le Boucher (The Butcher) (1970) illustrates Hitchcock's profound influence on the New Wave generation of French filmmakers who emerged in the late 1950s and who were the first to recognize Hitchcock's brilliance; the second, David Lynch's Blue Velvet (1986), exemplifies the long shadow Hitchcock continues to cast over American cinema. Throughout, we will be asking, and attempting to answer, the question: why has Hitchcock been so influential? What is the source of his continuing fascination for filmmakers and film viewers alike?
Hitchcock Film Intensive
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Am an alum of Sarah Lawrence and heard there's a film history class happening this summer:
http://www.slc.edu/index.php?pageID=4010#2
Hitchcock and His Influence Friday to Sunday, June 9-11.
Alfred Hitchcock is probably the most influential and most imitated director in the history of cinema. In this intensive, weekend-long course to be held in Sarah Lawrence College's new, state-of the art film theater, we will attempt to find out why. We will watch, and then discuss in depth, four of his most important films: 39 STEPS (1937), SHADOW OF A DOUBT (1943), REAR WINDOW (1954), and VERTIGO (1958). We will then turn our attention to two examples of Hitchcock's enduring legacy. The first, Claude Chabrol's Le Boucher (The Butcher) (1970) illustrates Hitchcock's profound influence on the New Wave generation of French filmmakers who emerged in the late 1950s and who were the first to recognize Hitchcock's brilliance; the second, David Lynch's Blue Velvet (1986), exemplifies the long shadow Hitchcock continues to cast over American cinema. Throughout, we will be asking, and attempting to answer, the question: why has Hitchcock been so influential? What is the source of his continuing fascination for filmmakers and film viewers alike?