Eyes of Hitchcock
Genres
Overview
When characters stare at the camera in the films of Alfred Hitchcock, the look is almost always associated with the threat of death (through the eyes of a victim, a murderer, a witness). This momentary suspension between death and life is partly what makes Hitchcock the indisputable master of suspense.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
2 min
Release Date
2014-09-26
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
5
Vote Average
6.6
7.0
Screenwriter John Michael Hayes on 'Rear Window'
Screenwriter John Michael Hayes reminisces about his partnership with Alfred Hitchcock during the making of the classic 1954 film Rear Window.
2001-03-06 | en
6.0
The Green Fog
A tribute to a fascinating film shot by Alfred Hitchcock in 1958, starring James Stewart and Kim Novak, and to the city of San Francisco, California, where the magic was created; but also a challenge: how to pay homage to a masterpiece without using its footage; how to do it simply by gathering images from various sources, all of them haunted by the curse of a mysterious green fog that seems to cause irrepressible vertigo…
2018-01-05 | en
6.1
Terror in the Aisles
A non-stop roller coaster ride through the scariest moments of the greatest terror films of all time.
1984-10-26 | en
6.5
Alfred Hitchcock: Master of Suspense
This is a wonderful and revealing film about famed horror and suspense director Alfred Hitchcock. You'll see behind-the-scenes of some of his most famous films including Psycho, Rear Window, Dial M for Murder, Vertigo and many more! Containing interviews, unique production shorts, trailers, film clips, news segments, and more, this collection offers a rare look into the life and times of this man who became a Hollywood legend and the undisputed Master of Suspense!
2013-09-17 | en
6.0
Mystery Train: Hitchcock and The Lady Vanishes
This video essay, featuring film scholar Leonard Leff, addresses the 1938 Alfred Hitchcock film The Lady Vanishes' British context and political underpinnings and the details and techniques that undeniably make it a 'Hitchcock picture.'
2007-11-20 | en
7.3
Hitchcock/Truffaut
Filmmakers discuss the legacy of Alfred Hitchcock and the book “Hitchcock/Truffaut” (“Le cinéma selon Hitchcock”), written by François Truffaut and published in 1966.
2015-09-05 | en
7.0
Hitchcock's Confession: A Look at I Confess
Documentary short focusing on the making of Alfred Hitchcock's 1953 film I Confess.
2004-09-07 | en
7.0
Shepperton Babylon
A sardonic look at the dark secrets of the British Film Industry of the 1920s and 30s, where scandal and sordid behaviour was almost as rife as in Hollywood.
2005-08-11 | en
7.5
Ozu: Passageways
People constantly appear walking through passageways in the films of Japanese filmmaker Yasujirō Ozu (1903-63). His art resides in the in-between spaces of modern life, in the transitory: alleys are no longer dark and threatening traps where suspense is born, but simple places of passage.
2012-12-19 | en
7.3
78/52
The most famous murder scene in movie history comprises 78 camera settings and 52 cuts: the shower scene in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho. 78/52 tells the story of the man behind the curtain and his greatest obsession.
2017-10-13 | en
10.0
The Illustrated Hitchcock
Film director Hitchcock discusses his life and career in long talks with Pia Lindstrom (newscaster and daughter of Hitchcock star Ingrid Berman) and with film historian William Everson. Excerpts from several films illustrate these interviews. Discussion topics include: what is fear?, method acting vs. film acting, the difference between the usual "Who Done It" mystery and what he considers to be real suspense. His choice of leading ladies and why (Bergman, Baxter, Kelly, Marie Saint, Leigh, etc.).
1972-07-15 | en
7.3
'Rear Window' Ethics: Remembering and Restoring a Hitchcock Classic
A documentary about Alfred Hitchcock's classic 1954 film Rear Window.
2001-03-06 | en
7.0
Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock's Favorite Film
A short documentary about the Making Of Hitchcock's "Shadow of a Doubt" (1943).
2000-01-03 | en
7.0
Obsessed with Vertigo
A documentary about the making and restoration of Alfred Hitchcock's masterpiece "Vertigo." Narrated by Roddy McDowall, with behind-the-scenes talk from Barbara Bel Geddes, Henry Bumstead, Robert A. Harris, Patricia Hitchcock, James C. Katz, Kim Novak, Peggy Robertson and Martin Scorsese. Brings fresh perspective, not just to the film and the director, but to the Fifties Hollywood as well.
1997-10-04 | en
6.8
Wes Anderson: From Above
A visual essay that highlights top-down shots from Wes Anderson's filmography.
2017-06-30 | en
10.0
P.T. Anderson: Close-Ups
In Paul Thomas Anderson's lens, close-ups reveal emotions, unfold secrets, and storytelling power resides in subtle expressions.
2014-10-02 | en
3.3
Eyeblink
A 16 mm film, featuring Yoko Ono's own eye slowly blinking, shot by Peter Moore with a high-speed camera at 2,000 frames per second, which is projected at normal speed, 24 frames per second, thus creating a slow-motion effect.
1966-03-10 | en
5.2
Phoenix Tapes
The film comprises edited excerpts from 40 Hitchcock films in six chapters, each focusing on a different motif that reveals some of Hitchcock’s dark obsessions and techniques.
1999-10-20 | en
10.0
Scorsese: The Mirrors
Scorsese Mirrors reflect emotions, revealing truths. A cinematic journey through the power of glass.
2015-06-04 | en
10.0
Tarantino: kill Is Love
A raw exploration of unmerciful violence, defining the essence of Tarantino's cinematic world.
2013-04-07 | en