premiere ‘My name is Alfred Hitchcock’, The documentary, in which Mark Cousins reflects various aspects of the life and work of the so-called suspense magician, making it clear that it is Hitchcock himself who tells them from the afterlife, allows us to make a small film. ‘Hitchcockian’ guide ‘in flow’ for the last weeks of August. We selected two more prestigious documentaries about the producer, ‘Hitchcock/Truffaut’ and ’78/52: The scene that changed the cinema’; two “biographies” about her figure, “Hitchcock” and “The Girl”; His five films from the period 1954-1963 are considered some of the richest in his extensive filmography (“The Rear Window”, “Dizziness”, “Death Is After Us”, “Psycho” and “Los pájaros”) and his famous television series ‘Alfred Hitchcock Presents’ ‘.
“Hitchcock/Truffaut” (2015)
In this documentary, film critic Kent Jones recalls one of the most famous books in the history of cinema, ‘Cinema According to Hitchcock’ (1966), the product of a long dialogue between the director of ‘Unchained’ and François Truffaut. In line with these conversations, Jones contacted current filmmakers (Olivier Assayas, David Fincher, Kiyoshi Kurosawa and Paul Schrader et al.) to reflect on Hitchcock’s contemporary relevance. Your film is available on Acontra and Tivify.
’78/52: The scene that changed the cinema’ (2017)
Documentary producer Alexandre O. Philippe, in all its fine details, 52 bullets that make up the murder scene in ‘Psycho’. As a group of passionate fans, including actor Elijah Wood, musician Danny Elfman, director Oz Perkins (Anthony’s son), and editor Walter Murch, Philippe explains how the film was conceived, filmed, edited and scored, and what this sequence means to them. debating what it means. . Available in Acontra and Film.
‘Hitchcock’ (2012)
A very gentle view of Hitchcock his relationship with his wife, screenwriter and directorial consultant Alma Reville, and in the making of ‘Psycho’. The film focuses on Hitchcock’s special relationship with his wife and his fascination with some blonde actresses, as well as his doubts when confronted with such a violent story and his fear of public rejection. Anthony Hopkins plays Hitchcock, Helen Mirren Reville, and Scarlett Johansson plays Janet Leigh. Available on Disney+.
‘The Girl’ (2012)
The movie made for television gradually became a kind of cursed movie. It is not available across platforms and can only be found on DVD in its original version. Not surprising, as it represents the dark reverse of the ‘biopic’ with Hopkins. Here is Hitchcock Tobey Jones is more devious and dark, and Sienna Miller plays Tippi Hedren. The film focuses on the complex relationships between director and actress during the filming of ‘The Birds’ and ‘Marnie the Thief’.
“Rear Window” (1954)
If there are two dominant themes in Hitchcock’s cinema, they are fake criminals and voyeurism. ‘Rear Window’ is the most revealing film of the latter. In the cast of James Stewart, on the terrace of his New York apartment, in the hot heat, he examines the windows of all the apartments in the neighborhood through the telephoto lens of his camera and discovers a crime. Of course without passion Grace Kelly, voided voyeurism. Available in the movie.
Dizziness (1958)
Again James Stewart, but much less player. A tragic story about deception, impersonation, double identities, sexual tension, necrophiliac love, and a wordless tour through San Francisco that has been considered the best film in cinema history for a decade. Overflowing with suggestions From Kim Novak’s Orphic chignon to the flower shop sequence this exposes the falsity of every specular image. It has inspired dozens of movies such as Brian De Palma’s ‘Fascination’. Available in the movie.
“In pursuit of death” (1959)
Before Hitchcock returns with “Psycho” one of the best accomplices, Cary Grant, in a movie that was the corollary of much of what had been shown on the North American stage until then. It’s also a light and intense plot twisted from a mistake and full of great moments: chase of the crop eraser in the cornfields or in the aftermath of the sphinxes of heads carved on Mount Rushmore. Available on HBO Max and Movistar Plus+.
‘Psycho’ (1960)
Despite being shot in 1960, Hitchcock did ‘Psycho’ black and white – to minimize the color effect of blood, he said – and in television format dominated by panoramic screens. An introspection about fear violating the shower, a sacred space of daily life, for the first time, and showed that terror in the cinema no longer comes from belligerent aliens, vampires or werewolves, but from the boy next door.. The movie is available on Moviestar Plus+ and Sky Showtime.
Birds (1963)
Mixing the starting point A story by Daphne du Maurier After some press coverage (which he adapted in “Rebecca”) and about the actual attacks of birds on humans, Hitchcock conceived one of his masterpieces of abstract and modern terror. He also experimented with sound, recreating the cawing of crows and seagulls using synthesizers and electronic effects. Projected in 4K in the Phenomena room in Barcelona on Friday the 18th (16:20). Also available on Film and Sky Showtime.
“Alfred Hitchcock Presents” (1955-1962)
He was the first filmmaker to realize that television, which had been Hollywood’s #1 public enemy since the early 1950s, was permanent and it was wise to take advantage of its virtues. It did so by cleverly adapting to the format. He is the first director to create his own series.Characterized by original mystery stories and famous presentations by Hitchcock himself, always sarcasticof each section. Seasons 1 and 7 are available on Classix.