FLM 166 — Hitchcock and His Admirers
Quarter: Spring
Instructor(s): Elliot Lavine
Date(s): Apr 8—May 27
Class Recording Available: Yes
Class Meeting Day: Wednesdays
Class Meeting Time: 7:00—8:50 pm (PT)
Tuition: $425
Refund Deadline: Apr 10
Unit(s): 1
Status: Open
Quarter: Spring
Day: Wednesdays
Duration: 8 weeks
Time: 7:00—8:50 pm (PT)
Date(s): Apr 8—May 27
Unit(s): 1
Tuition: $425
Refund Deadline: Apr 10
Instructor(s): Elliot Lavine
Recording Available: Yes
Status: Open
Alfred Hitchcock remains the single most influential filmmaker of the 20th century. Just how influential will be the focus of this course that combines a potent mix of Hitchcock’s classics (Psycho, Rear Window, Vertigo, Strangers on a Train, North by Northwest) and films inspired by the “Cinematic Master of Suspense,” including works by François Truffaut (The Bride Wore Black), Brian De Palma (Carrie, Body Double, Blow Out), Stanley Donen (Charade), Terence Young (From Russia with Love), Roman Polanski (Repulsion, Rosemary’s Baby), and others. From visual motifs and recurring thematic concerns to shared literary source material (Cornell Woolrich, Patricia Highsmith), this course offers an unusual opportunity to establish fresh perspectives on cinema history.
All films can be rented or streamed through online platforms or viewed using free links provided by the instructor.
ELLIOT LAVINE
Film Historian and Filmmaker
Elliot Lavine has been an active participant in film production and exhibition since the late 1970s. He has been cited as among the nation's leading film programmers, beginning his career at the Roxie Theater in San Francisco in 1990. In 2010, he received the Marlon Riggs Award from the San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle for his revival of rare archival titles and his role in the renewed popularity of film noir. Textbooks for this course:
There are no required textbooks; however, some fee-based online readings may be assigned.