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The silent pictures were the purest form of cinema
Alfred Hitchcock
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Alfred Hitchcock
Age: 80 †
Born: 1899
Born: August 13
Died: 1980
Died: April 29
Cinematographer
Director
Film Actor
Film Director
Film Editor
Film Producer
Screenwriter
Television Director
Television Producer
Alfred Joseph Hitchcock
Sir Alfred Hitchcock
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In feature films the director is God in documentary films God is the director.
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Puns are the highest form of literature.
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I try to offset any tendency towards the macabre with humour. As I see it, this is a typically English form of humour. It's a piece with such jokes as the one about the man who was being led to the gallows to be hanged. He looked at the trap door in the gallows, which was flimsily constructed, and he asked in some alarm, 'I say, is that thing safe?
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When an actor comes to me and wants to discuss his character, I say, 'It's in the script.' If he says, 'But what's my motivation?, ' I say, 'Your salary.'
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Man does not live by murder alone. He needs affection, approval, encouragement and, occasionally, a hearty meal.
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One never knows the ending. One has to die to know exactly what happens after death, although Catholics have their hopes.
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A good film is when the price of the dinner, the theatre admission and the babysitter were worth it.
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There are several differences between a footballl game and a revolution. For one thing, a football game usually lasts longer and the participants wear uniforms. Also there are more injuries at a football game.
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Film your murders like love scenes, and film your love scenes like murders.
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