Hitchcock interview from 1964 (part 1)

[tweekedoutrabbit]

genius.

[craigpsimpson]

Ah, intelligent interviews. Perhaps, one day, they will return.

[MultiGakka]

@craigpsimpson very very vey intelligent

[Ali74]

quite an endearing chap

[storymakertriangle]

Tideløse prinispper definert av Alfed Hitchcok

[NZtrainGuy]

the interviewer looks and sounds like sergent wilson from dad's army

[WryterMike]

Two ways to look at Outwardly's comments: 1) He's pulling everyone's chain (Michael Bay was in diapers when Hitch died so he didn't teach him anything) OR 2) He is the most ignorant person to ever comment on cinema. I'm a graduate of the UCLA film department and a member of the Writers Guild of America. Hitchcock did not make "decent' films, he created an entire film language that directors like DePalma, Carpenter, and countless others chase. There's a reason he's, "The Master of Suspense."

[WryterMike]

@outwardlyshiny That's all very funny!

[Jantv81]

The best director of our time-- perhaps all time.

[eyej]

outwardlyIGNORANT, with your point of stupid view, you can't even be joking! McG, Bay, Jar Jar...compare with Hitch? You must be Beavis and Butthead's lost buddy!

[joelaready]

This interview is so good. The interviewer is much more insightful than most you hear.

[the44118]

like hearing him explain points in his films than some of the actual films. Wish the technology we have today was there then

[Relayone1]

@the44118 Hitchcock didnt need todays technology.. and probably a lot of films would be as good as his were if todays directors and filmmakers didnt have it either

[the44118]

@Relayone1 I agree 100 % I think that his advantage was that he came from a time where people read books. To hear him talk about a movie is as interesting as the movie itself. I can't say that about any director I have ever seen . Nolan ,Spielberg, Scorcese , Kubrick, Cohen brothers, Walt Disney either. I apreciate that about him.

[PerversionsOfNature]

Great place to break off on!

[1005nes]

je découvre le cinéma de Hitchcock et c'est un réel plaisir !

[sdgakatbk]

Excellent stuff.

[nirvana77792]

the best director ever, for me...including Kubrick!

[corleone0714]

Fucking genius - love you Hitch

[capjoartist1200]

A LEGEND ,A GENIUS,

A VERY UBIQUE MAN

[Twretborn]

cooool



[zeightygeisty]

now that is interesting, talking about horror like it's new. for some reason that sounded so strange

[TokaMrevlishvili]

what if Hitchcock had an After Effects : )))

[theempire00]

@TokaMrevlishvili

hehe ;)

[TAz69x]

haha, he has my bottom-lip

I never knew ppl thought that of me until some of them told me in high school

good thing I don't care

=3

[tatertots725]

Kubrick, Hitchcock, Allen, Lynch, Scorsese, Tatantino, Coen, Capra, Fincher, De Palma, Stone

[ytisforcommenting]

he has such great insight and depth. much respect to mr hitchcock, love your films

[WaldronicTomotron]

'But the audience by the end were screaming in agony! Thank goodness...'

[inrwizards]

whoa this is just fascinating. just crazy

[ShineOnCrazyDiamond1]

Damn, he's brilliant. I've been looking him up on the internet cause i got bored. I am now in love. Damn, best british director ever.

[hcvang]

@ShineOnCrazyDiamond1 the british had and have 95% brilliant talent - it helps with good educational possibilities, which america doesnt have unless you've got shitloads of money. In northern europe - scandinavia, the united kingsom, etc. education is paid for via taxes - and you've got a right to it.

[CalicoSnot]

Hitchcock is the Mozart of cinema. He was able to conceptualise the whole piece before a single frame was shot, and the actual filming was the very last stage of the process, and the editing was BUILT IN, so dumb studio bosses couldn't butcher his work. Similarly, Mozart could compose a whole work in his head, and then simply write it down on manuscript paper. That's what separates great people from time servers.

[GeorgeVreelandHill]

Genius.

Pure genius.

George Vreeland Hill

[silvpetros]

 wanna be thrilled? want some suspense browse in youtube for: the admirer - petros silvestros

good luck

[katinaanimator]

His genius is literally jaw-dropping for me. When I was in film school, it was impossible for the instructors to even mention his name without the words "genius" and "master" dropping from their lips. There's movies, and there's cinematic art, and watching anything by Hitchcock lets you see the difference.

[QueenElysabeth]

Brilliant interview! I learn something new every time I hear him speak about his appoach with his film making.

[shaneuk666]

The thing I like about him, is that he knows he's a genius.

