Lectures For Lifelong Learners!

Few filmmakers have shaped cultural experiences of suspense in cinema as profoundly as Alfred Hitchcock. This lecture traces Hitchcock’s career from his early British films, including The Lodger (1927) and The 39 Steps (1935), to Hollywood classics including Rear Window (1954), Vertigo (1958), and Psycho (1960). Along the way, this lecture will explore Hitchcock’s fascination with guilt, voyeurism and the ordinary person suddenly caught up in extraordinary danger. We will also look behind the camera at Hitchcock’s distinctive visual style, which helped make him one of the most recognisable directors in film history.