The Best of "Alfred Hitchcock Geek"

Hitch reading over Ingrid Bergman's shoulder. I wonder if he's reading over mine -- wherever he is.

If you're new here, you might want to start with these posts

• The origins of my geekdom
• How to watch Hitchcock - part 1
• How to watch Hitchcock - part 2
• My life not in the movies
• Book review: Spellbound by Beauty

Alfred Hitchcock Geek goes to Broadway

• Before the show - part1
• Review: The 39 Steps on Broadway - part 2
• Alfred Hitchcock Geek takes the stage - part 3

Hitchcock and Art

• Hitchcock and art: introduction
  
• Vertigo and the art of war
• Images in The Man Who Knew Too Much
• Edward Hopper and Shadow of a Doubt
  
• Edward Hopper and Rear Window
• Edward Hopper and Psycho
  
• Edvard Munch and The Birds
• Religious icons at the Hitchcock estate
  

The 39 Steps: The original James Bond movie

• Why The 39 Steps matters
  
• The birth of the modern spy thriller
  
• The 39 Steps and the thin crust of civilization
  
• Hannay's finest moment
  
• How one Bond film mined Hitchcock for ideas

Hitch's vision: Paradise cracked

• The Trouble with Harry: that's life!
  
• Voltaire and Shadow of a Doubt
  
• Paradise cracked
  

Hitch in history and society

• Calvinism in The Trouble with Harry
  
• The real man behind Foreign Correspondent
• The Bates Motel - coming to your home town
• Roller coaster designer takes a lesson from Hitchcock
• Scientific proof: Hitchcock makes you smarter
  

Specific films

• A fascinating discussion of Rope
• Bambi: Disney's most Hitchcockian film
• What makes Notorious so great
  
• Vertigo vs. Niagara
• Kim Novak vs. Marilyn Monroe
• Random thoughts on Rebecca
• Marnie and Rebecca compared
• Strangers on a Train: Sometimes a Zippo is not just a Zippo
  

Random stuff

• Why didn't Hitchcock Tell Ghost Stories?
• Why I'm okay with (poorly made) remakes of Hitch's films
• Vertigo's Mission Delores revisited: my trip to San Francisco
• Obituary: Production Designer Dorothea Holt Redmond
• The end, according to Hitchcock
  

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