Throughout our extensive retrospective on Alfred Hitchcock in celebration of the 125th anniversary of his birth last year, we saw many of the films he directed, both in Great Britain and the United States. There were, however, films that were not included for various reasons. For the second year in a row, Deborah Sutherland is teaching her course “Hitchcock Through the Ages” at St. John Fisher University, and for the second year in a row, the students from the Honors program in that class will participate in the presentation of four Hitchcock films at the Dryden Theatre, interacting with local film professors and our own staff. Each film will be introduced by students in the class and followed by a post-screening discussion with students, Sutherland, Curator of Film Exhibitions Jared Case, and a special guest. Focusing on three different decades in Hitchcock’s career, deeper readings of each film reveals connections between his works and his filmmaking techniques.
Events in this Series
The Trouble with Harry (35mm)
Hitchcock Through the Ages Hitchcock goes for laughs with this dark comedy about a New England community dealing with a very inconvenient dead body.
Dial M for Murder
Hitchcock Through the Ages Initially created with 3-D in mind, but rarely exhibited that way, Dial M for Murder stars Ray Milland as a calculating husband plotting the demise of his unfaithful wife.
Sabotage (35mm)
Hitchcock Through the Ages Part of an extraordinary string of thrillers in Hitchcock’s British period, Sabotage is primarily known now for a sequence including a bomb, a bus, a child, and an inexorable ratcheting of tension.
Shadow of a Doubt
Hitchcock Through the Ages This slow-building, disquietingly cynical small-town thriller was also Hitch's avowed personal favorite of his many pictures.