[Gencturk92]

Hitchcock is a genius and the best directors of all time (although he is dead). Hopefully one day, I will be like him.



[ZeroBeat419]

@Gencturk92 That would be a mistake. Of course you have your influences but be different and set your self apart from the masses of the great directors. Don't bother being Hitchcock... Be Gencturk92!

[Gencturk92]

@ZeroBeat419 i know what you mean but Hitchcock is my influence. hes the best director ever and will be.

[silvpetros]

@Gencturk92 wanna be thrilled? want some suspense browse in youtube for: the admirer - petros silvestros

good luck

[aelialicinia]

Let me add tnat Michael Haneke comes closest to the essence of Hitchcock today. He is brilliant.

[thalesdotnet]

ถึงแม้กุตายแล้ว ข้อเขียนนี้จะอยู่ต่อไปอีกยาวนา­น

1988-2xxx

[electrikkobsessions]

"...you see? Nothing has changed since “Red Riding Hood”. So, what they are frightened of today are exactly the same things they were frightened of yesterday."

[viplovem]

@foxbrontechannel Who found this boring???

[HansonGurl33]

@viplovem I find this boring. :I

[blackwingy]

Preach it, Hitch!

[jcmangan]

Men have very little to do with the choice at all. :-)

[paulykid08]

he knows how to make a movie

[sturmraist50]

Mr. Hitchcock could sit there and recite the alphabet and have people wonder how it's going to end.

[phesterjr]

@sturmraist50 I like how you came up with that one. LMAO

[Pheeelupwashere]

@foxbrontechannel I completely agree with you

[ZeroMqV]

WTF 2 ppl didnt like this video?!

[HighPraetar]

what a genius

[resington]

legend, saw psycho a year ago for the first time, scared the balls off me.

[lourak]

Is this interview the philosopher Bryan Magee?

[sweetiepillow]

Agree with UltraLegendary,

[UltraLegendary]

Hitchcock movies rape most of the modern movies i mean fuck avatar and other useless shit.

[ZachPankratz]

put the horror in the minds

[SirPisofshit]

Sir Alfred: I have no words to write something about this really great master.

[DoubleDutchBust]

4:55am Wednesday (CDT) - Time in Mississippi, United States of America

do tell

[my1990ful]

sorry Hitch only David Lynch can frighten me

[moroccansunshine]

@my1990ful well the films were of a different era so they wouldn't be as scary as they were then

[my1990ful]

@moroccansunshine بين كل المخرجين في كل الأزمان مفيش حد غير ابن المجنونة ديفيد لينش هو اللي بيقدر يرعبني .. القناة بتاعتك شكلها كلاسيكي جميل جدا أنا كمان بحب العصر الذهبي لهوليود ..

[moroccansunshine]

@my1990ful if you're going to write a reply write it in english like u did b4 so I and others can understand u.

[my1990ful]

@moroccansunshine Basic Human Right : Every Youtuber can post comments in any language he chooses ... awful rude of you ..

[moroccansunshine]

@my1990ful no, no lol i wasn't being rude I was simply pointing out that I don't understand your reply to me. you wrote it in Arabic how am i suppose to know what you wrote :)

[my1990ful]

@moroccansunshine sorry i thought you were an Arab .. i was just saying that among all-time directors only David Lynch can frighten me (watch The Elephant man or Eraserhead and you will know what i am talking about ) .i like Hitchcock he's great i am not arguing that but i am only talking about what makes me scared ...and i love your channel i am in love with old Hollywood too .the golden age .

[moroccansunshine]

@my1990ful I am an Arab lol my reading Arabic isn't so good :) Yes I know that was what you were saying. They were very good films I saw them as a child and was spooked out. You have good taste! nice to meet another Old Hollywood fan :)

[averna7]

what's red writing hood? never heard of it?

[tccham182]

@averna7 Little Red Riding Hood is an old folk tale which you get taught as a child.

[JJDvorshak]

@averna7 @averna7 dude i don't know if you misheard it or really don't know it, but that's first of all one of the most basic children's story and second it's been written down by the brothers Grimm, and their version is the most read.

It's your country's heritage man :)

[RaymondHng]

@averna7 Look up "Rotkäppchen" in German Wikipedia or "Little Red Riding Hood" in English Wikipedia.

[rurmundo]

the film creator of psycho

[brassmonkeyjew]

WOW! this old guy is like so ummm.... smart! I like don't even know what he said but it sounded SMART! Celebrities nowadays don't got anything interesting to say anymore!

