Assignment 1 - Hitchock vs Tarrantino notes

Alfred Hitchock


Source - Alfred Hitchock Biography http://www.essortment.com/alfred-hitchcock-biography-20570.html

Subjective - 


Filmography Overview:


Hitchock's film career spirals out of the 1920's, the era of prolific film making.   

Irony of his film making against his personal profile :


Produced films, throughout his film career, of a mysterious and psychopathic nature, with the plot of murder as his prime focal point in both his silent and full motion picture films, however he admitted to be fearful of death, as far as his own life was concerned . Furthermore, Hitchock's films sparked Hollywood glamour, and ironic, coincidental romance, as well as a hint of eroticism and sexual lust between a  beautiful, strong willed blonde and a nervous, insecure man, however Hitchock is claimed, while being married long term to the love of his life, to be drowned in his own loneliness and in his own self separate from her, and, with the exception of the characters of his films, criticised to not have a friend in the world.


Result: The overwhelming darkness of his films led him to attain worldwide hollywood success, however also prevented him from enjoying. Furthermore, Hitchock's subjective fear of death and his lack of interest in immersing himself in the fame of his work, separated himself from both the thrilling subjects of his films and that of the Hollywood glamour figures. Therefore, Hitchock was not hole heartily a part of his films. 
Self Promotion and appreciation of his films from other film makers fuelled his professional success and gave him motivation and will power, which was absent in himself, to dominate the thriller movie industry. 




Conceptual-


Criticisms of Hitchock:


Due to his inability to ever be completely satisfied with the films he produced throughout his lifetime, and the emotional, psychological barrier between his subjective self and the nature of his films, Hitchock has been criticised conceptually by distinct groups of audiences both modern, during his time, and contemporary, to not be the ingenious mind behind his compositions, and therefore not directly or entirely responsible for the unique, mysterious profiles and reputation that his filmography as a whole has and continues to project, rather employing professional screen writers to give his characters personality and motivation and their cultural context, a veil of mystery. Hitchock's psychological barrier between his films however has not stopped the majority of the masses who have previewed his films to praise him as the 'Master of Suspense'.