His worldview remained specially that of a child:"Hitch liked people intuitively,the way a child does. In Hitchcock's case there isn't really much of a personal life:"To interview me,you would have to interview my films." I recently read Marlon Brando's 'Songs My Mother Taught Me' where the subject's personal life is beautifully meshed with the professional side & that's an achievement considering Brando doggedly refused to discuss his controversial marriages & his children. The hitch is,his personal life tends to get bogged down by the professional one: instead of Hitchcock's catch phrase"It's only a movie!", it looks like it's all abt movies! However, to his fans worldwide ,he remains the undisputed king of suspense genre & his movies continue to delight young & old alike.Ĭharlotte Chandler presents this extraordinary life through direct quotes & interviews with innumerable Hitchcock collaborators so we get multiple points-of -view. But the real reason is that the suspence genre is not highly esteemed." I don't look like i've starved in a garret. He tried to make light of it:"(it's because) I don't look like an artist. Hitchcock was nominated five times as best director, but never won an Oscar. Recommended for: Hitchcock fans,film buffs in general. Review of 'It's Only A Movie: Alfred Hitchcock a personal biography'
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