Alfred Hitchcock talks about SABOTAGE

[loombaron]

he was a beautiful human being, THANX ALFRED!

[tarzanmorrison]

It's so rare now, from late night talk shows, when you can actually learn from an interview. Dick Cavett has an inquiring mind.

[ankaulman]

@tarzanmorrison indeed and its very big problem of media which unfortunately have very big influence on us...

[kashirwin]

Nuggets NUGGETS NUGGETTSSS!!!!

[027220]

2:36 - 3:43 Smart advice.

[JerrysFunhouse]

hitch was da man!

[WintersWar]

dick cavett comes off as a nice guy, but was often aggressive and inappropriate.

4:56

[felimabh]

Este um grande genio do humor e suspense, para mim ele não morreu nunca, pois veja estas imagens depois de anos e continua presente...Saudades Alfred

[edweibe]

Cavet hits paydirt near the end of this and gets Alfred to really reveal how he can be so creepy.

[MozesDackerman39]

Rip the audio from this vid at speedyconversion doht cohm.

[DiverseLA]

I had no idea Hitchcock had such a great sense of humor. Funny guy.

[PentaHybrid]

@DiverseLA Hell yeah he did, watch some old clips..Hitchcock started the "thats what she said" thing, haha.

[foglight11]

He's an amazing person. How brilliant to be that creative in both suspense and humour.

[bohitchcock]

Classic interview.

[bohitchcock]

He was and is still a classic. He is missed.

[FungusMossGnosis]

It's the Kuleshov Effect they are talking about. Although Pudovkin is a better director.

[RawOne911]

I love to hear him talk.

[twelvetonetechnique]

man, he shits on actors every chance he gets! this is an amazing episode

[panzramlad]

your out a context ashley i say i say your outa context. ha lol. fred elliot

[FreakWalkOnCeiling]

I want to give him a hug... him and the Pope.

[2008IQ]

@FreakWalkOnCeiling Fuck the Pope! He´s probably a paedophile. At least many of "his people" are. I wouldnt hire any of them to babysit my children. Would you? Religions are fuckin evil and dangerous, all of them. Hitchcock and his art had nothing to do with God and religion, so piss off.

[calihartley2010]

@2008IQ why diss the pope when 2008iq only said that he wanted to hug hitch and the pope. So get lost with your criticisms. Maybe you are a pedophile

[eibood024]

There can be only one.

[kermicheo]

with all respect, really needed to really cut down on the cheeseburgers.when you hit 2 chins you really need some help. too bad. he was quite the genius.

[DroopSack]

Great director, a truly great man

[fattaman777]

I found psycho hillarious as well. -.-

[floydruleman]

I wanted him to sit on my face

[dan2009]

I love how his expressions never change. Legend.

[Anything2DoWithFilm]

Genius. Legend. Icon. Great man.

[damone77]

No one comes close to Hitch's genius! But then again he had great actors to work with:Peter Lorre, Ingrid Bergman, Cary Grant, Grace Kelly, Robert Young...and that's only the very beginning. I would have loved to have seen what he could have done with Meryl Streep's talent in one of his films!

[CantCopeWontCope]

Anyone know the Russian film-maker or the film they mention at the very beginning of this clip?

[engelwyre]

@CantCopeWontCope Lev Kuleshov and the "Kuleshov Effect"

[CantCopeWontCope]

@engelwyre cheers

[hwoods01]

"... of course not... I earn my living doing it.." Brilliant!

[bakerbakerbaker305]

I love his accent

[dkamran]

this guy is beyond genius ... can anyone (especially here on Youtube) imagine accomplishing anything on the order of magnitude as "Mr. Chin?" My point being: look at all the scum around us --- terrorism, corrupt police forces, repressive laws, bad films and music, etc., etc. It's a shame that these great role models don't "rub off" on the masses, anyone agree? Please let me know. Regards, / David

[americangalbasseyfan]

My favorite is THE BIRDS.

[murifilmpictures]

This man was a genius! Thanks a lot for posting!

[lowspark68]

Thank you for this fantastic posting.

