Filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock would have
celebrated his 100th birthday on August 13, 1999. The movie industry is still celebrating his cinematic masterpieces, and nowhere more notably than on the
Internet.
The New York Times dedicated a special section in its archives, called Hitchcock at 100,
where you can read all different aspects of the master's legacy, including reviews, essays, reflections and more. You can also watch selected video clips and a slideshow.
Hitchcock films are frequently shown on the American Movie Classics channel. Check the current schedule
The Christian Science Monitor commemorated the event with an article on how the
films of Hitchcock have endured.
Salon
took the opposite route, noting the imperfections of the master and his goofy endings.
You can also check out this approximately 60-minute-longvideo made by the American Film Institute via Google Video that features interviews with Hitchcock, clips of his movies, and more.
If you're going psycho for more information on the master, don't fear -
there's more than just a birthday party on the Web:
- Find Hitchcock's filmography at IMDB. You can also find
information about the television series that aired
between 1955 and 1962.
- Learn which of the master's movies made the list at the American Film
Institute's
100 Greatest Movies.
- Find your way to
The MacGuffin Web Page, lauded as the meeting place of
Hitchcock scholars. The page is maintained by the publishers of a quarterly
journal by the same name.
- Recognize the man tossing some litter in The 39 Steps? That's right, it's
Hitchcock himself, in one of
his famous cameos. This page annotates his appearances in
each film. According to the site, Hitchcock's habit began when he was short
an actor and had to fill in.
- Read some famous Hitch quotes.
--- M. Magnarelli
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