Not to offend noone but did anyone notice his lower lip stuck out funny? Guess there no plastic surgery to fix it back then. :(

[theadventuresofmary]

even his profile was scary. He's somebody i'd be afraid to meet, but would love to at the same time because he's so interesting

[chicago92100]

he would have been intresting to meet

[rjconnolly64]

LONG LIVE THE MASTER OF SUSPENSE!

[jp3sucks]

Could listen for days, and never get bord.

[jp3sucks]

He is a god, a master at changing the thoughs of viewers while they watch.

[Flup2]

Hitchcock had a cool head. The profile of his face is truly one of the most unique and recognizable faces ever.

[TheBermudaMan]

There's no way in hell Hitch would be allowed to make the kind of movies he'd want to make in Hollywood's current climate. Studio executives have become more dominant and predatory than ever; they wouldn't tolerate an "auteur" like Hitchcock for a second.

[bifferspice]

1) notoriious

2) vertigo

3) psycho

4) rear window

5) north by northwest

amazing film maker and amazing man. i would love to see what films he'd be making now. RIP Hitch, a true legend

[leroyinc]

"Shutter Island."

[zamboangaVillain]

brian de palma = alfred hitchcock

[slimfchance1]

The man was, without a doubt, one of the foremost pioneers of modern film making technique.

[SLICKR392]

His sound is damn :O

[UncleJeffreySpuds]

He was a great Director.Period. However, he always seemed very stand-offish during interviews and frankly quite boring.

What Mr. Hitchcock maybe did not realize is that without an audience, there are no movies. It would only be in his best interest to at least come-off as somewhat of an approachable man.

It still amazes me to this day how we as a society put public figures, such as movie stars, on such high pedestals. For God's sake, they truly are no "better" than us.

[derubermax]

I don't think Hitchcock had a very high opinion of actors either. He may have agreed with all your statements here.

[directorlog]

I like hitchcock he's film are extraordinary

[punecrusher5000]

hitchcock was one mellow guy...love his stuff-so relaxing.

[Luka1990Croat]

That's just what Tarantino does - showing less violence than what actually occurs in the film, panning away from it, but allowing that tension, that atmosphere of brutal violence that makes people think they've actually seen the act.

[dre566]

Are you serious? Have you seen a Tarantino film? Less violence - how about Kill Bill, Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction - pretty mellow films.

[Luka1990Croat]

Reservoir Dogs - Mr. Blonde cuts the cop's ear off, the camera literally pans away and all you here is the screen.

Pulp Fiction - Vincent shoots Marvin in the face, blood splatters against the window from outside the car without witnessing the killing; you don't see Butch kill the rival boxer; you only hear of Marcellus throwing Tony rocky horror out of the window; you don't see Butch's sword enter the redneck's body etc etc.

Kill Bill is an exception, largely because it's a sword fighting film

[TheSunmanho]

how disgustingly ugly AlfredHitchcock was! sure, he was a genius, but his face looks like a monster.

[adamhunterprice]

I like how he just answers the question, he doesnt't dance around anything, the answer is how he sees it and he has no problem saying it.

[GEVMM]

Sign my petition to stop Universal Pictures form remaking The Birds!

The link is on my profile.

[Dynamitrios]

What a great guy and a versed speaker too.

[redcollargedeon]

Brilliant. The master speaks.

Where are the Hitchcocks of our times?

[livingElvis]

There are none and there will never be, unfortunately. The audiences today expect the crap we use to see and not the commitment to the story in itself. Can you imagine if Norman Bates could take a 100 feet leap or whatever? That would be as crappy and innacurate as the 2000's "Hulk" leaps... lol

[redcollargedeon]

The audience takes what's offered, doesn't it?

I heard that Hitchcock walked about with a laminated newspaper article at all times.

It was a murder report that happened after the guy watched a movie with his girlfriend..

The Movie was Snow White.

Do movies influence us, do Directors have a responsability?

Of course not. It's bullshit.

[Johnny6666]

Thank you for the upload. Although Hitchcock was a master at leading the press, it's always interesting to hear him speak. And here he does offer up significant material, not simply his later schtick of quips and double entendres.

[DoubleDutchBust]

6:41

[youvebeenthunderstru]

God, how much better the BBC was then rather than now. (And still don't appreciate how they claim copyright over youtube clips, though that's a different matter)

[ElvishKid]

I wonder from where he gets his inspiration..?

Enormously Talented Creator...

[drewdropin]

In another interview, he stated that it comes from when "the mother says BOO" His mother did that to him, apparently. Also, she sent him to the police with a letter telling them to "Imprison" the child for something he had done. So, to this day he is afraid of the police. I'm afraid he seemed to be abused a bit. So to spread that terror of which he lives everyday, gives him some relief. The interview was from 1960, a must watch!!

