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All the essential documentaries on Alfred Hitchcock, including Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius (1999), The Men Who Made the Movies: Alfred Hitchcock (1973), Reputations: Alfred Hitchcock (1999), In the Master’s Shadow: Hitchcock’s Legacy (2008), Paul Merton Looks at Alfred Hitchcock (2009), American Masters: Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood (1999), Alfred Hitchcock Directs ‘Frenzy’ in 1972, Hitchcock: Alfred the Great (1994), Alfred Hitchcock - Masters of Cinema (Complete Interview in 1972), and A Talk with Hitchcock (1964).
This documentary is a fascinating look at the cinematic genius of Alfred Hitchcock. Briefly covering much of his early British works, the film primarily focuses on his American classics, such as Shadow of a Doubt, Notorious, Rear Window, Vertigo, Psycho and The Birds. The movie also covers his television years and neatly examines the Hitchcock signature touches, from his inevitable brief cameo to his famous MacGuffin. Kevin Spacey narrates, and there are interviews with his delightful daughter Pat as well as such film directors as Brian De Palma, Jonathan Demme, Curtis Hanson, Robert Altman, Ronald Neame and Peter Bogdanovich, along with cast and crew members Tippi Hedren, Joseph Stefano, Norman Lloyd, Robert F. Boyle, Teresa Wright and Janet Leigh.
A look at Alfred Hitchcock’s films. The Master of Suspense himself, who is interviewed extensively here, shares stories including his deep-seated fear of policemen, elaborates on the difference between shock and suspense, defines the meaning of “MacGuffin,” and discusses his use of storyboarding in designing a film. Clips from many of his greatest films (including North by Northwest, Shadow of a Doubt, The Birds, and the legendary shower scene from Psycho) illustrate his points, often to Hitchcock’s own voice-over observations, with narrator Cliff Robertson offering other critical insights.
Life and films from Alfred Hitchcock in two parts: Alfred, the Great and Alfred, the Auteur. Made to celebrate the centenary of Hitchcock’s birth, this British documentary covers Hitchcock’s entire career. Surviving collaborators and colleagues are interviewed. The documentary also includes footage from Kaleidoscope Frenzy. An edited 90 minute version of the documentary was broadcast in 2006.
A further 2 part version, with some scenes removed and others added, was broadcast in 2009 on BBC 4.
In the Master’s Shadow — Hitchcock’s Legacy. Documentary about Hitchcock’s influence on other directors and films.
Once you’ve sort of mined the classics and they become like logos that you see everywhere, the beauty of Hitchcock’s work is that the more subtle moments are even more powerful and more lasting, I think, ultimately, in the less bravura scenes in pictures like Psycho. In Psycho we have two or three very strong bravura moments which, of course, are the shower scene, the killing of Martin Balsam, the shocking ending… But the sequences that continually give me inspiration are the sequences in which she’s driving. The camera is very, very dead center on her, it’s very precise. And when you see her point of view, it’s dead center. It isn’t slightly off, that’s a big difference. These are very specific shots and they exist in almost an abstract way. You know, here it’s stripped down black and white. It’s like a dream, and yet you’re still awake. And you know with that music, too, that something terrible is going to happen to her. But it can’t because she’s the lead of the film. Come on, she stole 40,000 dollars, she’s on the lam, she’s running away, that’s the plot of the picture, let’s see what happens. So I was one of the ones who bought that completely. We were up there that night at the Mayfair Theater, it was called. And that was one of the first films I ever saw that said, Please do not reveal the ending. We were yelling at people as they were coming out of the theater, saying, What happens, what happens? Don’t ask, don’t ask, we’re not saying. We were all laughing and running. It was like a circus …a circus. —Martin Scorsese
In the Master’s Shadow — transcript
Paul Merton looks at the British films of Alfred Hitchcock, the silent films and the early sound films.
Documentary profiling the tempestuous association between two of the greatest figures in Hollywood history, producer David O. Selznick and director Alfred Hitchcock, whose clashes played out dramatically against the backdrop of the disintegrating institution of the Hollywood studio system.
