Comments on Alfred Hitchcock Geek: Hitchcock and Art - Part 1

Sounds like you're following in Hitchcock's footst...

2009-12-28T19:59:46.033-08:00

Sounds like you're following in Hitchcock's footsteps! He took art classes too!

Wow this was very interesting to me. Me and my si...

2009-12-28T11:00:18.758-08:00

Wow this was very interesting to me. Me and my sister are Art major at our University and take several art history classes.....so this was right up our alley. We spend most of our time in those classes making art comparisons. You picked some really neat paintings. All of them seem to go with the theme of the movie. I really like the Thomas Cole painting of Adam and Eve. Loved reading this. I need to watch Vertigo today.

Haley & Megan

Also, in Spellbound, look for the Salvador Dali wo...

2009-11-11T15:44:16.787-08:00

Also, in Spellbound, look for the Salvador Dali work...

Joel said,"Color should be no different from the v...

2009-11-11T15:14:57.596-08:00

Joel said,"Color should be no different from the voice which starts muted and finally arrives at a scream." Another time he said, "Color, for a reason, not just color to knock people's eyes out. Make color an actor, a defined part of the whole. Make it work as an actor instead of scenery..."

Hi! Joel,
What a very interesting review/look at Hitchcock and Art.
I think that Hitch, used colour to his advantage in the 1964 film Marnie too...I even like his use of "non-colour" in the 1960 film Psycho ...when it comes to actress Janet Leigh's slip change...representing her change of mood... between her good and bad deed.

..."There’s lots of evidence that Hitchcock was consciously thinking about art history as he developed his films. Stop back and I’ll tell you why."

I agree with you, wholeheartedly when it comes to Hitchcock and art being his inspiration. Because it is self evident in some of his films, that art was the inspiration.
Because I immediately, thought of your look at the 1958 film Vertigo…here:
Hitchcock's Vertigo

However, being an artist, I will return to find out exactly why you think Hitchcock was consciously thinking of art.
Thanks,
DeeDee ;-D

Yeah, Grace is so luminous in Rear Window! Hitch o...

2009-11-10T18:56:08.958-08:00

Yeah, Grace is so luminous in Rear Window! Hitch once told an interviewer that "Color should start with the nearest equivalent to black and white." Also: "Color should be no different from the voice which starts muted and finally arrives at a scream." Another time he said, "Color, for a reason, not just color to knock people's eyes out. Make color an actor, a defined part of the whole. Make it work as an actor instead of scenery."

Hitchcock was rad.

That's all I have to say.

I think Hitch's evolution into color-films probabl...

2009-11-10T17:21:24.307-08:00

I think Hitch's evolution into color-films probably motivated some of the throwbacks to art. I can't help recalling the small bit of trivia from "Rear Window" about Grace Kelly's dress--how it was unheard of to use black and white in the new color movies. I think that was a choice which artists like Hitch and Edith Head would have been able to reach, breaking boundaries and pushing the limits. Also- recalling that film, the structures of the windows and buildings are very framed and much like a museum, much like works of individual, different, pieces of art.
I look forward to the rest of your analysis. I agree with the look and the feel. I wouldn't be surprised if there was a lot of research done by production and Hitch and everyone with art- I mean it's in San Francisco and Midge is somewhat of an artist herself.