Hitchcock interview from 1964 (part 2)

[cmonz9]

The mastermind at his finest.......2:25.

[cleoncleoncleon]

1 of 300 people likes, SAW 3D...

[braziluciano]

"Satisfaction of a temporary pain remind me one thing in Aristotle´s "Poetics´".

Great!

[Taisa0Naum]

any what frightens him?

[2ndHandKate]

"THe satisfaction of temporary pain"

[goback3spaces]

Style is content. Hitchcock is so right.

[j009aguar13]

the interviewer reminds me of statler from statler and waldorf

[inrwizards]

i understand you are an expert in crime

you mean in committing?

hahaha

[inrwizards]

3:30 McGuffin!

[stef2503]

2:25: "What is reality? I don't think many people want reality, whether it is in the theater or in the films. I think it must look real, but it never must be. Because reality is something none of us can really stand, at any time." Genius.

[KairuHayabusa]

Alfred Hitchcock has extraordinary ways of showing fear,music and the use of shadows. It is really interesting.

[keyboardhero521]

Damn, I thought the music at the end meant he would talk about Vertigo. This is surely a fine interview - it helps you learn more about this brilliant man's technique.

[mattman2900]

Just rented Shadow of A Doubt on DVD from my library and remember seeing parts of the film before, but not in it's entirety. These are the types of suspense, mystery movies I want to make, of course a few changes as I'd be a complete fool to copy Mr. Hitchcock, but big budget horror does nothing for me, like he said it's props. The real horror and what works is in the mind. Very very well spoken man.

[YouriH190]

is this the end of the interview?

[robjames11jimbo]

absolute brilliance! as a writer i needed this for inspiration

[ExtremeBogom]

This man makes me proud to be English.

What a man.

[yatescr]

I love it! Complete with loss of vertical hold synchronization.

Alfred Hitchcock was a genius and I so wish we had someone like him in today's film-making.

[mattman2900]

@yatescr Don't worry I'm working on my stuff, that you will see isn't a copy of it, but has definite elements of his style, while adding my own unique flavor blend of mystery, suspense and romance.

I saw in an interview Mr. Hitchcock could see the whole film in his head before it went on paper-I'm the same way. Not to mention I look a little like him, especially from the profile side-protruding jaw line, and I was born 1 year and 1 month after his death - to the day!! :)

[MSproductions23]

@mattman2900 Yeah, I once heard a filmmaker say that it's wiser to shoot as much footage as you can and get multiple takes from many angles so you have more editing options. I tried it a few times and it sucks. I recently finished a short film where I pre-visualized everything (like Hitchcock or Robert Rodriguez), which is how I always wanted to do it anyway, and I shot absolutely no extra footage. I only shot what was in my head and it's the best thing I've made. I'll check out your vids.

[ajivins1]

I didn't know yopu were into this bloke. Did you ever read 'Alfred Hitchcock and the Vertigo Murders'? This was a paperback that I picked-up a few years back in which there was aseries of murders that reflected badly on the studio and 'Hitch' got one of the security guards (an ex-Cop) to investigate while orchestrating him from behind. I cant remember who wrote it but it was pretty good!

[moroccansunshine]

interview reveals so much of hitchock's sharp mind. Lovely. thanx

[my1990ful]

أحسن افلامه هو Vertigo

[TheBigWringer]

What is your idea of happiness? A clear horizon. AH

[CDBigShow]

Just for everyone's advantage, when they're speaking of a "switchback railway", they're talking about a roller coaster.

[zamboangaVillain]

what did he say about idea of happiness in the end of the video?..i didnt get that..

[norristerse]

he said when asked what was his idea of happiness, he answered "a clear horizon".

he either meant no obstructions in front of him, or since he was talking about the spontanaiety of his earlier work he may have meant it in the sense of being able to keep his options open.

just a guess!

[zamboangaVillain]

thanx..can you recommend a hitchcock movie for me..a whodunnit type of hitchcock movie full of twist..my fave is north by northwest and vertigo...

[norristerse]

excellent choice, sah!

my personal favourites are "rear window" (less of a whodunit than a "he dunit" because the suspect is obvious

[norristerse]

sorry- didn't finish!

also an earlier british one called "young and innocent" (1937)

a lot of tenderness as well as tension in this one, and an amazing long shot towards the end in a ball room (won't spoil it for you!)

[zamboangaVillain]

@norristerse thanx..ill check it out..

[zamboangaVillain]

@norristerse thanx..do you have that alfred hitchcock tv episode entitled captive audience...i need to see the second half of that episode..its in youtube but its incomplete...

[norristerse]

no, i don't know that many of the tv episodes.

i hope you find it.

[porcospino289]

@norristerse No, he clearly meant a future free of potential troubles. He'd just finished saying that what frightened him was any hint of trouble.

[norristerse]

you're quite right, he did! cheers

[ameroux]

I think it would have been great fun to talk with Hitchcock.

[dahmersbeeatch1979]

Fascinating viewing. Thank you for posting.

