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I have recently been focusing my research on Alfred Hitchcock and how he portrays women as being disposable.  I have choose 3 main films the first psycho the second the birds and finally frenzy. The chosen films will contribute to my research

My second source of research is mainly newspaper articles from NY Times. I have found an article about Janet Leigh she clearly states “Whatever I put you in, the audience would immediately think of “psycho” it wouldn’t be fair to the picture or the character.” This is a direct quote from Hitchcock himself stating that he would never work with Janet Leigh again which I feel it reinforces the fact Hitchcock sees women as replaceable.

I also found an article from the daily mail from an interview with Tippi Hedren which she states that Hitchcock turned in to a sexual predator that tried to ruin her career which if this is true shows how Hitchcock saw women only as objects and that they can easily be disposed. 

The problems I have come across with my research is unreliable sources because I have found articles and news clippings against Hitchcock but also articles that prove him innocent such as story wrote about him telling that he was actually scared of women so you wouldn’t think he was a sexual predator with this statement. Also other problems i have come across is that i can not find recent information on Hitchcock because of all the recent films and tv series made about psycho and the birds because it isnt always reliable and i havent been able to find many articles or interviews with Janet Leigh.

I will also be part taking in a trip to The BFI (British Film Industry) where I will find more reliable research such as sections from Hitchcock’s daughter discussing her father and mothers relationship off the set Alma Hitchcock: The Woman Behind the Man - By Pat Hitchcock O'Connell and Laurent Bouzereau I will also find the book Hitchcock Studies: The Alfred Hitchcock Story / The Complete Alfred Hitchcock by Ken Mogg / Paul Condon, Jim Sangster i have also found several articles that i will be able to get at The BFI which i think will be really useful to my task.