Staging Patrick Hamilton's ROPE / playing the role of Brandon plus First Responses to Hitchcock's ROPE with actor Jack Hammett
You are invited back into the Talking Hitchcock screening room! Joining me this month is special guest actor Jack Hammett who starred in the role of Brandon in Theatre
Clwyds adaptation of Patrick Hamilton’s ROPE which I saw earlier this year.
As listeners may know by now, ROPE is a firm Hitchcock favourite of mine and therefore I was thrilled to have the opportunity to speak with Jack!
In the first part of the podcast, we get underneath the charming, controlled and pristine exterior of Brandon, as Jack shares details of how he brought the character
life in performance, including his research, preparation and readings of the role. In the second part of our discussion, Jack shares his exclusive thoughts
and initial responses to Hitchcock’s ROPE which he watched for the first time ahead of our discussion. To get such fresh and new takes on ROPE was such a treat for me indeed and I am so pleased to bring you this episode of
Talking Hitchcock!
Where to find Talking Hitchcock and Links to Rebecca’s Work
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Read Rebecca’s editorial for FANGORIA to mark ROPE’s 75th anniversary-Cat And Mouse: Who Is The Real Villain Of Hitchcock's ROPE?
Find Out More and Access Talks from HITCH CON 23 including Rebecca’s talk ‘Rooting for Rupert-How Hitchcock Complicates Our Responses to the Hero/Anti-Hero of ROPE’ here- HitchCon 23 Home — HitchCon International Alfred Hitchcock Conference
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Links to Jack and his work
X: JackHammet
Instagram: Jack_Hammet
Find out More About Theatre Clwyd
Home | Theatr Clwyd
References
Rope-play- Patrick Hamilton
Rope-film -(1948) dir Alfred Hitchcock
Rope -play-(2024) dir Francesca Goodridge at Theatre Clwyd
Music used from Trailer for Rope at Theatre Clwyd
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1:39:13
THE LODGER (1927) with Adam Robinson
WET OFF THE PRESS!!!
You are invited back into the Talking Hitchcock
screening room!
Join creator and host, Hitchcock enthusiast, Rebecca McCallum with special guest , award-winning writer, performer, theatre-maker and workshop leader Adam Robinson for this deep dive episode into what is
often referred to as the first true Hitchcock film.
We carry out our own wet off the press investigations, discussing the film in detail as well as exploring new readings of the McGuffin, Gothicism, bringing danger into the domestic and the beauty of Ivor Novello ….
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platforms:
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Instagram: @adam__zed
Website: Adam Z. Robinson (adamzrobinson.com)
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References
The Lodger (1927)-dir Alfred Hitchcock
Literature Film Quarterly (1983)-Hitchcock’s The Lodger-Lesley W. Brill
Early Hitchcock: The German Influence-Hitchcock Annual-(1999)-Sidney Gottleib
Working with Hitchcock-Sight and Sound (1980)-Ivor Montagu
Alfred Hitchcock and Francois Truffaut Interview-(1962)-The Lodger
The Lodger and the Aesthetic Origins (2001)-Richard Allen
Action-Bob Thomas and Alfred Hitchcock The German Years (1973)-TV Interview
The Haunted Screen-(2008)-Lottie Eisner
Undertones of Expressionism
in Alfred Hitchcock’s The Lodger (youtube.com)-IUCinema
Hitchcock’s Heroines-(2018) Caroline Young
www.brentonfilmcom
The Times Review-January 1927
To-Night Golden Curls, Murder and Mimesis (2013)- Sanford Schwartz
Doubles and Doubts in Hitchcock The German Connection in Hitchcock Past and Future edited by Richard Allen
and Sam Ishii-Gonzales (2004)-Bettina Rosenbladt
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3:04:52
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT! -TRIPLE HITCH! 3 Exciting Events with Mockingbird Cinema!
TRIPLE HITCH!!!
You are invited back into the Talking Hitchcock
screening room.
Join creator and host, Hitchcock enthusiast, Rebecca McCallum as she makes a special announcement!
Talking Hitchcock is back on tour with three very exciting
events taking place at Mockingbird Cinema Birmingham in the next few months!
THE BIRDS
Intro Talk+ Film + Q and A
Sat 19th October, 5:30pm at Mockingbird Cinema
Birmingham
Tickets-Mockingbird Cinema | Talking Hitchcock
Podcast Presents - The Birds
HITCHCOCK PRESENTS
Intro talk + 3 Episode screening as part of Square Eyes TV
Festival
Sat 2nd November, 4pm at Mockingbird Cinema
Birmingham
Tickets- Mockingbird Cinema | Talking Hitchcock
Podcast Presents - Alfred Hitchcock Presents
NORTH BY NORTWEST 65th Anniversary screening in 4k
Into talk + Film + Q and A
Sat 29th November, 5pm at Mockingbird Cinema
Birmingham
TICKETS ON SALE SOON!
