Alfred Hitchcock’s 1948 film Rope is an early work indicative of the filmmaker’s blossoming mastery. It is flirting with suspense; it understands that, in making an audience gasp in shock, suspension is paramount. Hitchcock recognizes that the stretched moments before the jump off a cliff bears the most resemblance to
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Contemporary actors re-imagine iconic Alfred Hitchcock films in new Vanity Fair portfolio
Vanity Fair has released a portfolio of contemporary actors re-imagined as characters from Alfred Hitchcock films, and it’s glorious—I, of course, wouldn’t share if it isn’t the case. The portfolio is a collective work by photographers Julian Broad, Norman Jean Roy, Art Streiber, and Mark Seliger. In it, Naomi Watts
This Woodwork Artist Spliced Your Favorite Auteurs With Their Films
I’ve come across this astounding collection of woodwork art this morning. The pieces are created by a Seattle-based artist named Mike Leavitt, who, like any true cinephile would, took the phrase “the filmmaker becomes the film” literally. His latest art project, titled “King Cuts,” features great filmmakers spliced with characters
The Hitchcockian Scene: ‘Vertigo’ and Hitchcock’s masterful blocking
The Hitchcockian scene is as hard to find these days as it is hard to define. Rare is that scene that bears a propensity for detail, for rhythm, and for distinct aspects of careful attention and intricacy. The famous scene in Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo, in which an unsuspecting detective falls
Must-Reads of the Week: August 16 – August 22
Alfred Hitchcock, Audrey Hepburn, Asghar Farhadi and more at this week’s essential reads! … AV Club’s Christopher Curley explores science fiction’s glorious hallways: Science fiction films, especially lower-budget ones, only have a few tools at their disposal to sell the otherworldliness of their future fictions. One is the matte painting,
