“Man does not live by murder alone. He needs affection, appreciation, encouragement and the occasional hearty meal.”
-Alfred Hitchcock, March 7, 1979
Alfred Hitchcock changed the face of film all over the world. He elevated horror and mystery from typical genre to artistic genius.
How did he do it?
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Is perjured, murderous, bloody, full of blame,
Savage, extreme, rude, cruel, not to trust,
Enjoy’d no sooner but despised straight,
Past reason hunted, and no sooner had
Past reason hated, as a swallow’d bait
On purpose laid to make the taker mad;
Mad in pursuit and in possession so;
Had, having, and in quest to have, extreme;
A bliss in proof, and proved, a very woe;
Before, a joy proposed; behind, a dream.
All this the world well knows; yet none knows well
To shun the heaven that leads men to this hell.
Shakespeare, Sonnet 129