Word: hitchcocked
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Alfred Hitchcock describes most movies as "pictures of people talking." But he considers his own films "pure cinema," meaning storytelling through montage, the art of putting shots together to convey an idea to his audience. Hitchcock emphasizes this visual concept of film-making whenever he discusses his own films, and in seeing his fiftieth, Torn Curtain, it would be wise to take the hint...
...least the first hour, Torn Curtain is one of the most visually complex and subtle films ever made. The Master establishes suspense, atmosphere, and minute characterizational detail with editing and color camerawork. In manipulating the reactions of the audience he knows so well, Hitchcock quietly (and romantically) uses point-of-view shots to switch character emphasis, soft and distorted focus to heighten tension, soundtrack modulation to isolate the important, and back-projection (when a scene is played in front of a projected background) to subtly increase intimacy...
...honor of Hitchcock's visit, Ivy Films began showing two all Hitchcock double-features yesterday. Yesterday's films were The Lodger (1926) and Shadow of a Doubt...
Tonight's films will be Blackmail (1930), Hitchcock's first talkie, and the better-known Psycho (1961). Both films can be viewed in the downstairs auditorium of the Carpenter Center...
...Hitchcock fans, A Man for All Seasons by Robert Bolt opened at the Loeb last night. Also at the Loeb beginning this evening, will be Arms and the Man by George Bernard Shaw. Thursday evening will mark the opening of Oh, What A Lovely War by Joan Littlewood in Agassiz which is produced by the Harvard Dramatic Club Summer Players, and directed by the honorable Timothy S. Mayer...