3779 - Hitchcock Part 2: A Turn Inward (Colin Mackey)
Course Description
Instructor: Colin Mackey
"In Part II we will explore many of the early American films of Alfred Hitchcock. During this time as he wrestled for more control of his own productions, his subject matter took an introspective turn, where the conflicts are equal parts man vs. man and man vs. self reflecting the tumultuous era of a world at war. We will focus on placing each Hitchcock film both in its relevance in his own career, its influence in the history of cinema, and as a reflection of the time in which it was made. The films covered this session will be Saboteur, Shadow of a Doubt, Lifeboat, Spellbound, Notorious, The Paradine Case, and Rope.
This class is part two of a planned four-part series. You do not have to have taken Part I to join this course, although there might be the occasional reference to the films we studied in Part I."
Bio
I was a middle school English teacher for 25 years including time at Holy Innocents' Episcopal School and Westminster in Atlanta. In addition to English, I was the technology coordinator of the middle school and taught courses in media literacy, journalism, and screen writing as well as conducting a film club after a sabbatial at the NYU Tisch School for the Arts concentrating on incorporating film into the English classroom.