CROSSROADS Language StudioÊs Newsletter, August 2010

For much of his life, film critics
considered Alfred Hitchcock (who wasborn in London 111 years ago on thethirteenth of this month) as apurveyor of lightweight, thoughtechnically brilliant, entertainment.
Since his death in 1980 his critical
reputation has risen to the extent
that he is widely regarded as
Britain’s finest filmmaker.
He liked to tell a story throughpictures rather than words and used
storyboards
widely(sketches
outlining every shot in the film). The
script was important to him,
however, and he supervised thewriters closely, making them rewrite
again and again. ‘Once the screenplay
is finished I’d just as soon not makethe film at all’, he once said, feelingthat 40% of his original conception
was lost during filming.
The ‘point of view’ shot, where thecamera/audience sees through theeyes of a character, was a favourite ofhis.
Thoughcommontoday,
Hitchcock used this shot to force us
to engage in a further level ofvoyeurism (given that watchinganyone on screen is a form ofvoyeurism) when the character weare shadowing is himself a voyeur(and they are usually male in
Hitchcock’s films).

In Rear Window (1954), for example,
James Stewart plays a character
confined to a wheelchair who becomes
convinced that a man in the apartment
block opposite has murdered his wife.
The entire film is shots of hisapartment, or views from the window.
In Vertigo (1958) James Stewart,again, plays the part of an expoliceman hired to follow Madeleine,the beautiful blond wife of a friend
who believes she is going mad. On
seeing her for the first time thecamera follows his gaze pulling theviewer into his growing fascination
and,later,obsession.
Inone
memorable sequence, lasting several
minutes, there is no dialogue at all as
one follows the other through abeautifully shot San Francisco. Beyond
the dazzling technique, this film
movingly explores the psychologicalcomplexities of the two protagonists and– perhaps more than any of
his others – reveals Hitchcock’s
own obsessions.

Article by Jonathan

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Joshua Says: Fantastic! The end-of-term party and performance night

was the best we’ve had since moving to Okaido. Congratulations to allstudents who performed. You did an outstanding job!! The karaoke isstill popular and we had a lot of fun singing English songs at the end of
the night; we even had some (kind of) dancing too! This night keeps
getting better each term. I can’t wait for next term’s event!!

Junko Says: I too enjoyed performance night. I’m so proud of all the goodwork our students and their teachers are doing. I know those groups that areparticipating, creating, writing and performing, are improving their English. I
hope you all keep it up! Speaking of events, we have another one coming up
next month. We first planned to have our roof-top B-B-Q at the end of thismonth, but this year is too hot! So, we are postponing it ‘till the middle of nextmonth. Look for posters around the school for the details. See you there!

Jonathan Says: I am puzzled by the Japanese attitude to authority.
It seems most pedestrians stop at the red signal even when there is no
traffic in sight. But in Okaido, many people flout the ban on cycling. Ieven saw a cyclist bow her head respectfully as she rode past someone
waving a ‘NO CYCLING’ sign in her face.

Greg Says:This month my daughter took part in the all-Shikoku
junior golf tournament in Niihama. She was in the 1 st year to 3 rd year
boys and girls division and all her hard training paid off because she
was the winner by 1 shot. She is now invited to the all-Japan juniorgolf tournament in Fukushima in October. It was really satisfying tosee her succeed after so many early morning training sessions.

Kevin Dit: Habituellement, je suis plutôt heureux durant l'été, puisque pour les français,cela signifie que les vacances sont proches, en particulier en aout ! Mais j'avoue que passercet été à Matsuyama a une saveur un peu différente ! Les vacances sont belles et bienprésentes puisque nous avons quelques jours de congés à l'occasion du festival d'Obon, maisla chaleur actuelle est trop difficile à endurer pour moi ! Résultat, lorsque j'ai un peu detemps libre, je reste à la maison avec l'air conditionné reglé à 25 degrés et un verre d'eau
rempli de glacons ! En y réfléchissant, c'est assez proche de l'hikikomori non ?

In(b)1’s“A NewCar”

In(b)2 in“AirportCircles”
Jonathanaccompanied
Yumiko on acouple ofsongs, thenshe brought
out thekeyboard.
In(a)1
performing“Revenge”

Jonathan’ssolo
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