Hitchcock Disciples

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This course focuses upon Alfred Hitchcock, arguably the most influential cinematic artist and auteur of the 20th century. There will be an examination of his films, authorship, and collaborations, from early works produced in England to films and television dramas made during his Hollywood period. The aesthetics of Hitchcock’s cinema—stylistic markers and thematic concerns—will be studied in depth, as will the influence he had on countless filmmakers. Theoretical approaches to Hitchcock’s work used in this course will include auteurist, psychoanalytic, feminist, and ideological models of film criticism. In a career that spanned more than half a century, from silent film to sound, from black and white to color, from expressionism to classical Hollywood cinema, to the concept of the director as auteur, Hitchcock truly was the most complete of film artists. 3 sem. hrs. 3 crs