Year 10 English - Danse Macabre
Alfred Hitchcock
Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, KBE (13 August 1899 – 29 April 1980) was a British filmmaker and producer who pioneered many techniques in the suspense and psychological thriller genres. After a successful career in his native United Kingdom in both silent films and early talkies, Hitchcock moved to Hollywood. In 1956 he became an American citizen while retaining his British citizenship.
Hitchcock directed more than fifty feature films in a career spanning six decades. He remains one of the most popular and most recognised filmmakers, and his works are still popular today. Often regarded as the greatest British filmmaker of all time, in 2007 Hitchcock was ranked #1 by film critics in The Telegraph's list of 21 greatest British directors, which writes: "Unquestionably the greatest filmmaker to emerge from these islands, Hitchcock did more than any director to shape modern cinema, which would be utterly different without him. His flair was for narrative, cruelly withholding crucial information (from his characters and from us) and engaging the emotions of the audience like no one else."
Alfred Hitchcock Filmography
Click on the link to view Alfred Hitchcock's Filmography - a list of all of his films from 1925 to 1976. Take the next step an rent a few from a video shop one weekend and get to know some classic Hitchcock films.
Alfred Hitchcock - Master of SuspenseThis is a great website that looks at all things Hitchcock. Some of his most famous quotes, biography, filmography, essays, and much more.
Make sure you watch a few of his films - they may look dated, but he is still the best at building tension through his use of film techniques... |
Alfred Hitchcock Presents...Alfred Hitchcock Presents is well known for its title sequence. The camera fades in on a simple line-drawing caricature of Hitchcock's rotund profile. As the program's theme music, Charles Gounod's Funeral March of a Marionette, plays, Hitchcock himself appears in silhouette from the right edge of the screen, and then walks to center screen to eclipse the caricature. He then almost always says "Good evening."
This episode is a version of Roald Dahl's short story "Man from the South". You will find many more episodes on YouTube that you can watch... |
BBC Interview of Alfred Hitchcock (1964)
Hitchcock discusses his film-making techniques, and the real purpose of his movies - what he terms "The Fright Complex". Part One (6:54) |
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Part Two (7:13) |
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Alfred Hitchcock Film Posters
(Click on the posters to view an enlarged version)