Alfred Hitchcock 1919 1980 Background Leytonstone London August

Alfred Hitchcock 1919 -1980

Background • Leytonstone, London August 13, 1899 • William and Emma Hitchcock • • • Estimator for the Henley Telegraph and Cable Company- 1915 Spare time was spent at the cinema Started in film- 1920 Made first film- 1925 April 29, 1980

Involvement • 1920 - after university he started in the film industry • • • Scriptwriter • Art director • Assistant director 1923 - Always Tell Your Wife- director got sick Number 13 - studio closed London branch 1925 debut- The Pleasure Garden 1927 first hit- The Lodger

Genre • • Thrillers Camera pans, tilts, zooms Scenery painted onto camera lens Alma Reville

Style • • Moody and dark Madness and betrayal Mac. Guffin Plot device that drives suspense. Protagonists pursue throughout the story but audiences don’t really know why • Cameos • Blondes • Ingrid Bergman, Joan Fontaine, Grace Kelly, Kim Novak, Tippi Hedren • Climax scene at famous landmarks • Charming villain • Murder

Filmography • • • The Birds Strangers On A Train The Man Who Knew Too Much Notorious Psycho

Most Notable Film • • • Psycho Last black and white film Hitchcock’s relationship with his own mother American Film Institute- 14 th greatest movie of all time Tony Perkins as Norman Bates second greatest villain in movie history (1 st was Anthony Hopkins’ Hannibal Lector)

Film Report pt: 1 • Robert Bloch's novel • Phoenix secretary Marion Crane stole $40, 000 from her boss to run away with her boyfriend, Sam Loomis. The criminal couple get tired during the run away and stop at the Bates Motel to rest for the evening. There, they meet Norman Bates who has a strange fascination in taxidermy and a difficult relationship with his mother.

Film Report pt: 2 • Budget- 30 days- $800, 000 • $5 million box office • • Release date- September 8, 1960 Cast: Anthony Perkins as Norman Bates Janet Leigh as Marion Crane John Gavin as Sam Loomis Vera Miles as Lila Crane Pat Hitchcock as Caroline (Alfred Hitchcock’s daughter)

Critical Reception • “…the experienced Hitchcock fan might reasonably expect the unreasonable—a great chase down Thomas Jefferson’s forehead, as in North by Northwest, or across the rooftops of Monaco, as in To Catch a Thief. What is offered instead is merely gruesome. The trail leads to a sagging, swamp-view motel and to one of the messiest, most nauseating murders ever filmed. At close range, the camera watches every twitch, gurgle, convulsion and hemorrhage in the process by which a living human becomes a corpse. ”TIME’S • http: //time. com/3907090/original-review-1960 -psycho/

Clip • https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=I 9 m. J 2 o. BONug • Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins) is in the lobby of the Bates Motel talking with Marion Crane (Janet Leigh) about personal traps and his mother.

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