[eyesorebitch]

3: 20 is that intentional??

[JOEYSTAX]

lol @ 4:17

[Dynamitrios]

This interview should be a mandatory view for every new filmmaker.

[humanalive]

@Dynamitrios

especially thos who work in Hollywood

[kalel0192]

@Dynamitrios No, because then they'd all figure out how to make a great movie. Where's the fun in that?

[Jantv81]

@Dynamitrios one reason why i think so much of this man is because of the way he used psychology in the way he told a story. he wanted to make you think about what could be without giving away to much.

[brianpadrickdrake]

@Dynamitrios I agree.

[racingrubberbiker]

Although Hitch regretted the bomb going off, it did make sense of the end of the movie, when Sylvia Sidney kills her husband and gets away with it, which in the moral code of the time would have meant that she would have been arrested at the end.

[raiu0009]

In going with his comment on his bad technique of having the bomb go off, I don't think he would have liked Cloverfield. Why? Because in Cloverfield, metaphorically, the bomb DID go off. We saw the monster eventually (not even halfway into the film no less) and the suspense that had been built up to that point was sated. In the end, I can't say for sure if Mr. Hitchcock would have or not liked that movie, but going on his commentary, I don't think he would have.

[RizHail]

we didn't saw the monster completely...

[TheSunmanho]

Cloverfield = PG 13 shit.

[NikeAurrs45]

"What is reality?" great imagination he has

[crazycat690]

Hes genius, and a great inspiration

[MproductionsMovies]

Indeed he is. :)

[relyanddefy]

so he wouldnt like films like cloverfield

[JordanKimball]

how dare you even think that a man as brilliant as him would enjoy a piece of crap like cloverfield

[Johnny6666]

Hitchcock could respect 'Cloverfield' - in the sense that the film denies the audience an easy view of the 'monster', thus allowing, as he advocates, the terror to be transferred to their imagination.

Indeed, 'Cloverfield' borrows any number of Hitchcockian techniques - and, indeed, is thematically indebted to 'The Birds'.

[JordanKimball]

Hate to beat a dead horse but its crazy to think that a man that made as many classics as he did. Who is arguably the best director ever would respect cloverfield. I dont even respect it at all. It is nothing but a gimmick and dosnt have an ounce of terror in it. Now films like the birds, psycho, strangers on a train, even rear window. That was terror.

[Johnny6666]

I said Hitchcock 'could' respect 'Cloverfield' - not that he would. But I do think he would respond positively to the film - in the sense that it does try to be 'pure cinema' (mostly): it's not mere images of people talking, but at least recognises the capacities of cinema as a visual medium.

Indeed, as in 'Cloverfield', as in 'The Birds', the filmmakers aren't so much interested in the creatures who attack - but the tangled human dynamic that results from that attack.

[KingSkulkZ]

I dont personally think hitchcock will enjoy cloverfeild as well as he wouldnt think its crap...

i would say that hitchcock would see it as a new genre like the blair witch, quarintine and cloverfeild as a different genre. therefore he wouldnt know... he specialises in suspense... cloverfeild is limp and linear which a lot of films are like today

[RizHail]

the "quarintine" which year movie is it???

[guitarfan1979]

neither would he have liked Coyote Ugly

[BenjaminAConner]

what did he say frightens him? I couldn't understand?

[veverishoricica]

"any kind of trouble"

[bayuquan]

"Any trouble frightens me."

[DoubleDutchBust]

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[edwood666]

rear window and psycho are both my fav's.

[isolationblues]

How genius. I love how he refers to how people feel about reality.

[Floorsnarl]

5:00

Everyone should have a Grandpa Hitchcock, to hear such captivating stories - around the fireplace, if possible.

[tudordinasty]

DOES HE HAVE KIDS?

[matternicuss]

he had one daughter

[goodtaxidriver]

ha ha

[thisisspartacus]

@Floorsnarl With a decapitated head burning in the fireplace? Kids, come and gather 'round for story time!

[nktrygg]

so true, we go to movies to escape reality

a vacation from ourselves for a short time

[Nick05000]

Greatest director ever, everything he says can be applied to any (good) modern movies

[runner2913]

he's a genius!!

[melanoriega]

yeeeessss...i will admire him for ever!!!

[wgaule]

Great director. I've never seen a bad Hitchcock film yet; although I haven't seen them all yet

[maputo95]

Dear Wolfgangle.I will buy "Rear Window" and watch it again. What do you think of the more recent version with the late Christopher Reeves?

[wolfgangle]

Having read Mr. Reeves`biography about his sufferings and tough battle with paralysis, I sense real potential there. I saw solely Hitchcock`s adaptation of"rear window". My dad once told me that the sensitive yet tough fighting can get compensated. While they suffer far more when suffering they also enjoy far more when experiencing happiness. Hitch provided some of it for me. You can be proud of him as Brits. We Germans don`t have an art director who comes even close.

