March 12 is the day for Hitchcock, Alfred Hitchcock that is. Why, well, we don't know and National ToDay says the origins of the day are a mystery, since he was born on August13, 1899, and died April 29th of 1980.
I forget the year that my dad introduced me to the legend of Alfred Hitchcock, but he did it with The Birds, and I was in love. A favorite game of mine was been "Spot Alfred", basically a version of "Where's Waldo" except that I'm in search of Alfred's cameos, (he appears in 39 of his 54 films). In junior high and into high school, a few of us would have a weekly gathering at the lunch table, to discuss the previous night's rerun of Alfred Hitchcock Presents.
As brilliant as his films are, they can be problematic, because Alfred was problematic, (to say the least), misogyny, and obsessiveness are a horrible combination. Tippi Hedren wrote in Tippi: a memoir that her mantra while filming The Birds, the bedroom scene, in particular, was "I won't let him break me; I won't let him break me."
A portrait of the filmmaker traces his career and numerous works, noting his role in the establishment of industry standards and the characteristics most associated with his persona while offering insight into his private, professional, and family life.
Jamaican Inn: An Irish orphan girl goes to live with an uncle who is discovered to be involved in a group of smuggling highwaymen ravaging the area.
Sabotage: An undercover Scotland yard detective infiltrates the home of a theatre operator who is suspected of sabotage.
The 39 steps: Character Richard Hanney stumbles into a conspiracy that involves him in a hectic chase across the Scottish moors.
Easy virtue: A woman goes through a divorce and attempts to overcome the tarnished reputation that accompanies it.
A man devises a plan to murder his wife, not only because he wants her money, but because she is in love with another man.
Horror melodrama in which a woman disappears after spending the night in an isolated motel that adjoins an eerie Victorian mansion, inhabited by a disturbed young man and his mother.
Roger Thornhill is a New York advertising executive who is kidnapped by a gang of spies led by Philip Vandamm, who believes Thornhill is CIA agent George Kaplan. Thornhill escapes but must find Kaplan in order to clear himself of a murder that Kaplan is accused of committing. Following Kaplan to Chicago as a fugitive from justice, Thornhill is helped by beautiful Eve Kendall. In Chicago, she delivers a message to Kaplan that almost costs Thornhill his life when he is chased across a cornfield by a crop-dusting plane.
Two strangers who accidentally meet and plan to trade murders. The screenplay of Patricia Highsmith's novel was adapted by Raymond Chandler.
Profiles the life and accomplishments of the British filmmaker known for his distinctive style of directing and his films that featured suspenseful and surprising plots.
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