Talking Hitchcock

Joel and I discuss the origins of the event, what to expect this year and I get his thoughts on many aspects of Hitchcock!

Come and join us at Hitch Con happening online and in person at Mercy University on 7th and 8th October! I’ll be presenting at Hitch Con in a talk entitled Rooting for Rupert-How Hitchcock Complicates our Responses to the Hero/Anti-Hero of 1948s Rope?

Visit hitchcon.org. to read the full line up including details of all talks and speakers, evening screenings of films and post-film discussions. And I’ve got a special discount code for you to use and get 25 percent off your tickets. Simply apply the code TALKHITCH25 at the checkout and get 25 percent off your purchase.

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You can find Joel Gunz on the following platforms:

Twitter @JoelGunz

Instagram: @alfredhitchcockgeek

Facebook: Alfred Hitchcock Geek

Alfred Hitchcock Geek: www.alfredhitchcockgeek.com

Hitch Con: www.hitchcon.org  

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Read Rebecca's Hitchcock's Women series with Moving Pictures Film Club here: ⁠⁠Hitchcock’s Women (movingpicturesfilmclub.com)⁠

You are invited back into the Talking Hitchcock screening room! Join creator and host, Hitchcock enthusiast, Rebecca McCallum with special guest film scholar, artist and educator Beth Bullock as they take some bad advice from a friend whilst saunering at the Beefeater Club and travel from New York to Lake Placid to discuss the screwball comedy MR AND MRS SMITH (1941).

I was delighted to be joined by such a special guest who is the absolute expert and go-to voice when it comes to this film. In what might be the biggest deep dive ever on the film to date, we cover Hitchcock’s relationship with the incredible Carole Lombard and theorise on what this film tells us about the art of playing, gender roles in marriage and did I mention, the Freudian slit?  

So, let the games begin as we bend the rules, take some bad advice from a friend whilst saunering at the Beefeater club and travel from Manhattan to Lake Placid as we press the doorbell of Mr and Mrs Smith!

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Beth is an alumna of the University of Chicago's Cinema and Media Studies Program. She teaches art history, cinema and humanities courses at the City Colleges of Chicago and film studies at Dominican University. She is at work on a chapter tenatively titled 'More Blessed to Give: Trackign the Reception of Alfred Hitchcock's Mr and Mrs Smith (1941)' to be published in a forthcoming Hitchcock anthology. As a freelance photographer, her work as been displayed and published locally around Chicago. She serves on the advisory board of "HitchCon" and has spoken at its yearly conferences.

You can find Beth Bullock on the following platforms:

Facebook

Twitter @bbullock77

Instagram:

Visit her website:

Find Rebecca and her work on Twitter and Instagram @PendlePumpkin

Read Rebecca's Hitchcock's Women series with Moving Pictures Film Club here: ⁠⁠Hitchcock’s Women (movingpicturesfilmclub.com)

You are invited back into the Talking Hitchcock screening room! Join creator and host, Hitchcock enthusiast Rebecca McCallum with special guest - historian, author, scholar and leader in historic preservation and the study of American architecture -Christine Madrid French-to talk about her must-have book- The Architecture of Suspense-The Built World in the Films of Alfred Hitchcock.

Christine discusses her fantastic book, how architecture impacts upon our psychology and what she terms ‘the mystical Hitchcock’ as well as sharing insights on key moments and themes relating to architecture in Hitchcock’s films. She also shares EXCLUSIVE!! NEVER DISCUSSED BEFORE FINDINGS in her research relating to the Uncanny Valley and two key locations in Vertigo (1958)-the Legion of Honour and the Empire Hotel. I conclude by putting some listener questions to Christine about architecture in Hitchcock’s films.

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You can find Christine on Twitter @madridfrench and Instagram @madamhistorian and visit her website: madridfrench.com

You can purchase her book The Architecture of Suspense-The Built World in the Films of Alfred Hitchcock via Amazon or from the

Find Rebecca and her work on Twitter and Instagram @PendlePumpkin

Read Rebecca's Hitchcock's Women series with Moving Pictures Film Club here: ⁠⁠Hitchcock’s Women (movingpicturesfilmclub.com)⁠

You are invited back into the Talking Hitchcock screening room for a special bonus episode!

Have you ever wondered what Alfred Hitchcock might have to say about his films if he were still with us today?

Mark Cousins, the award-winning filmmaker behind The Story of Film: An Odyssey, The Eyes of Orson Welles and The Story of Film: A New Generation tackles the question of how Hitchcock’s vast body of work and legacy holds up in today’s society as well as looking at the auteur with a new and radical approach-through the use of his own voice.

Yes that’s right, as Hitchcock rewatches his films, we are taken on an odyssey through his career-including his silent films, his work in the 50s and 60s and his later works in the most playful and revealing of ways in Mark’s new documentary My Name is Alfred Hitchcock.

Join creator and host, Hitchcock enthusiast Rebecca McCallum as she interviews the director and writer to discuss his new documentary MY NAME IS ALFRED HITCHCOCK.

