Hitchcock Notes and Extras
See also the Gallery page

Hitchcock themes and motifs

Hitchcock's five basic plots (from Robin Wood)

Critical approaches in Hitchcock study (from Jane Sloan & others)

Film techniques and related matters

The MacGuffin

Expressionism in art & film

Hitchcock & psychoanalysis

Doppelgangers and doubles

Scopophilia, voyeurism, the gaze, objectification, fetishism

Eyes in Hitchcock movies

Portraits & paintings

Hitchcock blondes

Mothers in Hitchcock movies

National monuments as Hitchcock settings

Theaters as settings in Hitchcock films

Stairs, staircases & levels

Serial killers: Jack the Ripper, Dr. Crippen & Christie, Ed Gein

Montage theory: Eisenstein, Vertov, & Hitchcock

Match cuts & dissolves

'Tunnel' shots

'Pieta' shots

How to throw a punch

Psycho: influences, sequels, remake, homages

Psycho: Ed Gein, Robert Bloch, and their legacy

The Psycho house: sources and influence

Psycho review

Vertigo & Brian De Palma's Obsession

Hitchcock's cameo appearances in his films

Rankings, polls, and awards