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Our Dinner with Evan Hunter: A Tale of Two Agendas
HitchCon '23: Hitchcock Unbound
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31m
Pace University Professors Walter Raubicheck and Walter Srebnick—a.k.a. The Two Walters—joined screenwriter Evan Hunter (“The Birds,” 1963) at an Italian restaurant in New York City and recorded the whole thing. In this interview with HitchCon host Joel Gunz—and interspersed with clips from those tapes—they reveal insights into the interaction between the director and the screenwriter, the creation of the final scenario for “The Birds” and how the finished film deviated from the script.
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