The Birds as Global Pandemic
HitchCon '22: Hitchcock in a Time of Crisis
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Hitchcock's apocalyptic film eerily foreshadowed the most deadly pandemic of the last 100 years.
Tony Lee Moral's new book "Hitchcock: The Storyboards" (Penguin Random House, September 2023) explores the visual design of The 39 Steps through to Torn Curtain. An updated version of "The Young Alfred Hitchcock's Moviemaking Master Class" (2022) focuses on Hitchcock's influence on a new generation of content creators. He is also author of "The Making of Hitchcock's The Birds" and "Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Marnie."
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Saturday Morning Panel Discussion
The morning's speakers gather to field your questions and comments and discuss each other's research.
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