THE FILMS OF ALFRED HITCHCOCK
Alfred Hitchcock Scholars Meet Here! The 'MacGuffin' Web Page
ART OF THE FILM
THE FILMS OF ALFRED HITCHCOCK
Alfred Hitchcock Scholars Meet
Here! The 'MacGuffin' Web Page
Alfred Hitchcock's Cameo Appearances
FINAL EXAM
You are on your honor to do this without assistance other than your notes and the book.
TO CATCH A THIEF
1. Compare the Grant-Kelly relationship in this film with that of the Stewart-Kelly relationship in Rear Window. Which of the scenes really flirts with the Motion Picture Production Code wherein language can be construed to have a sexual double entendre and it is strongly suggested that sex occurs.
VERTIGO
2. How is Scotty different from the other characters James Stewart has played in the films we have watched? Where are the technical innovations Hitchcock loved to introduce in his films?
PSYCHO
3. How does the scene in the backroom of the motel office tell us everything if we were only truly perceptive viewers? Is this film a radical departure for Hitchcock or can we find elements of it in former films? Explain.
FRENZY
4. Write a review of this film comparing and contrasting it to others in the course.
5. Which of the films seen in this class was your favorite? Why?
Which do you believe is Hitchcock’s best film? Why?
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