Monday, 28 November 2011

Hitchcock

Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock (13 August 1899 – 29 April 1980) was a British film director and producer. He pioneered many techniques in the suspense and psychological thriller genres. After a successful career in British camera  in both silent films and early talkies, Hitchcock moved to hollywood. In 1956 he became an American citizen, whilst remaining a British subject.


Alfred Hitchcock was the master of suspense whose films whose film came to be the benchmark for psychological thriller.


These are some quotes from Hitchcock;


''There is no terror in the bang only in the anticipation of it"


"If its a good movie, the sound could go and the audience would still have a perfectly clear idea of what was going on"


"Always make the audience suffer as much as possible" 


"I am a typed director it i read cinderella the audience world immediately be looking for a body in the coach "