Course Description: Hitchcock Film Series

Alfred Hitchcock has become known as "the master of suspense," but his films in both England and the United States are not merely thrillers, but feature striking elements of comedy, romance, melodrama and psychological complexity as well. With some representative samples from his career of over fifty years, the course will explore his preoccupation with guilt, murder, voyeurism and a beguiling heroine who is both icy and passionate. From an early spy thriller from his British period, we will survey a variety of Hitchcock plots: a post-war Nazi intrigue and understated love story, a theatrical setting where actors deceive each other and even the audience, a psychotic proposal to trade murders like favors, and an elaborate peeping-Tom show of neighborhood struggles, heartaches, and homicide. One point of the course is to emphasize both the variety and the consistency of Hitchcock's art. The course will meet weekly for five weeks, viewing a feature film during each class. A short lecture will precede the viewing to highlight themes and connections between the works. Class discussion will follow the screening. Film selections include: The Thirty-nine Steps (1939); Notorious (1946); Stage Fright (1950); Strangers on a Train (1951); Rear Window (1954)

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Schedule:

Every week on Wednesday, starting on 10/23/24 and ending on 11/20/24

Times:

04:00pm-06:30pm

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Price:

Class Price : $59.00

Additional Course Information

Class meets from 4-6:30 pm in COCC's Hitchcock Auditorium, Pioneer Hall.Film selections include:The Thirty-nine Steps (1939)Notorious (1946)Stage Fright (1950)Strangers on a Train (1951)Rear Window (1954)

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Greg Lyons

Biography: Greg Lyons earned his Ph.D. in Rhetoric and Composition from the University of Texas at Austin. For twenty years, he served as Professor of English at COCC. In that time, he designed and taught a 4-credit Creative Nonfiction course several times, as well as technical writing, newswriting and six Humanities courses in popular culture: Detective Stories, American Western, Science Fiction, Spy Thriller, Travel Literature and Film Noir. For six years, he coordinated a college study-abroad program with sites in Mexico, Costa Rica, London, Barcelona and Florence, where he taught for two quarters. In addition, he studied for a month at the British Film Institute in London and presented conference papers on such topics as "Mildred Pierce: From Novel to Film," "Production Process in The Third Man," "Desert Noir" and "The Moral Women in Film Noir." His publications include Literature of the American West and Body and Culture (both with Longman) and the creative nonfiction story "Roughneck Holiday." Finally, he has completed a memoir, Shape Up or Ship Out: An Army Childhood, partly based on his father's letters home.

Facility Detail

COCC Pioneer Hall

PIO 0201

2600 NW College Way

Bend, OR 97703

Cancellation Policy

Students must cancel by contacting our office via phone: (541) 383-7270 or email: ceinfo@cocc.edu. Cancellations received 5 days prior to the start of the class will receive a full refund. Full refunds are also issued for classes cancelled by COCC. Refunds will be issued back to your card or in the form of a check and mailed within two weeks of the cancellation date if paid by check or cash. Failure to participate in a course or program does not result in a refund. Exceptions to the general refund policy are noted in the course descriptions on our website and in the printed schedule. If you have any questions, please call us at (541) 383-7270.