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Alfred Hitchcock
Geburtstag: 13. August 1899
Todesdatum: 29. April 1980
Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock KBE war ein britischer Filmregisseur, Drehbuchautor, Filmproduzent und Filmeditor. Er siedelte 1939 in die USA über und nahm am 20. April 1955 zusätzlich die amerikanische Staatsbürgerschaft an.
Hitchcock gilt hinsichtlich seines Stils bis heute als einer der einflussreichsten Filmregisseure. Er etablierte die Begriffe Suspense und MacGuffin. Sein Genre war der Thriller, charakteristisch seine Verbindung von Spannung mit Humor. Die wiederkehrenden Motive seiner Filme waren Angst, Schuld und Identitätsverlust. Mehrfach variierte er das Thema des unschuldig Verfolgten.
Hitchcock legte großen Wert auf die künstlerische Kontrolle über das Werk des Autors. Sein Gesamtwerk umfasst 53 Spielfilme und gehört gemessen am Publikumserfolg sowie der Rezeption durch Kritik und Wissenschaft zu den bedeutendsten der Filmgeschichte. Auch dank seiner bewussten Selbstvermarktung zählt Hitchcock heute zu den bekanntesten zeitgeschichtlichen Persönlichkeiten. Er ist dem Autorenfilm zuzurechnen.
Am 3. Januar 1980 wurde er von Königin Elisabeth II. zum Knight Commander des Order of the British Empire ernannt.
Zitate Alfred Hitchcock
„Puns are the highest form of literature.“
— Alfred Hitchcock
Dick Cavett Show (8 June 1972).
„One of television's great contributions is that it brought murder back into the home, where it belongs“
— Alfred Hitchcock
Context: One of television's great contributions is that it brought murder back into the home, where it belongs.
National Observer (15 August 1966).
„As a matter of fact, I couldn't work if I weren't on friendly terms with them; I'll bend over backward every time. Besides, I get into each picture I make, if only for a couple of seconds—so I'm probably a frustrated actor at heart myself.“
— Alfred Hitchcock
Context: [T]he director passed off the phrase as one of his "Machiavellian quips," not to be taken seriously. "Let us say, rather, that actors are a necessary evil," he cautioned, with a straight face. "As a matter of fact, I couldn't work if I weren't on friendly terms with them; I'll bend over backward every time. Besides, I get into each picture I make, if only for a couple of seconds—so I'm probably a frustrated actor at heart myself."
Regarding his oft-cited quote stating that actors are cattle; as paraphrased and quoted in [http://www.mediafire.com/view/ix2ammmxkb3flqx/Screen%20Shot%202018-09-11%20at%2012.56.17%20AM.png "Town Called Hollywood: Director Pleads Off Poundage"] by Philip K. Scheuer, in The Los Angeles Times (30 May 1943).
„Let us say, rather, that actors are a necessary evil,“
— Alfred Hitchcock
Context: [T]he director passed off the phrase as one of his "Machiavellian quips," not to be taken seriously. "Let us say, rather, that actors are a necessary evil," he cautioned, with a straight face. "As a matter of fact, I couldn't work if I weren't on friendly terms with them; I'll bend over backward every time. Besides, I get into each picture I make, if only for a couple of seconds—so I'm probably a frustrated actor at heart myself."
Regarding his oft-cited quote stating that actors are cattle; as paraphrased and quoted in [http://www.mediafire.com/view/ix2ammmxkb3flqx/Screen%20Shot%202018-09-11%20at%2012.56.17%20AM.png "Town Called Hollywood: Director Pleads Off Poundage"] by Philip K. Scheuer, in The Los Angeles Times (30 May 1943).
„There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it.“
— Alfred Hitchcock
Attributed to Hitchcock in Halliwell's Filmgoer's Companion (1984).
„Give them pleasure – the same pleasure they have when they wake up from a nightmare.“
— Alfred Hitchcock
On audiences, Asbury Park NJ Press (13 August 1974).
„Drama is life with the dull bits cut out.“
— Alfred Hitchcock
Picture Parade, BBC (5 July 1960)
„If I won't be myself, who will?“
— Alfred Hitchcock, Alfred Hitchcock: Interviews
