Alfred Hitchcock is still a complete mystery to film lovers. He explains his methods so openly, and yet his films never age, cannot be duplicated, and still live on after we know the suspense. He was an artist of first degree, and after all these years, it's safe to say he's still the master and always will be.
I saw Foreign Correspondent (for the 20th time) about three days ago, and that scene he described here is indeed magnificent. I did not pause to consider how it may have been done.
Hitchcock's understanding of human emotions and human nature is one of the things that made him the master. All the film schools in the world wouldn't be able to tell you things Hitchcock could teach you just by talking to you.
Alfred Hitchcock was a no nonsense man with a passion for horror and suspense and would go to the extremes of making his vision come to life on screen. He used real birds on the movie The Birds. And Tippi Hedren who played Melanie Daniels said he told her that the birds would be mechanical. But the scene where the birds attacked her in the bedroom were real. She said it was awful, but she did one more film for Hitchcock and tried to get out of contract with him, but he wouldn't let her.
I'm a huge Hitchcock fan. So many of his movies are almost perfect. I guess I like The Trouble with Harry most of all, but Foreign Correspondent is definitely one of my favorites.
@oldhatcinema I just watched it again last week. It's soooo cool, Mildred Natwick, Edmund Gwenn, Jerry Mathers, Shirley MacLaine, Mildred Dunnock, John Forsyth, Royal Dano- everybody is so great with the deadpan humor, and the music just makes it better.
@@paulamiles9559 It really is! I first saw it when I was about 12 and getting obsessed with dark comedies 😅 I revisited it more recently and appreciated it all the more. You're right: the cast is indeed phenomenal.
From an aspiring filmmaker, making third- rate videos on RUclips, I give the Master of Suspense all the respect the late Alfred Hitchcock deserves. He is among my most respected idol, among others like Spielberg, Scorsese, Coppola, Bay, Lucas, and many others.
Hope things are going well with the film making. I graduated with a degree in media production but never followed through. Do you have so work to showcase?
Alfred Joseph Hitchcock (Londres, 13 de agosto de 1899-Los Ángeles, 29 de abril de 1980) fue un director de cine, productor y guionista británico. Pionero en muchas de las técnicas que caracterizan a los géneros cinematográficos del suspenso y el thriller psicológico, tras una exitosa carrera en el cine británico en películas mudas y en las primeras sonoras, que le llevó a ser considerado el mejor director de Inglaterra, Hitchcock se trasladó a Hollywood en 1939.
The look on Hitchcock's face was priceless when he's telling the story about the man having fallen down the manhole. The point he was making was how ashamed the audience would be for having laughed on finding out about the injuries etc.- but they laughed anyway as he was telling it. I suspect they were laughing because they got his point, but he didn't realise that at first.
@LouiseCerrutti I like the "squirting out gumption" part. How is that achieved? An underused word to be sure, like gargantuan or flibberdigibbit. What is a McGuffin? Inquiring minds want to know!! Is that as in, "I'll take a McGuffin, Bob.", or "I'll have a McGuffin, Horace"? IS he a 70's T.V, detective? Have you ever seen the movie "Moon" with Sam Rockwell? Great flick! I think there is an odd-looking bird designated as a McGuffin. although i think the G remains uncapitalized.
I'd have to agree with that statement because LIFE is the best show running, created by the Master producer/director/screenwriter. This life truly is the Creator's movie with each of us playing a role.
Gary Cooper would have been WONDERFUL in Foregin Correspondent. I dare not run down Joel Macrae.... he was my mom's 'dreamboat actor' when she was in high school..
Yes, Albert Basserman was good. I remember him in the "Red Shoes" made after the war in England, with Anton Walbrook ( he was ever better!) I do think joel McCrea was perfectly fine in Foreign Corresspondent. He had the right naive American quality
@jcmangan Maybe I skipped over it, but when did Hitchcock single out Ford and Hawks? I don't think his remark was directed towards those two bold and original filmmakers. It was directed towards the more generic, b-movie action westerns where the generically-filmed violence simply served the purpose of moving the plot forward without giving substance to the plot or characters as Ford and Hawks did. Like Hithcock, they understood that the audience had to feel involved in the action.
Yes, Hitch, finally we got the message, the most brilliant directors of your time - John Ford, Howard Hawks and so on - were just a bunch of western photographers, not directors at all. :-) In retrospective hearing the Hitch is a little bit like hearing Brecht talking to one of the big studio producers once upon those times: "There are two great directors in this century: Chaplin and Brecht." Producer asked back: "I agree, but who the fuck is Brecht?" :-)
@LouiseCerrutti A very pleasent response to my perfunctory remark. Your poetry, while somewhat obnoxious, is still well articulated to the point of didacticism, clever but puerile and morose. You should write a book and make a million or two. I write poetry using an iambic pentameter involving, but not limited too, food rhymes. (Good, Food, Mood) to give you a horrible example. No metaphors similes, homilies, down-homeisms, onomotopeas, palindromes, or non-sequiters involved.
