Mark Cousins, the award-winning filmmaker behind Women Make Film, The Storms of Jeremy Thomas, and The Story of Film: A New Generation, tackles this question and looks at the auteur with a new and radical approach: through the use of his own voice. As Hitchcock rewatches his films, we are taken on an odyssey through his vast career - his vivid silent films, the legendary films of the 1950s and 60s and his later works - in playful and revealing ways.
Directed by:
Mark Cousins
Featuring:
Alistair McGowan
Directed by:
Mark Cousins
Featuring:
Alistair McGowan
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Short filmTranscript
00:00Is this working? Yes, Mr. Hitchcock, it's working. Okay. I'm ready to tell my story.
00:11My name is Alfred Hitchcock. And before I died, I was the most famous filmmaker in the world.
00:20My films were like Jimmy Stewart in Rear Window. They loved looking.
00:27And how would you like us to look at your films in the 21st century, Alfred?
00:32I'd like you to look at Janet in that lonely, remote shower. And see yourself in her. Her hope. Your vulnerability.
00:45You certainly wanted us to look at faces of desire, didn't you?
00:52Your movies had a force field.
00:57Yes. In Vertigo, I wanted you to feel the force. I wanted Kim to hypnotize you.
01:07But I also wanted you to run away. Escapism. Like Carrie in A Field of Corns.
01:17Everyone's had their say about your movies.
01:19But now, at last, it's my turn to take you on a guided tour of my movies. My stories. Pink. Into my world.
01:34Over to you, Mr. Hitchcock.