Good friend of Film Nite Richard Dacre has been working very hard for quite some time on an innovative double session on the work of Leytonstone's very own ALFRED HITCHCOCK.He will be examining the conflicting claims about Hichcock's two periods of work, namely, (1) Up to 1940's - BRITISH HITCHCOCK, and (2) 1940's onwards - AMERICAN HITCHCOCK.
A lot of British film critics were dishearted by Hitch's decision to leave his homeland for Hollywood and saw the move as having a negative effect on the maestro's output. A later generation of critics came to a different conclusion. Some of you are aware of French director, Francois Truffaut's pioneering book based upon many hours of interviews with the great man.
Richard will also be looking at the connections between Hitch's British films and his later Hollywod work. All in all the two sessions will be as comprehensive as is possible in two 2-hour sessions, and I have little doubt that you will be seeing extracts from some of Hitch's rarer films particularly his earlier British ones.
These sessions promise to be of the highest standard which is of course what we expect from Richard who thoroughly researches his presentations.
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