[BetaScience74656]

What about those who made The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, M, Metropolis, and many many others of the German Expressionist time in film? Those are some of my favorites.

[puccini007]

Hitch, cinema's greatest storyteller.

[TheHorrorMovieGuy]

He seem like he could be the smartest man in the world!

[CHEVINATOR1]

Hitchcock FTW!

[bscottb8]

"Like Hitchcock's best work, there's something gleefully sick going on just under the surface." -- Jeremiah Kipp

[nexttimewelove51]

Vertigo was my favorite of Hitch's.

[MrNappo]

interviewer: is it true that you are yourself [...] a great expert on crime?

hitchcock: ...well, did you mean in commiting?

[HyruleLand]

He is a very mysterious film director. #1 best!

[wolfgangle]

i was an alcoholic until 1998, in 1985 i saw on a desperate night "rear window" and it gave me much needed magic, a sense that there are still cosmic qualities in life, and thast mankind has its moments of genius, hitchcock remains the man forever

[darkprose]

Wow, thank you for sharing this personal story! Nice to hear that about cinema, especially Hitchcock's -- it is magic.

[carnagex64]

mr hitchcock is the god of legends he is so awesome!

[nozar7]

brilliant!

[ReginmundEsq]

Ingenious.

[RichardHannay]

"Switchback railway"?... Is that like a roller coaster?...

[NGS712]

Richard: I was confused by that too, but I assume it is a roller coaster.

[connaught2008]

psycho still scares the shit out of me!

[connaught2008]

a true gent!

[naverow]

the best director ever I have seen his movies over and over again I wish i was Hitch

[HyruleLand]

If you were ever him, you'd be dead.

[walidb123]

a very clever man.

[madymac01]

yea man right on hitch.

[adook]

'the satisfaction of temporary pain' :)

he is just a legend !

[Leftygit]

genius

[thepesci]

what a great personality. incredible

[rochestas]

Hitchcock is fascinating!

[jazz4]

Makes me so proud to be English.

[bsktballse3]

awesome post, such a great interview

[trenis]

such a great pleasure seen the master talk!

ty very much for uploadin this!

[mp01juve]

that bomb going off in Sabotage preceded the real life London bombings of 2005 which is a bit eerie

[HillbillyJ]

I disagree with Hitchcock on alot (i.e. content, why can't I know what the papers say?) but dang if didn't make some good films. Right on Mr. Hitchcock.

[countumga]

I'm writing this at 1:06 a.m., and I'd like to say that this has helped me finish a paper for my senior project for high school. Aside from aiding me in completing said paper, I enjoyed watching this IMMENSELY. It was very enlightening about his style's and use of composition in his films. Thank you soooo much for posting this.

[DreyMaree]

Agreed! I have to do a 5 page research project on Mr. Hitchcock's directing style and such for my Media Class, and this has helped SOO much! Thank you so much for posting this awesome interview! You are a lifesaver, and Hitchcock-a genius! :D

[tsukune007]

i did a 35 page report on him for my english class back in the 12 grade. my teachers was in so much shock on the info i put into it that he didn't even read the read rest of the papre and just gave me an A+++ on the papre

[DreyMaree]

Oh wow... Not saying it's easy, but he's such an amazing subject, you can really see where he's coming from and dissect his style... I was the only one who actually enjoyed doing the project :D

[katmoontheartist]

Wow that was great. Many thanks for posting this:)

[xanderthemanonthe]

he can sometimes can come of as arrogant, although he can get away with it

[jovossuck123]

rope is my fav hitchcock film, then dial m for murder....then shadow of a d!

[darkprose]

"Reality is something none of us can really stand."

[zrobertoo]

Cannot express my adoration in connection with the Master!!!!!

[klaos9999]

Rear window is my favorite hitchcock film i don't think ou can say that just one was his best

[A8768]

"The satisfaction of temporary pain". Sublime.

[sunandabhishek]

vertigo is the best hitchcock film

[kelif73]

North by Northwest is his best. Every scene is crucial to the whole of the film. Not one wasted shot.

[jsXanatos]

does he not consider psycho one of his greatest achievements? just curious, because psycho is an amazing film.

[jamdodgeismyname1]

yeah, but it's not his best. For me, his best is the sensational Vertigo.

[LucaBrasisBrother]

North by Northwest is the best Hitchcock movie. Vertigo is proclaimed to be the best movie directed by Hitchcock.

[ronhelf]

Obviously there are no "objective" criteria by which we can judge any one Hitchcock film better than another. Speaking personally I like Notorious, Rear Window, Vertigo, North by Northwest, To Catch a Thief, The Birds, The Man Who Knew to Much (British), The Lady Vanishes, The 39 Steps, The Trouble With Harry, Strangers on a Train, Shadow of a Doubt...

[milespapineau]

king

[sunsita007]

Genius!

[Themba88]

The Master has spoken!

[tubezillauk]

hitchcock is a genius

[delaforgue]

wonderful

[klaazimodo]

Great!!!

[alexfilin]

great! thank you.