Sir Hitch and Uncle Walt: Feud? What Feud?
HitchCon '22: Hitchcock in a Time of Crisis
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20m
If you believe the internet, Walt Disney and Alfred Hitchcock were caught in a long-standing feud. This talk debunks that myth to dig deeper into the parallels between these two giants and their sharply contrasting contributions to the cinematic fronts of the second world war.
Pat McFadden is a HitchCon Advisory Board member. Pat grew up inside most of the revival movie theaters in Manhattan. After winning the Student Emmy and the regional Student Academy Award for his short film "Equilibriumness," he transplanted himself in California, where he worked several years as a First Assistant Film Editor, notably on HBO tele-features. Pat was an Executive Assistant at Walt Disney Imagineering for 23 years.
The Hitchcock “hobby” has been “filling” Pat's time for all of his adult life, and thanks to the Internet, he found his people. He is honored to be a contributing editor and creative consultant for Joel Gunz’s "Alfred Hitchcock Geek" Facebook Page, and an associate producer for "Good Evening: an Alfred Hitchcock Podcast," where he is referred to as "The Man Who Knows Exactly Enough." He’s author of "Sir Hitch and Uncle Walt: Feud? What Feud?" The Hitchcockian Quarterly, 2023.
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