2022 marks the hundred-year anniversary of Alfred Hitchcock’s first feature film. A century later, Hitchcock remains one of the most influential filmmakers in cinema history. But how does his vast body of work and legacy resonate in today’s society?
Award-winning filmmaker Mark Cousins, known for The Story of Film: An Odyssey, The Eyes of Orson Welles, and The Story of Film: A New Generation, explores this question with a new and radical approach. Through the use of Hitchcock's own voice, Cousins reimagines the auteur as he rewatches his films, taking us on a journey through his remarkable career—from his vivid silent films to the iconic works of the 1950s and 60s, and his later masterpieces—in both playful and revealing ways.