[blackwingy]

@ElvishKid he got it from life and living. Not being flippant, truly that is where he drew his inspiration. Also very erudite, widely read and knew a damn good writer when he got one, to help get his ideas on screen and into dialog where absolutely necessary. Being a visual genius didn't hurt, either-such a person can get inspiration from most anything that we might overlook as "so what"? That's genius.

[sraphael]

I love Hitchcock's explanation of 'Psycho', a description of altering one's film from horror to the psychological thriller. I think Hitchcock gave that genre the honorable name it has today.

[NinjaDetonations]

I love that little line... it's so ingenious. "i once made a film, called psycho" probably his most popular and legendary one and he plays it down so much.

[ianawesomeurnot]

this is my great uncle

[michelangeli23]

he is the best british film-maker

[kwanjin1]

HItchcock has been my favorite director since I was an eight year old kid watching his stuff on TV on Thursday nights in the sixties....

[JeffZHigs1]

I've never been scared from a movie, except, for when my sister told me to watch psycho. That freaked me out alot.

[ErikJoeNoise02]

" ... putting the Horror in the mind of the audience, and not necessarily on the screen ... " - someone should say that to the audiences of today and the business people in the industry that line !!!!!!!!

[GEVMM]

You are so right.

[lonelygnome1]

I love when he says "no. because it's too easy"

[ErikJoeNoise02]

and you can notice, quite a grin, quite a sarcasm, in his face, when he answers that ... great man, indeed, hehehe ....

[smewha]

Genius.

[theaznfishy]

It's sad but true, when you have a man like Alfred find the top, the only direction everyone else goes is down.

[j009aguar13]

Great Directors:

1-Alfred Hitchcock

2-Stanley Kubrick

3-Martin Scorcese

4-Francis Ford Coppola

5-BIlly Wilder

I think that Kubrick is only aobut a half step down from Hitchcock

-Anyone else have a list of great directors?

[oludascribe]

Orson Wells

Frank Capra

Woody Allen

[7villarreal]

hitchcock

kubrick

tarantino and wes anderson (b/c young and very original)

john landis

and john hughes

....all very diff and diff genres

[goodtaxidriver]

Martin Scorsese Alfred Hitchcock David Fincher Stanley Kubrick Pedro Almomdovar Jean-Luc Godard Jean Pierre Jeunet Milos Forman Orson Welles Woody Allen Steven Spielberg (maybe)

[Kirki86]

Steven Spielberg...maybe?! lol

[nabbsy88]

as if lynch isnt in there.

And hitchcock is first... he did it all before and he is the most important director ever. And as if fincher is appove kubrick

[goodtaxidriver]

its not in a particular order., and i would have serious doubts about adding finch in there.

[darkprose]

Kubrick, Hitchcock, Allen, Lynch, Scorsese -- these directors' films I can watch and say that even their failures are better than the average Hollywood success.

[eirino0369]

you can bet it.. just add two more names...Coppola and Singer(dont need to ask wich films of these two Im talking about) of course: Apocalypsis Now, The Godfather and The usual suspects... Is great to know that someone else appreciete the old good cinema and not the newy popcorn junkie that Hollywood sells. What do you think about remakes..?.why the hell the have to ruin the reputation of an all time classic just because today´s screenwriters got not a penny of imagination...? WHY?

[THOUSANDAlRE]

@darkprose, don't forget Elia Kazan

[thisisspartacus]

@darkprose I wonder if that's because their failures represent original endeavors that just didn't work that well? Nowadays nearly every facet of every story has been told in one form or another so when a film fails to entertain it can't fall back on originality.

[hcvang]

@darkprose all the movies up until the 60s were invariably good or great or brilliant - when the corporations bought the studios in the 60s, it all went downhill. Film studios were sold to corporations like bloody Nestlé, McDonald's, L'oreal, etc. who didnt know a damned thing about making movies (corporations listed illustratively only)

[darkprose]

@hcvang But the seventies were a veritable renaissance for film in the US and elsewhere, don't you think? And the sixties, too, saw some of the greatest films and film auteurs, ever. There has always been good and bad movies. In fact, most films that are made -- in any period -- are probably not that great or don't stand the test of time.

[RayPointer]

@hcvang That's a broad generalization.  There were bad movies made before this period. (Heard of Ed Wood?) You've just been fortunate not to have been exposed to any of them. It's a much different industry now. But give them credit. They slip up once in a while manage to produce a good movie once in a while, don't they?