For more about the Square Eyes TV Festival and to see their full line up please visit:
Square Eyes TV Festival | Midlands Arts
Centre (macbirmingham.co.uk)
To find out more about Mockingbird and to view their full listings visit Mockingbird Cinema | Home
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13:46
NOTORIOUS (1946) with Alison Taylor
Love and duty, consent and control, Miami and Rio!
Make sure you step carefully, quietly and unseen into the wine cellar for this feature length episode of Talking Hitchcock where amongst other things, my special guest and I discuss modes of identification, daddy issues and that kiss! Keep tight hold of that key as you are invited to join us for a deep dive of what might be best described as 'a film of faces.'
Sit as a silhouette figure in the shadows but be careful with that after dinner coffee as we are about to embark upon an exploration of a true Hitchcock masterpiece.
In this epic episode, I am joined by Assistant Professor, film lecturer and author of multiple books-Ali Taylor! There was so much to be said about Notorious that we had to meet three times and I could not have wished for a more wonderful guest.
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You can find Ali and her work here:
X: @preferenepas
Instagram: @acephalica
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References:
Notorious (1946) -Alfred Hitchcock
Hitchcock's Films Revisited-Robin Wood
Hitchcock Humour Tone and Suspense-Susan Smith
The Women Who Knew Too Much-Professor Tania Modleski
Hitchcock and Selznick-The Rich and Strange Collaboration of Alfred Hitchcock and David O Selznick in Hollywood-Leonard J.Leff
Ingrid Bergman My Story-Ingrid Bergman and Alan Burgess
Edith Head's Hollywood-Edith Head
Hitchcock's Heroines-Caroline Young
Alfred Hitchcock-A Life in Darkness and Light-Patrick McGilligan
Cary Grant-The Making of a Hollywood Legend-Mark Glancy
The Object and the Face, Notorious, Bergman and the Close Up-Joe McElhaney
Reframing Hitchcock-Selected Essays from the Hitchcock Annual-edited by Sidney Gottlieb and Christopher Brookhouse
The Hitchcock Murders-Peter Conrad
The Making of Hitchcock's Notorious
Notorious (1946) Hitchcock The Making of
John Bailey on Notorious (Alfred Hitchcock, 1946)
Picture Post (16 Feb 1946) -Ingrid Bergman: she's making a film with Producer Hitchcock
Ingrid Bergman Notorious-Her Classy 1940s Fashion-Classic Critics Corner-Vintage 1940S, 1950s, 1960s
A Woman of that Sort-Hitchcock's Notorious and the Feast of St Alicia-The Spool
The Ragged End of Nowhere-Alfred Hitchcock's Notorious (1946) Senses of Cinema
Inside, Around and About Notorious-Filmtidsskrift
How Ingrid Bergman and Cary Grant Shot Hitchcock's Notorious-Vulture.com
Notorious (1946)-The Blonde at the Film
Notorious: Hitchcock's Mature and Intricate Espionage Masterpiece-Cinephilia and Beyond
The Essential Hitchcock with Douglas Cunningham (Context Podcast)
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4:52:50
Interview with Neil Alcock-Author of HITCHOLOGY
You are invited back into the Talking Hitchcock screening room! Join creator and host, Hitchcock enthusiast, Rebecca McCallum with special guest author and free-lance writer Neil Alcock to discuss his new book Hitchology- A Film-by-Film Guide to the Styles and Themes of Alfred Hitchcock-a book which considers how Hitchcock uses narrative tropes and formal flourishes to create some of cinema’s most unforgettable experiences across Hitchcock’s filmography.
In this episode we discuss Neil’s book at length as well as his fascinating process for selecting a wonderful list of
the Essential 10. We also take time to discuss several Hitchcock films in detail including The Lodger, Blackmail, Rebecca, Rope, Vertigo and North by Northwest.
This was such an enjoyable, open and organic conversation that went in so many exciting directions, you may even say we found ourselves caught in an endless Vertigo-like spiral!
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Twitter: @MrNeilAlcock
Instagram: @mrneilalcock
And you can visit his website here NEIL ALCOCK | Film
journalist and author and pick up a copy of his book Hitchology via this link HITCHOLOGY – NEIL ALCOCK | Filmjournalist and author
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