HitchCon '22: Hitchcock in a Time of Crisis
Four decades have passed since Alfred Hitchcock’s death, and it’s a very different world. Humankind now faces a range of crises from climate change and pandemics to political unrest and war. Yet, Hitchcock's films remains perennially fresh. By exploring his artistry, we can discover new approaches to cope with and perhaps thrive in the face of trauma and other challenges.
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Seeing Hitchcock through the Lens of #MeToo: Elisabeth Karlin
Elisabeth Karlin is a HitchCon Advisory Board member. Elisabeth Karlin is an award-winning playwright living in New York. Her plays include "The Night the Ocean Met the Bay" (Next Stage Press); "The Showman and the Spirit" (Winner, 2017 Stanley Drama Award); "Hotbed" (Epic Play Readings, Project ...
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SPECIAL GUEST PANEL: Seeing Hitchcock through the Lens of #MeToo.
Justice is often elusive. Alfred Hitchcock understood this fact well. So, how do film critics today illuminate historically significant filmmakers while trying to balance the scales of social justice? What concessions are reasonable in retrospect? What adjustments necessary moving forward? Join o...
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Hitchcock Comes to Harlem: A Look at Where Topaz Sparkles
Topaz (1969) generally works better in parts than as a whole. But oh, those parts! One standout is the recreation of Castro’s 1962 stay at Harlem’s Hotel Theresa—a sequence that shows Hitchcock was not blind to the historic moment of Cuban revolutionaries establishing solidarity with Black Americ...
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The “Shadow” in To Catch a Thief
Multiple shadowy shots of John Robie (Cary Grant) on the roofs of those Monaco villas suggest that he is encountering what Carl Jung calls his “shadow,” the repressed parts of himself that up to now have resided in his personal unconscious. Now he has little choice but to make them conscious.
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Sunday Afternoon–Part 2 Panel Discussion
The speakers will gather to field your questions and comments and discuss each other's research. The afternoon's speakers are joined by special guests Steven DeRosa, Sidney Gottlieb and Thomas Leitch to wrap up the weekend's symposia.
Joel Gunz is President & Host of HitchCon. An independent sch...
