However, we mustn’t forget that the man himself worked hard to cultivate the image of a light entertainer one not to be taken too seriously. Up until this time, Hitchcock was merely thought of as an effective director of entertaining films, whereas the French considered him an auteur par excellence. This made him the ideal person to help reveal what lay behind the magic curtain of the Master’s art. The director as auteur theory had been championed for some time by Truffaut and his contemporaries, and Hitchcock was his idol. “If, overnight, the cinema had to do without its soundtrack and become once again a silent art, then many directors would be forced into unemployment, but, among the survivors, there would be Alfred Hitchcock and everyone would realize at last that he is the greatest film director in the world.” – Truffaut: Correspondence He also went on to record special German-language introductions for Alfred Hitchcock Presents and appear in several German trailers for his films, such as Psycho and The Birds, and various TV interviews, such as this: This stemmed largely from having made several of his earliest films there, including his first two solo efforts, The Pleasure Garden and The Mountain Eagle. Though it wasn’t much use in Truffaut’s case, Hitchcock was, of course, fluent in German. Truffaut, Hitchcock and interpreter Helen Scott, 1962 Some determined young critics and filmmakers, and one in particular, set out to change all that… Studios and the public adored him, yet the one thing he didn’t enjoy was widespread critical acclaim. Any magazine, book, film or television project with his name attached was an almost guaranteed moneymaker. Subscribe to the email list to be notified when new ones appear.īy the late 1950s, Hitchcock had conquered Britain, America and the rest of the world. Note: this is part of an ongoing series of 150-odd Hitchcock articles any dead links are to those not yet published. Missing the Female Gaze: lifelong collaborator has no input all spin-offs compound oversight.His Master’s Voice: it’s time the original tapes were heard, transcribed and annotated in full.Many of the Master’s most famous statements are taken out of context or lost in translation.But buyer beware: the “Hitchbook” and its progeny are very unreliable as primary sources.The most significant spin-offs influenced generations of fans, filmmakers and scholars alike.Far-ranging conversations that spawned multimedia franchise enduring to the present day.When Alfred met François: iconic directors joined forces for renowned series of interviews.
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