[blackwingy]

@j009aguar13 Who worked mostly in the USA: John Ford. Hitchcock. Peckinpah. Howard Hawks. Billy Wilder. Welles. Sturges. Wellman. Also Renoir, Kurosawa, Powell & Pressburger, Bergman.

[kyeent]

A Pioneer. This man gave us everything we know about what makes a good film. What he says about visual horror is so true. The 'horror' film industry has been ruined by films like SAW, Hostel, Grindhouse etc. They rely solely on the visual shock of gore, and nothing else.

What a shame. Rest In Peace Alfred, you are greatly missed..

[ovendoll]

So true. These movies like SAW and Hostel are "Puke" theater; garbage strewn together to make a quick buck. They make you WANT to look away, it's too stressful and horrible. Hitchcock movies, on the other hand, were/are ingenious in that they keep you suspended. You're scared senseless, yet, can't look away. You want to pay attention to every single detail and not miss a beat. His movies definitely appeal to the intellectual and not the moron.

[ovendoll]

Yet, honestly I can't criticize movies like SAW and Hostel, etc. I never saw them and have no intention of seeing them. There's nothing like watching a Hitchcock movie. The great thing about them is, you can watch more than once and still be enthralled.

[dodoilove]

what man he wrote his name on arock that's no one can forget his name

[tcbluecollarguy]

Yes, a true genius!

[TYX91101]

Best filmmaker in history. His movies will be studied, and admired, for decades to come. Each one is a pure delight.

[jadoowallaonion]

I find his movies terribly boring; never been able to sit through one.

[janetzki1]

Have you seen Rear Window? It's the only Hitchcock movie I've seen other than Psycho, and it's fucking brilliant man.

[cheerabbitchan]

Try The Birds. That's one of his fast paced ones, I'm sure you'll like it.

Life Boat and Rear Window are my favorites.

[BetaScience74656]

I recently just saw Lifeboat and loved it! I think that, North by Northwest, and Notorious are my favs. (but they all are so wonderful it is hard to choose)

[InBacchusWeTrust]

Absolute genius.

No other word.

From Alien to Jackie Brown, you can see his influence, pure brilliance.

There will never be another.

[seriouslyspeaking]

Television is merely "photographs of people talking" with absolutely no relation to "pure cinema".

I know what's coming next... "Do you?" says Hitchcock.

Avoid the cliché; most audiences -- not the mainstream -- want to be challenged.

[brianpadraic]

Little Red Riding Hood. That is all you need to know!

[omgitskaitiXoXEmili]

why is tis reomended for me??????

Lol I thought he was the lion fs "the wizard of oz"

[suicideblondexo88]

did you really feel the need to prove to the entire internet how stupid you are?

[Nick05000]

Greatest director ever, he has been an inspiration to every director after him.

[bahsura]

"...but the audience was screaming in agony... thank goodness" epic

[GEVMM]

My favourite Hitchcock film, so far, has been Rear Window. I love his movies, he was a true genius.

[insidenicolesmind]

I've seen maybe 2 hours of footage of him, but I don't believe I ever heard him talk. He's my fav. I love Rear Window! It's been my favorite movie since the second grade :)

[Bover83]

sei grande 1

[SalamiKing7]

Cozy guy :)

[c101tx101]

He was damn ugly, but brilliant.

[donat1964]

he was the best!!

[CanOfSpam]

Fun fact: When he was talking about watching movies "not that I see very many" is a little white lie. He just stopped watching public viewings, he saw close to every movie that came out but in a closed/private set...you can read about this is the books about him.

I LOVE Hitchcock. Have tattoos with him and his movies covering my left arm! BEST film maker EVER!

[zenpho]

There's something very watery and gurgling about the audio in this, even in "high quality youtube mode". It sounds as if someone has tried to remove the hiss with a bad noise reduction filter. It's very distracting, difficult to hear what the interviewer is saying sometimes!

[DZA9mm]

"GOOD EVENING" hahaha

[nexttimewelove51]

greatest suspense director ever.

[MFRedeemerp2]

dario argento is so similar!

[HyruleLand]

LOL!! little red riding hood! This man is a genius!

[CrazyShortsCrew]

yes. by all means he WAS a genius.

[oskararnarson]

Why the lol? Do you know the original little red riding hood story? Wasn't exactly your typical disney fairytale. It was brutal.

[donstuie]

"I once made a movie, rather tongue-in-cheek, called PSYCHO"

Love it!

[ElRyno2008]

No one is mentioning North by Northwest as a fav. They r all produced great and way better than todays crap

[ajsm83]

there isn't words to describe the pure genius this man was.