@JamesPopaloaf Um ... or u can go watch the movie and calm down. U never see a stab but u do see the knife touch the skin... maybe u shud check before opening ur mouth.
really next to Mel brooks. lol you can't even put those in the same line with laughing. that is funny. comparing no talent with real talent like Hitchcock. to brooks want to be....wishing he could have been. great.
Alfred Hitchcock is still a complete mystery to film lovers. He explains his methods so openly, and yet his films never age, cannot be duplicated, and still live on after we know the suspense. He was an artist of first degree, and after all these years, it's safe to say he's still the master and always will be.
He was a man of heart. No matter how much you try to duplicate someone, you cannot duplicate their heart.
I saw Foreign Correspondent (for the 20th time) about three days ago, and that scene he described here is indeed magnificent. I did not pause to consider how it may have been done.
I can sit listening to Hitchcock talk all day. Chills me right out.
Hitchcock's understanding of human emotions and human nature is one of the things that made him the master. All the film schools in the world wouldn't be able to tell you things Hitchcock could teach you just by talking to you.
Foreign correspondent was the first hitchcock film I saw. It's a near masterpiece.
Alfred Hitchcock was a no nonsense man with a passion for horror and suspense and would go to the extremes of making his vision come to life on screen. He used real birds on the movie The Birds. And Tippi Hedren who played Melanie Daniels said he told her that the birds would be mechanical. But the scene where the birds attacked her in the bedroom were real. She said it was awful, but she did one more film for Hitchcock and tried to get out of contract with him, but he wouldn't let her.
I'm a huge Hitchcock fan. So many of his movies are almost perfect. I guess I like The Trouble with Harry most of all, but Foreign Correspondent is definitely one of my favorites.
Finally, someone else who appreciates "The Trouble with Harry"!
@oldhatcinema I just watched it again last week. It's soooo cool, Mildred Natwick, Edmund Gwenn, Jerry Mathers, Shirley MacLaine, Mildred Dunnock, John Forsyth, Royal Dano- everybody is so great with the deadpan humor, and the music just makes it better.
@@paulamiles9559 It really is! I first saw it when I was about 12 and getting obsessed with dark comedies 😅 I revisited it more recently and appreciated it all the more. You're right: the cast is indeed phenomenal.
From an aspiring filmmaker, making third- rate videos on RUclips, I give the Master of Suspense all the respect the late Alfred Hitchcock deserves. He is among my most respected idol, among others like Spielberg, Scorsese, Coppola, Bay, Lucas, and many others.
Hope things are going well with the film making. I graduated with a degree in media production but never followed through. Do you have so work to showcase?
"Send her to the dry cleaners"
Classic!
Hitchcock never laugh at his jokes, only makes a slight smile. AND HIS JOKES AND PUNS ARE VERY GOOD!
Caveat is always so prepared; researched; intelligent.
"slipping on a banana skin is painful" - he had one with most intelligent sense of humor.
Hitchcock looks to be enjoying himself ... that smile ... clever, clever fellow ...
I would consider it a privilege to call this man my Grandfather! Pure genius
Mr Hitchcock was Legendary Total Cinematic Genius !
This interview is an example of why youtube is invaluable. Too bad the fourth part has been taken down. Thanks for the upload
@jcmangan Alfred Hitchcock was Irish himself. His grandparents came from Ireland to England.
His mother's father came from Mayo .. but all other grandparents were English
Alfred Joseph Hitchcock (Londres, 13 de agosto de 1899-Los Ángeles, 29 de abril de 1980) fue un director de cine, productor y guionista británico. Pionero en muchas de las técnicas que caracterizan a los géneros cinematográficos del suspenso y el thriller psicológico, tras una exitosa carrera en el cine británico en películas mudas y en las primeras sonoras, que le llevó a ser considerado el mejor director de Inglaterra, Hitchcock se trasladó a Hollywood en 1939.
Greatest director of all times.
Morpheus Sandman Kubrick got something to say with that
Even Kubrick would agree with Hitchcock being the greatest.
Morpheus Sandman maybe, maybe not. It's a close call between the two.
My problem with Kubrick is due to the fact of his small bodywork and his coolness.
Morpheus Sandman well everybody got their opinion
Love the dark humor
He was a film genius! I hope wherever his energy is he's rocking great movies
Hitchcock was such a great director and this clip shows why he understood people better than anyone and what scares them.
Hitchcock is so elegant and witty -- always a joy to watch, almost as much as his films.
much thanks for upping this/these, a great resource!
Nowadays its 90% commercial and 10 % tv show, lucky people
The look on Hitchcock's face was priceless when he's telling the story about the man having fallen down the manhole. The point he was making was how ashamed the audience would be for having laughed on finding out about the injuries etc.- but they laughed anyway as he was telling it. I suspect they were laughing because they got his point, but he didn't realise that at first.
The way he says "Yeah, sure. "
Beyond modern techs - the old flicks were psychologically immersive.
