Video Interview: Alfred Hitchcock

[In honor of Mystery Man, a reprise of a GITS post from 2008 with one of MM’s favorites: Alfred Hitchcock].

Here’s a gem from the Web — the first part of an interview with Alfred Hitchcock. In it, the famed director of such classic movies as Rear Window (1954), North by Northwest (1959), and Psycho (1960) talks about Red Riding Hood, how his target audience is women, “pure cinema,” the necessity of avoiding cliches, and much more, all in 7 minutes.

How about that for a money quote: “I believe in putting the horror in the minds of the audience, instead of up on the screen.”

By the way, Hitchcock received 20 writing credits in his movie career as well as directing 64 movies.