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In a 1963 interview, following the phenomenal success of "Psycho" Hitchcock agreed with his interviewer that he was "really directing the audience more than the actors!" How does Hitchcock manipulate his audience in "Psycho"?
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In a 1963 interview, following the phenomenal success of "Psycho" Hitchcock agreed with his interviewer that he was "really directing the audience more than the actors!" How does Hitchcock manipulate his audience in "Psycho"? Alfred Hitchcock was an ingenious film director born in England in 1899; he began filmmaking in 1919 and produced more then 40 pieces of work including such famous sound films as Vertigo (1958), The Birds (1963), and Psycho (1960), all renowned for demonstrating Hitchcock's strong manipulation of the audience. Hitchcock wanted to involve the audience as much as possible to create even more suspense and anticipation throughout his films. He studied at St. Ignatius College London and became a brilliant technician who expertly blended sex, suspense and humour to become the acknowledged master of the thriller genre. His breakthrough film "The Lodger"(1926) was a prime example of the classic Hitchcock plot: an innocent protagonist falsely accused and...
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