On Wednesday, November 6, at 2:30 p.m., the City of Coronado’s John D. Spreckels Center will be streaming a free lecture on, “Hitchcock on the Set: Auteur and Collaborator” in partnership with UC San Diego’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute. “There are many directors with a love of cinema, but what you possess is a love of celluloid itself,” said Francois Truffaut in his letter of introduction to Alfred Hitchcock. Hitchcock was accepted in Hollywood as an entertainer of B-movie thrillers and celebrated by the critics of the French New Wave as a great artist. Today, audiences and filmmakers continue to cherish Hitchcock’s work as classic thrillers and high cinematic art. This lecture will explore Hitchcock at work in the creation of his celluloid vision. How did Hitchcock create these classics and what can we learn from his work process? Was he truly an auteur who demanded a team that followed his vision, or did he value the collaborative nature of cinematic art? The lecture will explore Hitchcock’s work ethic and process through the production of three classics: Notorious (1946), Rear Window (1954), and The Birds (1963). This lecture will track the evolution of the craft of the “Master of Suspense” and discover an artist who developed a commanding facility for cinematic image, an exacting direction to capture his vision, and a steadfast indebtedness to his collaborative moviemaking team.
This informative lecture will feature Stuart Voytilla, who teaches critical studies and screenwriting at SDSU’s School of Theatre, Television, and Film.
To sign up or receive additional information, stop by the Spreckels Center at 1019 Seventh Street, call (619) 522-7343, or visit online at www.coronado.ca.us/spreckels.
