Thursdays January 9, 16, 23, 30 10:00 - 11:30 AM
Minimum: 10 Maximum: 50
This course cannot be recorded due to copyright law.
REGISTRATION FOR THIS COURSE CLOSES
January 5th online, or must be received by January 3rd if mailing. If you are a member of any MSCN college other than Acadia Senior College, please call Sheila at 207-659-1359 and leave your full name, phone number, and which senior college you are a current member of. You will recieve a return phone call, so you can pay by phone, or the PVSC 2025 membership will be adjusted so that you can then register online at: penobscotvalleyseniorcollege.org or https://pvsc.myrec.com
Course Description:
In his legendary career as a director, Alfred Hitchcock created dense, suspenseful films filled with flawed heroes, charming villains and moral ambiguity. In this four-week online course, we’ll consider some of Hitchcock’s very best films, focusing on two films each week that share a common theme. Students should watch the films on their own; in class, we’ll look at brief film clips and discuss key elements. Whether you’ve enjoyed Hitchcock films for many years or you’re just discovering them, this is a chance to go deeper into the mind of a brilliant, complicated man and the surprising, confounding, entertaining world he created on film.
Instructor: Jay Sherwin
PVSC welcomes back Jay Sherwin, who taught an earlier combined PVSC and ACS Zoom course.
Jay Sherwin is a write and consultant who has been watching, studying and enjoying Hitchcock films for decades. He created a walking tour of Alfred Hitchcock's San Francisco that attracts Hitchcock fans from around the world, and he loves to share his obsession with fellow film lovers everywhere. Jay has taught this online course for adult learning programs nationwide.
List of themes and films to be viewed on your own prior to each class. (See info at the bottom on where to access the films.)
Week 1: Good and Bad Alter Egos
Films: Shadow of a Doubt and Strangers on a Train
Week 2: Victims of Circumstance
Films: The 39 Steps and North by Northwest
Week 3: "Bad Girls" and Redeeming Heroes
Films: Notorious and Marnie
Week 4: The Trouble with Mothers
Films: Psycho (plus a revisit to Notorious and Marnie)
From: Jay Sherwin
"I hope that many students will watch the films on their own, before we discuss them in class. However, if students don't have time to watch all of them in advance, that's okay -- I've tried to design the course to be fun and interesting, even if people haven't seen the films or haven't seen them lately.
As I mentioned, all seven films are available to rent online through Vudu or Amazon Prime Video. The rental price is around $3.99 per film. Two of the films (The 39 Steps and Notorious) are also available to watch for free (with ads) on Tubi. All seven films are on DVD. For folks who need subtitles, they can choose that option when they rent the films online or watch them on DVD.Some of these movies are also available through the Minerva interlibrary loan from various libraries in the state."
Reminder: To attend the course, registration as always is per person, but why not join a friend or two who are also registered for the course, and watch the films together!
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