As Alfred Hitchcock’s first American film, Rebecca (1940) earned him is only best picture Oscar. This adaptation of Daphne Du Maurier’s chilling suspense novel of the same title compliments the story in a variety of ways. By adjusting this story to the fit the constraints of the cinematic screen, Hitchcock remained remarkably faithful to Du ...
“For me, the cinema is not a slice of life, but a piece of cake”. This quote by Alfred Hitchcock embodies the much discussed idea that he was an auteur filmmaker. His particular style deals with much of what makes reality worth living, and not so much of what makes it dull and repetitive. This ...
The big news out of Hollywood is not the upcoming movie, “Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho,” but rather the actress playing Janet Leigh’s character will be doing a nude shower scene. That’s because, the said actress is none other than Scarlett Johansson. Labeled as one of the most beautiful actresses in the world ...
Alfred Hitchcock’s quotes show the same creative genius that his movies did. It’s not that his quotes make you say “Wow, I’ve never thought of that,”; it’s just that you can see the hamster spinning in his head with everything he says. Except instead of the hamster most of us “normal” minded people have, his ...
Alfred Hitchcock is responsible for an amazing body of work in the genre of suspense, generating fear and thrills in his audience without resorting to today’s in-your-face tactics that are utilized by less talented filmmakers and aimed at less sophisticated, less demanding audiences. Many of his films are bona fide classics, known to generations of ...
At the age of seventy-two, Sir Alfred Hitchcock released his penultimate film, Frenzy (1972), at the beginning of the era of the permissive cinema. In the former decade, the Hays code had finally been abolished and sex and violence in film were now rated by the MPAA board. During this changeover, Hitchcock was making Topaz ...
