Watch Hitchcock and Donnersmarck

 Description Alfred Hitchcock’s THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH (1935) and the 2007 film THE LIVES OF OTHERS (Von Donnersmarck) may not seem closely linked, though they have many loose thematic connections. This week’s blog assignment gives you an opportunity to make your own connection between the two films. What do you find most interesting […]

Rear Window directed by Alfred Hitchcock

 Do any narrative/story or visual patterns recur a sufficient number of times to suggest a structural element in themselves? If so, what are these patterns? Do they help you determine the meaning of the film? In other words, is there a repeated pattern in the film that sets you up to anticipate what is going […]