ESSENTIAL HITCHCOCK (WITH A-Z GUIDE, and QUOTES)

His most essential films, and a basic A-Z of what to look for.

ACTORS (to be treated like cattle): Leo G Carroll, Cary Grant, James Stewart, Ingrid Bergman, Grace Kelly, Joseph Cotten, Edmund Gwenn….
ALMA: petite but “peppery” wife in long devoted marriage, 1926-80; editor/collaborator/assistant in career, with sharp eye for continuity flaws
ANGLO-AMERICAN: Hitch took American citizenship while keeping his British citizenship
ART: cinema as art deserving higher status as well as “piece of cake” entertainment. Hitch collected art.
ARTIFICIAL SETS, e.g Rear Window, Rope, Marnie…. often...