Incredible behind-the-scenes footage of Alfred Hitchcock directing Frenzy from 1972.
Documentary profile of director Alfred Hitchcock. Includes interviews with acquaintances and clips from many of his movies.
An interview with Alfred Hitchcock around the time of Frenzy (1972) provides a useful overview of his career. What makes this programme particularly interesting is that the first part of the interview is conducted by Pia Lindström, the daughter of Ingrid Bergman. Note that when she asks about Spellbound (1945) and Notorious (1946), she’s asking about films which starred her mother, which gives her questions an interesting subtext. —Ambrose Heron
Alfred Hitchcock takes us inside his creative process in this fascinating 1964 program from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. “A Talk with Alfred Hitchcock” is part interview, part master class in the craft of telling stories on film. This 1964 interview of Alfred Hitchcock was part of the CBC television series Telescope with host-director Fletcher Markle. It was conducted during or immediately after the filming of Marnie and also contains interesting stories and comments from Alfred Hitchcock and his associates Norman Lloyd, Joan Harrison and Bernard Herrmann. There are clips from and during the making of several Hitchcock movies. While some of the recollections are part of Hitch’s standard interview material others are unique.
The Wolf-Man
There was once a man who had two bad wives. They had no shame. The man thought if he moved away where there were no other people, he might teach these women to become good, so he moved his lodge away off on the prairie. Near where they camped was a high butte, and every evening about sundown, the man would go up on top of it, and look all over the country to see where the buffalo were feeding, and if any enemies were approaching. There was a buffalo skull on the hill, which he used to sit on.
compelling!
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The History Of Native American Jewelry
We all know that beautifying oneself and the use of jewelry has been around since the prehistoric times. Bead making and bead necklaces called heishe, which have been derived from the Santo Domingo word for shell, have been used for ages. Shells like the spiny oyster shell, mother of pearl, abalone, conch and clam have been used in bead making and have been considered important trade items of the southwest for more than thousand years.
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Congolese beauties celebrate Refugee Week 2012 in Brisbane.
(Source: lisaclarkephoto, via soulofcongo)
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Reportage photographer Kim Badawi recently spent time with the residents of Aldeia Maracana, a community of indigenous Brazilians who made their home on the grounds of Rio de Janeiro’s defunct Museum of the Indian. Last year, local authorities threatened to evict the community and demolish the museum grounds to expand the neighboring Maracana Stadium, the country’s largest and the site of events for the coming World Cup and Olympics. After months of discussion between the Indians, activists and the local government, police evicted the residents on Friday after a tense standoff with demonstrators that resulted in arrests and the use of pepper spray.
See more photos from Kim’s time with the members of Aldeia Maracana on the Reportage Web site:
http://www.reportagebygettyimages.com/features/aldeia-maracan/
Photos by Kim Badawi/Reportage by Getty Images
The Holi Festival in India // March 27, 2013
1. Hindu devotees play with colour during Holi celebrations at the Banke Bihari temple in Vrindavan. (Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images)
2. Hindu devotees play with colour during Holi celebrations in the back streets close to the Banke Bihari temple in Vrindavan. (Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images)
3. An Indian Hindu widow walks with a cane as flowers fall from above during Holi celebrations organized by the NGO Sulabh at the Meera Sahbhagini Ashram in Vrindavan.(Kevin Frayer/AP)
4. An Indian Hindu widow stands covered in coloured powder during Holi celebrations organized by the NGO Sulabh at the Meera Sahbhagini Ashram in Vrindavan. (Kevin Frayer/AP)
5. A Hindu woman stands on a floor covered with coloured powder as devotees celebrate Holi festival inside the Banke Bihari temple in Vrindavan. (Altaf Qadri/AP)
6. A stray dog rests in front of a closed shop as devotees walk towards the Banke Bihari temple to celebrate Holi in Vrindavan, India. (Altaf Qadri/AP)
7. Indian youth play with coloured powder during Holi festival celebrations in Jammu. (Channi Anand/AP)
la fête des couleurs…
