Old Movies That Will Be Popular In The Future?

Hi,

The weird thing about this, and a lot of Hitchcock material, was that he had it all defined and written before shooting, making him one of the .... probably ... easiest directors to work on and with, and I think his knowing what he wanted and sticking with it, helped make his films better. You don't get that feeling that the story or the film is open to ideas and suggestions as they show up during the making of it.

For Hollywood tastes and styles, this is perfect college/uni material ... tightly written and put together. Nothing in it feels lost or wasted. I think, and have to check again (haven't seen a Hitchcock film in 40 years!!!), to see his sequencing in the film ... I always thought it was tight. And probably one of the hardest things to teach a writer to do ... as the mind likes to take a lot of twists and turns ... which in a film like Hitchcock's would not help.

But one nice thing ... Hollywood always "hints" of things earlier in a lot of films, when they look innocent enough ... and in Hitchcock films there rarely is a "hint" ... which I think makes his suspense better ... and a lot of horror films still have not learned that!

Hi,

Exactly ... however, sometimes not giving it away helps ... and within the shot you might see the bomb ... of course, but that would not, necessarily, be a hint, though it could ... but again, if it doesn't go off, the whole time the suspense is increasing ... what about that bomb?