My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock | Official Trailer - Documentary
A century after Alfred Hitchcock's first film, he remains one of the most influential filmmakers in the history of cinema. But how does his vast body of work and legacy hold up in today’s society? Mark Cousins, the award-winning filmmaker behind The Story of Film: An Odyssey, The Eyes of Orson Welles, and The Storms of Jeremy Thomas, tackles this question and looks at the auteur with a new and radical approach: through the use of his own voice. As Hitchcock rewatches his films, we are taken on an odyssey through his vast career - his vivid silent films, the legendary films of the 1950s and 60s and his later works - in playful and revealing ways.
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00:00Uh, is this working?
00:02Yes, Mr. Hitchcock, it's working.
00:04Okay.
00:05I'm ready to tell my story.
00:11My name is Alfred Hitchcock.
00:14And before I died, I was the most famous filmmaker in the world.
00:20My films were like Jimmy Stewart in Rear Window.
00:24They loved looking.
00:27And how would you like us to look at your films in the 21st century, Alfred?
00:32I'd like you to look at Janet in that lonely, remote shower.
00:37And see yourself in her.
00:39Her hope.
00:40Your vulnerability.
00:45You certainly wanted us to look at faces and desire, didn't you?
00:52Your movies had a force field.
00:57Yes.
00:59In Vertigo, I wanted you to feel the force.
01:02I wanted Kim to hypnotize you.
01:07But I also wanted you to run away.
01:10Escapism.
01:12Like Carrie in A Field of Corns.
01:17Everyone's had their say about your movies.
01:21But now, at last, it's my turn to take you on a guided tour of my movies.
01:28My stories.
01:30Pink.
01:31Into my world.
01:34Over to you, Mr. Hitchcock.