Greater Love Hath No Man
HtichCon '21: What’s It All about, Alfie?
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18m
Of Hitchcock’s unrealized projects, No Bail for the Judge (c. 1959) is the one that came closest to actual production. This presentation asks “What if?” to shed light on where the film would fit in the Hitchcock canon had it been made. While there are clear links to Hitchcock’s previous father-daughter films, such as Young and Innocent and Stage Fright, the screenplay’s major theme is one of devotion and self-sacrifice that finds Vertigo, Under Capricorn and Notorious as its closest antecedents.
HitchCon Advisory Board member. Steven is the author of “Writing with Hitchcock: The Collaboration of Alfred Hitchcock and John Michael Hayes.” He’s appeared on-screen in the documentary “Viaggio nel Cinema in 3D: Una Storia Vintage, which premiered at the 2016 Venice Film Festival;” in the documentary “The Master's Touch: Hitchcock's Signature Style;” and in featurettes on home video releases of “To Catch a Thief and North by Northwest.” Since 2011, Steven has been teaching film studies and screenwriting at Mercy University in Westchester County, New York. Beginning with his popular course on Hitchcock, Steven partnered with his local Alamo Drafthouse Cinema to host discussions for both students and the theater audience. He’s also hosted film series on Orson Welles, Hollywood Westerns, and Screwball Comedies.
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