MY NAME IS ALFRED HITCHCOCK is in cinemas and on demand from 21st July and you can visit the website www.alfred-hitchcock.film for

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You are invited back into the Talking Hitchcock screening room for a bonus episode marking the beginning of a new series entitled Hitch Takes!

Join creator and host, Hitchcock enthusiast Rebecca McCallum as she explores the role and readings of Midge in Vertigo. Listen to Rebecca analyse each of Midge scenes, comparing and contrasting her with Madeline and Judy, and examining her relationship with Scottie.

This is the first Hitch Take episode so please get in touch and let me know what you think!

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References

Vertigo BFI Classics -Charles Barr

Fatal Resemblances: Cross Mapping Hitchcock’s Vertigo with Nabokov’s Lolita, (Barbara Straumann) in Haunted by Vertigo Hitchcock’s Masterpiece Then and Now (Edited by Sidney Gottlieb and

The Women Who Knew Too Much (Tania Modleski)

Vertigo (1958), Alternate Ending - YouTube

‘The Look’, Narrativity and the Female Spectator in Vertigo. (Karen

The Past, The Present And The Perverse: VERTIGO As A Possession Film - Fangoria

HITCHCOCK’S WOMEN: Constructing and Resurrecting the Ideal Woman – A Portrait of Judy

HITCHCOCK’S

You are invited back into the Talking Hitchcock screening room! Join creator and host, Hitchcock enthusiast Rebecca McCallum with special guest -New York Playwright and Scholar Elisabeth Karlin as they prepare to travel from Marrakesh all the way to London to analyse and dissect Hitchcock’s only remake- The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956).  Listen to find out which critical study of Hitchcock Elisabeth persuaded her father to publish which she was also involved

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Elisabeth is a playwright in New York City who also writes about film. Her work on Hitchcock includes being a frequent contributor to the Alfred Hitchcock Geek Blog and her essay on the heroines of Hitchcock appears in the most recent Hitchcock Annual. She serves on the advisory board of "HitchCon" and has spoken at its yearly conferences. You can find her on Twitter @ElisabethKarlin and Instagram @elisbath.karlin

Find Rebecca and her work on Twitter and Instagram @PendlePumpkin

Read Rebecca's Hitchcock's Women series with Moving Pictures Film Club here: ⁠⁠Hitchcock’sWomen (movingpicturesfilmclub.com)⁠

References

Hitchcock’s Heroines (Caroline Young)

The Man Who Knew Too Much BFI Classic (Murray Pomerance)

Beyond the Blond the Dynamic Heroines of Hitchcock (Elisabeth Karlin)

Breaking Silence Through Song-Jo McKenna in The Man Who Knew Too Much (Rebecca

The Man Who Knew Too Much-The Thriller Master’s Only Remake (Cinephilia and Beyond) ‘The Man Who Knew Too Much’: The Thriller

You are invited to enter the Talking Hitchcock screening room! Join creator and host, Hitchcock enthusiast Rebecca McCallum with special guest -Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana as they warm their brandies and pull up the blinds to zoom in on all aspects of Rear Window (1954).  We discuss voyeurism, sexuality, cinematic metaphors and unconscious desires!

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Ygraine is a Senior Contributor of Moving Pictures Film Club and Ghouls Magazine and host of What A Scream Podcast. Find Ygraine on Instagram @whatascream and her podcast What A Scream on Twitter @what_scream and Instagram @whatascreampodcast. All her links can be found here whatascreampodcast | Twitter, Facebook |Linktree

Find Rebecca and her work on Twitter and Instagram @PendlePumpkin

Read Rebecca's Hitchcock's Women series with Moving Pictures Film Club here: ⁠Hitchcock’s Women (movingpicturesfilmclub.com)⁠

Episode References

Welcome to the inaugural episode of Talking Hitchcock! Join creator and host Hitchcock enthusiast Rebecca McCallum in the screening room as she provides an overview of Hitchcock's life and career, pausing to reflect more closely on a selection of the director's films.

This is followed by an exploration of who and what is Hitchcock and Rebecca shares her personal history with the director's work, revealing what led her to creating this podcast.

Find Talking Hitchcock on Twitter @hitch_pod and Instagram @talkinghitchpod where you can support the podcast and keep up to date with releases.

Find Rebecca and her work on Twitter and Instagram @PendlePumpkin

Read Rebecca's Hitchcock's Women series with Moving Pictures Film Club here: Hitchcock’s Women (movingpicturesfilmclub.com)

Episode References

Listen to the trailer for Talking Hitchcock-a podcast celebrating and exploring the work and world of Alfred Hitchcock, created and hosted by Hitchcock enthusiast Rebecca McCallum! Each episode, you are invited into the screening room for a deep dive of one of the directors films or for post-show drinks where Rebecca will be joined by special guests to discuss all things that form part of the Hitchcockian universe!

Find Talking Hitchcock on Twitter @hitch_pod and Instagram @talkinghitchpod where you can support the podcast and keep up to date with releases.

Find Rebecca and her work on Twitter and Instagram @PendlePumpkin

Read Rebecca's Hitchcock's Women series with Moving Pictures Film Club here: ⁠Hitchcock’s Women (movingpicturesfilmclub.com)⁠