I don’t think that there’s a single film maker out there that was as influential in the 20th century as Hitchcock. Now, I might be wrong, because I haven’t seen a whole lot of foreign films, but I would have to say that even in that case Hitchcock was extremely influential in the 20th century. I mean, his very first film in the U.S.A “Rebecca” recieved an Oscar for best picture.
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I don’t think that there’s a single film maker out there that was as influential in the 20th century as Hitchcock. Now, I might be wrong, because I haven’t seen a whole lot of foreign films, but I would have to say that even in that case Hitchcock was extremely influential in the 20th century. I mean, his very first film in the U.S.A “Rebecca” recieved an Oscar for best picture.
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That was 1940. What you guys are saying is only partly true. I think that in order to put things into perspective you have to understand that technology and equipment was rapidly changing back then…the reason that people hadn’t done what he had done before was because it was physically impossible. Take the Tour de France for example…when it started people were using those old-time bikes with a big wheel in the front and a tiny wheel in the back. As soon as the more modern bikes came out the times decreased by a huge margin. Does this mean that the riders were better cyclists or does it mean that the new technology allowed them to finish in quicker times? Look at the olympics this year - swimming times decreased by huge margins - don’t we have to give some of the credit to the new suit that Speedo came out with this year? Don’t we have to give some of the credit to the new pool that is so revolutionary? <LINK_TEXT text=“http://www.npr.org/templates/story/stor … d=93478073”>China's Olympic Swimming Pool: Redefining Fast : NPR</LINK_TEXT>
I never understood this worship of Hitchcock. The twentieth century had lots of great directors emerge that made films that were just as good if not better.