| Hitchcock basics:
Filmography
Bibliography
Rankings, polls, and awards
Hitchcock's cameo appearances in his films
Hitchcock's five basic plots (from Robin Wood)
Two limitations of Hitchcock's art (from Robin Wood)
Hitchcock's "three realities" (from Jean Doucet)
Three kinds of threats in Hitchcock's American films (from John Orr)
Critical approaches in Hitchcock study (from Jane Sloan & others)
Film techniques and related matters
Themes & topics:
Summary: Hitchcock themes and motifs
The MacGuffin
Expressionism in art & film
Hitchcock & psychoanalysis
Doppelgangers and doubles
Scopophilia, voyeurism, the gaze, objectification, fetishism
Homosexuality in Hitchcock movies
Eyes in Hitchcock movies
Dangling and falling
Portraits & paintings in Hitchcock movies
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
Techniques:
Montage theory: Eisenstein, Vertov, & Hitchcock
Match cuts & dissolves
'Tunnel' shots
'Pieta' shots
How to throw a punch
Notes on specific readings:
provided as the course progresses
Notes on Psycho:
see also the Gallery and Blackboard notes.
Psycho: influences, sequels, remake, homages
Psycho: Ed Gein & Robert Bloch's novel
The Psycho house: sources and influence
Other:
Vertigo & Brian De Palma's Obsession
Annie Liebovitz's updated Hitchcock stills
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