ALFRED HITCHCOCK AND THE BRITISH CINEMA
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute: Spring 2012
Mondays, April 2 through May 7
Student Union: Multi-Purpose Room: 1 pm - 3:45 pm
Instructor: Barbara Spear: email: spearb@sonoma.edu
Course
Syllabus:
April 2:
The
British Film Industry: Part I:
week #1 Introduction to the Course
Syllabus
Handouts
Film Art in Europe
Screening:
THE LODGER (1927)
April 9: The British Film Industry: Part II:
week #2 British International Pictures: 1927-1932
The Coming of Sound
Screening: BLACKMAIL (1929)
April 16: The
Classic Thriller Sextet: Part I:
week # 3 Gaumont British & Michael Balcon
Hitchcock & Genre
Charles Bennett: Screenwriter
Screening:
THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH (1934)
April 23: The Classic Thriller Sextet: Part II:
week #4 The Sextet & the Spy Thriller
Literary Sources: Buchan & Maugham
Screening:
THE 39 STEPS (1935)
April 30: The Classic Thriller Sextet: Part III:
week #5 The Influence of the Classic Hollywood Cinema
The
Use of Editing & Mise-en-Scne
The Hitchcock Thriller
Screening:
SABOTAGE (1936)
May 7: The Classic Thriller Sextet: Part IV:
week #6 Hitchcock's British Films: Conclusion
Looking to the Future:
Hitchcock's "British" American Films
Screening:
THE LADY VANISHES (1938)
For recommendations of classic films on video & cable, visit
FilmFrog online: http://yorty.sonoma.edu/filmfrog