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Sundays with Hitchcock - Psycho
The Film Institute at Montclair State presents Sundays with Hitchcock, a four-part screening and lecture series on Alfred Hitchcock, the iconic filmmaker credited with practically inventing the thriller genre. Hitchcock may have been “the Master of Suspense,” but his greatest mystery was himself. Film critic and author of The Alfred Hitchcock Encyclopedia, Stephen Whitty, reveals some of the director’s secrets in this series that looks at the filmmaker’s art through his greatest obsession and his four finest leading ladies: Grace Kelly, Kim Novak, Janet Leigh and Tippi Hedren.
Mr. Whitty will introduce each of the films with a short lecture, and moderate a post screening Q&A with the audience.
The screenings and post film discussions will be held in the School of Communication and Media's new 187-seat Presentation Hall.
Oct. 29 - 2 PM - 5PM Psycho (1960) Hailed as the first of the “slasher” films, this brilliant thriller is much, much more -- including a bleak, blackly comic commentary on sex, Mom and the American psyche. With Janet Leigh, Anthony Perkins. Reserve your seat for Psycho
Nov. 5 - 2 PM - 5PM The Birds (1963) It’s an avian uprising – but why? Hitchcock’s refusal to answer that question – or even provide a resolution – makes this the edgiest and most experimental of his films. With Tippi Hedren, Rod Taylor. Reserve your seat for The Birds
Nov. 12 - 2PM - 5PM Rear Window (1954) One of the director’s most purely entertaining movies is also a devastating study of voyeurism and urban anonymity (as well as a graduate-level course in film editing). With James Stewart, Grace Kelly. Reserve your seat for Rear Window
Nov. 19 - 2 PM - 5PM Vertigo (1958) More personal than perhaps its creator even knew, this spiraling mystery details a man’s urge to create the perfect, obedient object of his desire – and her own desire to break free. With James Stewart, Kim Novak. Reserve your seat for Vertigo
Sundays with Hitchcock is presented as part of the Linda and George Hiltzik Screening Series.
Sundays with Hitchcock are FREE and open to the general public.