Tema: Film
Tip: Plakat

68 x 48 cm
2 x presavijen

Ser Alfred DŽozef Hičkok, KCB, (engl. Alfred Jozef Hitchcock; 13. avgust 1899 — 29. april 1980) je bio britanski filmski reditelj. Najpoznatiji je po filmovima iz žanra trilera. Počeo je da režira u Engleskoj pod uticajem nemačkog ekspresionizma, a od 1939. režirao je u SAD. U karijeri dugoj šest decenija režirao je preko 50 filmova i stekao status jednog od najpoznatijih i najcenjenijih filmskih reditelja svih vremena. Svojom originalnošću i vizionarstvom uticao je na velik broj filmskih reditelja, producenata i glumaca.

Hičkokovi filmovi su prepuni elemenata strave i fantastike i „uvrnutog“ humora. U njima se uglavnom prikazuju nevino optuženi protagonisti u okolnostima i situacijama koje su van njihove kontrole i moći poimanja. Tu je takođe uključen i transfer krivice pri čemu se mane „nevino optuženog“ pripisuju drugim likovima i usput naglašavaju. Jedna od uobičajenih tema njegovih filmova je i analiza muško-ženskih odnosa pri čemu je dominantan njegov cinični stav prema tradicionalnim romantičnim vezama.

Premda je Hičkok još za života postao izuzetno popularan, većina filmskih kritičara tog vremena nije baš previše cenila njegov rediteljski rad. Rebeka je jedini njegov film koji je dobio Oskara, iako su još četiri njegova filma bila nominovana za to priznanje. Godine 1967. dobio je nagradu Irvin G. Talberg za životno delo, ali nikad lično nije primio Akademijinu nagradu za životno delo.

Kritičari francuskog novog talasa, pogotovu Fransoa Trifo, među prvima su ukazali na činjenicu da Hičkovovi filmovi, osim zabavljačke funkcije, imaju i umetničku vrednost a Hičkoka proglašavaju vrhunskim autorom otkrivajući njegovu stilsku originalnost i sadržajnost. Hičkok je bio jedan od prvih filmskih reditelja na kojem su primenili svoju autorsku teoriju koja naglašava centralnu ulogu reditelja u procesu pravljenja filma. Ipak, najviše zahvaljujući Hičkokovoj popularnosti, markantnoj pojavi u javnosti te visokom stepenu kreativne kontrole nad filmovima koje je snimao, mnogi filmski reditelji su izašli iz anonimnosti i postali poznati široj javnosti.

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Family Plot is a 1976 American Technicolor comedy thriller that was the final film directed by Alfred Hitchcock. It was based on Victor Canning`s novel The Rainbird Pattern, which Ernest Lehman adapted for the screen. The film stars Karen Black, Bruce Dern, Barbara Harris and William Devane; it was screened at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival, but was not entered into the main competition.[3]

The story involves two couples: one a `fake` psychic and her cab-driving boyfriend, the other a pair of professional thieves and kidnappers. Their lives come into conflict because of a search for a missing heir. The film`s title is a pun: `family plot` can refer to an area in a cemetery that has been bought by one family for the burial of its various relatives; in this case it also means a dramatic plot line involving various family members.

A fake psychic, Blanche Tyler (Barbara Harris), and her boyfriend George Lumley (Bruce Dern), attempt to locate the nephew of a wealthy and guilt-ridden elderly woman, Julia Rainbird (Cathleen Nesbitt). Julia`s recently deceased sister gave the baby boy up for adoption, but Julia now wants to make him her heir, and will pay Blanche $10,000 if the man, Edward Shoebridge, can be found. During his investigation George discovers that Shoebridge is thought to be dead, but he tracks down another criminal, Joseph Maloney (Ed Lauter), who paid for the tombstone over an empty grave.

Meanwhile, it is revealed to the viewers that Shoebridge murdered his adoptive parents, faked his own death and is now a successful jeweler in San Francisco known as Arthur Adamson (William Devane). He and his live-in girlfriend, Fran (Karen Black), kidnap millionaires and dignitaries, returning them in exchange for ransoms in the form of valuable gemstones. The duo conceal an enormous diamond in plain sight in a crystal chandelier.

When Adamson learns that George is investigating him, he enlists Maloney (the two had murdered Adamson`s adoptive parents long ago), to kill Blanche and George. Maloney initially refuses to help, but then contacts Blanche and George, telling them to meet him at a café on a mountain road. He cuts the brake line of Blanche`s car while the couple are in the café, but they manage to survive their dangerous high-speed descent. Maloney tries to run them over, but dies in a fiery explosion when he swerves to avoid an oncoming car and tumbles down the cliff.

At Maloney`s funeral, his wife (Katherine Helmond) tearfully confesses to George that Shoebridge`s name is now Arthur Adamson. George has to go to work driving his taxi for an evening shift, so Blanche tracks down various A. Adamsons in San Francisco, eventually reaching the jewelry store as it closes for the day. Arthur`s assistant Mrs. Clay (Edith Atwater) offers to let Blanche leave a note. Blanche, lying that she is a friend of Arthur, convinces Mrs. Clay to give her his address, instead.

Arthur and Fran are bundling a kidnapped Bishop Wood (William Prince) into their car when Blanche rings their doorbell. They attempt to drive out of their garage, but Blanche`s car is blocking their way. She tells Arthur that his aunt wants to make him her heir. Blanche sees the unconscious bishop, and swears she will not tell, but Arthur drugs her, leaving her in the cellar while they drop the bishop off for ransom.

Searching for Blanche, George finds her car outside Arthur and Fran`s house, but no-one answers the door. He breaks in and searches for her. Arthur and Fran return home; George hides upstairs. He overhears Arthur`s decision to kill Blanche and frame her death as a suicide. George manages to talk to Blanche, who is faking unconsciousness in the open cellar. Arthur and Fran enter to carry Blanche out to the car, but she darts out and George locks the kidnappers in.

Blanche then goes into a `trance`, climbs the stairs into the house and halfway up the next stairs, where she points at the huge diamond hidden in the chandelier. Blanche then `wakes` and asks George what she is doing there. He excitedly tells her that she is indeed a real psychic. He calls the police to collect the reward for capturing the kidnappers and finding the jewels. A smiling Blanche looks at the camera and winks.