Les Diaboliques- a great film by a French director called the "French Hitchcock"
appreciate
@LouiseCerrutti I like the "squirting out gumption" part. How is that achieved? An underused word to be sure, like gargantuan or flibberdigibbit. What is a McGuffin? Inquiring minds want to know!! Is that as in, "I'll take a McGuffin, Bob.", or "I'll have a McGuffin, Horace"? IS he a 70's T.V, detective? Have you ever seen the movie "Moon" with Sam Rockwell? Great flick! I think there is an odd-looking bird designated as a McGuffin. although i think the G remains uncapitalized.
Loved the bath and shower joke.
I'd have to agree with that statement because LIFE is the best show running, created by the Master producer/director/screenwriter. This life truly is the Creator's movie with each of us playing a role.
Send Her to the Dry Cleaners!
Very smart man . Very funny . I did not realize he was a comedian playing pranks on people .
Gary Cooper would have been WONDERFUL in Foregin Correspondent. I dare not run down Joel Macrae.... he was my mom's 'dreamboat actor' when she was in high school..
@damone77 Agree. But Spoto`s book often says often much without often saying the least anything. :-)
GOOGLE: "Foreign Correspondent plane crash"
Alfred Hitchcoke was a super mind character.
fyi the clip he mentions is in the trailer... (search 'hitchcock foreign')
@keyboardhero521 Agree. Not directly. Maybe my comment was influenced by watching Rio Lobo the day before.
This proves in H s own words the mental depravity / confusion in his inability to understand the truth of the human psyche!
Yes, Albert Basserman was good. I remember him in the "Red Shoes" made after the war in England, with Anton Walbrook ( he was ever better!)
I do think joel McCrea was perfectly fine in Foreign Corresspondent. He had the right naive American quality
McCrea's character was so flippant and uninformed. Robert Benchley and Edmund Gwenn added to the ironic humor.
his hands are gigantic
#LOVE #DIGNITY
fabulous. thanks for this.
He is the MASTER OF SUSPENSE.
what year is that from?
fact - the knife does touch her skin
@jcmangan Maybe I skipped over it, but when did Hitchcock single out Ford and Hawks?
I don't think his remark was directed towards those two bold and original filmmakers.
It was directed towards the more generic, b-movie action westerns where the generically-filmed violence simply served the purpose of moving the plot forward without giving substance to the plot or characters as Ford and Hawks did. Like Hithcock, they understood that the audience had to feel involved in the action.
I didn’t realise he was so witty. And ASMR ish.
the scene they are talking about: ruclips.net/video/0spaU8Ve_ic/видео.html
"slipping on the banana peel is painful!" lol
Mr. Hitchprick rules!
He was very intelligent commenting on the lack of intelligence/curiosity of people.
TWO COMMERCIALS?!
If you want to know how to interview people watch Dick Cavett.
Hitchcock=Genius
DICK CAVETT
19 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 1936
85 AÑOS (86)
Everybody said: Buster Keaton; hilarious.
Charlie Chaplin; genius.
If not for that, audience reaction to manhole covers would be normal.
6:17
bona fide genius.
What causes pippin palasie??
"pip in poultry"?
Well, our chickens have it…
Robert Zemeckis clearly liked the shot
Mr.Hitchcock makes the man inside me giggle like a Little girl hehe
That he is.
@LouiseCerrutti Nietzsche couldn't have said it better.
Yes, Hitch, finally we got the message, the most brilliant directors of your time - John Ford, Howard Hawks and so on - were just a bunch of western photographers, not directors at all. :-)
In retrospective hearing the Hitch is a little bit like hearing Brecht talking to one of the big studio producers once upon those times: "There are two great directors in this century: Chaplin and Brecht."
Producer asked back: "I agree, but who the fuck is Brecht?" :-)
@sqccccccccc An irish man.
And today it would have just been CGI. Ruining the art.
@LouiseCerrutti A very pleasent response to my perfunctory remark. Your poetry, while somewhat obnoxious, is still well articulated to the point of didacticism, clever but puerile and morose. You should write a book and make a million or two. I write poetry using an iambic pentameter involving, but not limited too, food rhymes. (Good, Food, Mood) to give you a horrible example. No metaphors similes, homilies, down-homeisms, onomotopeas, palindromes, or non-sequiters involved.
Long live communism and freedom
interview-
TO SEE DEATH
Slipping on a banana skin is painful
these things are cyclical. like fashion
i agree with you though
@JamesPopaloaf Um ... or u can go watch the movie and calm down. U never see a stab but u do see the knife touch the skin... maybe u shud check before opening ur mouth.
cavett was not a good interviewer. never was.
really next to Mel brooks. lol you can't even put those in the same line with laughing. that is funny. comparing no talent with real talent like Hitchcock. to brooks want to be....wishing he could have been. great.
Hitchcock was such a great director and this clip shows why he understood people better than anyone and what scares them.
Long live communism and freedom