[badturkali]

rear window was good

[sadmadgla3]

no! rear window was amazing.

[wetube801]

He had to kill the kid because the author, Joseph Conrad, wrote it that way.

[melzy73]

This interview is fantastic. I love how he compares his use of suspense to a ride on a roller coaster. The audiences pays for an expereince and he always delivers continuously acheiving to shock people by twisting the gaze a different way. What a great man.

Notice that his feet look really small? Maybe just in relation to his body

[konway87]

The mistake is putting the boy with the bomb scenes in "Suspense."

[konway87]

Like Hitchcock said, when you put the scenes in "Suspense", the audience gets worked up. So at the end of the suspense, the audience must be relieved. Hitchcock always worked on the scripts of his films. But he never took credit as a writer. He gave complete credit for writing to his screenwriters. Hitchcock's wife Alma Reville usually worked as a script doctor. But she did credit in many of his films. It should also be noted that Hitchcock only made final decisions with Alma's agreement .

[konway87]

It must be noted that he takes the complete blame for Boy with bomb scenes. He didn't blame it on screenwriters who worked on film "Sabotage."

[konway87]

Hitchcock always makes his own adaptation out of the story.

That's how he did it. The only exception is Rebecca, because Selznick insisted that the film must be faithful to the novel. That's why he never considered Rebecca as a Hitchcock film. He got "Master of Suspense" after he made the film "Notorious."

[konway87]

This is just a continuation to my previous post. I think we both got confused. As for Boy with Bomb, you are talking about structural points of the story. Hitchcock is talking about not to film such a scene in Suspense. If the bomb is going to get exploded, then he will shoot the scene like "bell tower sequence" in his film vertigo.

[konway87]

In my opinion, Alfred Hitchcock is the greatest director. Just look at the scene where Hitchcock says "I made the mistake" about Boy with the Bomb scene in Sabotage. We see that he is still unhappy about the mistake he made.

[nerfmerc]

why did this guy have to FUCKING DIE, SHIT

[lillieslover]

@nerfmerc I think film died the day he did :/

[jcmangan]

@nerfmerc Because he was eating and fuckin` drinking all of the time. :-)

[MrLunitunz]

@nerfmerc I know right, why is it only the good directors are dead?

Alfred Hitchcock- dead, Stanley Kubrick- dead, Orson Welles- dead, John Huston- dead, Michael Bay- still alive.

[fode140]

@nerfmerc I have thought that before as well! Can you imagine what a genius like him would have done with modern special effects and the riddance of the sensors? Not to mention what it would be like to even sit and have a 5 minute conversation with such an amazingly talented genius! I think my head would explode, I wouldn't be able to handle it!

[Badfellah]

Alfred has great self irony, and takes a good joke. When Carvett said "and your starving self" - Hitchcock took it very well with a good smile.

Full of humour, none of it vicious or evil towards others. And especially his cold and morbid humour is great. The more you see of his films, the more you notice his liking of subtle dark humour. He has this great "personality" in his films.

[eggteddy]

Thats hilarious to me

[nerfmerc]

this was a reply to a comment by LlamaLoves Sigs

[ilovepanslabyrinth]

Such a gentleman

[EdOscuro]

Be sure to watch all the parts cavettbiter has uploaded, they're all amazing!

I love Cavett's shows, but for once he's been upstaged, I think. Incredible.

[CanOfSpam]

Yeah I noticed this as well. He actually seems awestruck and nervous.

[squandermania]

He has a great way of telling jokes. He sort of grins like a child, then hides his smirk like he's proud of himself for saying something naughty.

[darkprose]

His knowledge of film, its construction, is fascinating.

[TokyoStreetReport]

1972.

[videoguy326]

what year is this from?

[holden190]

Thanks so much.

I remember watching this the first time it aired.

[seeeseee]

Hitchcock was a genius!

[25thNovember1970]

Thanks for posting these little treats.

He's such an entertaining character.

[GooseRain]

thank you i'm studying Hitchcock films at the moment

[MathieuDeflem]

Many thanks.