OSHER 684 - Alfred Hitchcock: His Masterpieces

What's more fun in the winter than to curl up to watch a good mystery movie like an Alfred Hitchcock classic? This class will explore several of Hitchcock's more important films including his British classics The 39 Steps and The Lady Vanishes, the 1940 Rebecca (the only Hitchcock film to win the Oscar for Best Picture) and such American masterpieces as Strangers on a Train, Psycho, The Birds, Rear Window, North by Northwest, and an in-depth look at what may well be his finest film, Vertigo. We will examine Hitchcock's collaboration with composer Bernard Herrmann that resulted in some unforgettable motion pictures.