Summary
AND now for the ultimate Hitchcock mystery: who was he? We know him as the genius of darkly thrilling ambivalence, the portly voyeur who often padded malevolently into his own movies as if on cat's feet. But did anyone know the real Alfred Hitchcock?
Even the British film-maker, Alan Parker, a long-time devotee, admits to being baffled, which is why Parker on Hitchcock (Radio 4, Thursday), left us with a teasing conclusion rather than the definitive ending. Just as Hitchcock turned his very name into a brand of suspense, the route to his actual personality was trip- wired with mind games. He liked playing pranks, catching people out. He relished being an enigma.See the full content of this document
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Don't Keep Us in Suspense. Who Was Hitch?The Radio Week
But, somehow, Parker's praise and that of his programme contributors couldn't dispel the feeling that there was also something seedy about Hitchcock - his attitude to actors for a start.
"Actors, " he once sneered...See the full content of this document
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