Essay Archive - Alfred Hitchcock: 50 Years of Movie Magic
Alfred Hitchcock: 50 Years of Movie Magic
Alfred Hitchcock is among the few directors to combine a strong
reputation for high-art film-making with great audience popularity. Throughout
his career he gave his audiences more pleasure than could be asked for. The
consistency of quality plot-lines and technical ingenuity earned him the
recognition of being one of the greatest filmmakers of all time. His films
earned him the reputation of being the "master of suspense", and after viewing
two of his more popular films, Psycho and The Birds, it is evident why. There
is a distinction between surprise, whic....
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