Fifteenth Blog: Alfred Hitchcock Films One of my first memories of Alfred Hitchcock was in North by Northwest where Cary Grant, mistaken for a spy, removes the knife from the back of a murdered United Nations representative, setting him on a cross country chase for the actual spies, while eluding the authorities. The classic scene where Grant and Eva Marie Saint are chased across the facing of Mount Rushmore by James Mason and Martin Landau gripped and enthralled me. I began watching as many Hitchcock films as I could, from his lesser known early silent era films when he lived in London, to his higher budgeted classics when he was contracted for Paramount and Universal. The first film I watched fully was Psycho, an often imitated and studied film, which is widely considered to be the definitive horror film. What made him such an effective director was his attention to detail, especially concerning the script and storyboards. The novel by Robert Bloch laid the groundwork and should not be dismissed, even though Hitchcock changed a few details, some to lessen the gore and others to make the character of Norman Bates more sympathetic, until the conclusion of the film is presented. It was what the audience didn’t see, what he chose not to show which is what made him unique. I got a chance to go to Universal Studios in Florida to see the Hitchcock Retrospective before it was removed. In California, the original Motel and the Bates House are still a part of the studio grounds and was something that I’m glad I got to see first-hand.
Posted on: Mon, 04 Nov 2013 15:11:17 +0000
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