Becoming Hitchcock: The Legacy of Blackmail (2024)
Related Movies
Andrey Zvyagintsev. The Director (2017)
Alex to the Max: The Making of Max Keeble's Big Move
Happy Birthday Mr Bean (2021)
Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet at Work on a Film Based on Franz Kafka’s Amerika (1983)
Das Boot Revisited: An Underwater Success Story (2021)
Caligari: When Horror Came to Cinema (2014)
Auteur on the Campus: Jack Arnold at Universal! (2012)
King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen (2018)
Movies by Machine - AI and Cinema (2024)
All You Zombies: Bringing 'Predestination' to Life (2015)
Filmworker (2018)
The Making of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023)
Beyond Horror: The History and Sub-Culture of Red Films (2019)
Walt: The Man Behind the Myth (2001)
Billy, How Did You Do It? (1992)
The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story (1999)
Subtitles for: Becoming Hitchcock: The Legacy of Blackmail (2024)
Narrated by historian, critic and filmmaker Elvis Mitchell, this documentary reflects the development of the iconic filmmaker's signature style, through the making of one of his benchmark films, Blackmail. The documentary highlights the birth of the "Hitchcock Touch" at a period when talking pictures first emerged and explores his trademark themes, like such as murder, suspense and cool blondes. While focusing on Blackmail, the documentary reveals how this film also foreshadows the director's later masterpieces, from Psycho to North by Northwest and from The Birds to Frenzy.
| Rate | ★ 5.8/10 (8 votes) |
| Genre | Documentary |
| Duration | 1h 19m |
| Country | France, United Kingdom, United States of America |
| Release | 18 Oct 2024 |
| Language | EN |
| Director | Laurent Bouzereau |
| Keywords | filmmaking 1920s alfred hitchcock |
| IMDb | tt33583006 ↗ |
| Type | Movie Released |
