Alfred HitchcockThe Master of Suspense

Early life• London, 1899;• Catholic education;• Trauma;• First contacts with future themes;• Begginning on movie busines.

Brittish phase

“The Mountain Eagle”, 1926 “The 39 Steps”, 1935

“Sabotage”, 1936

Mr. Hitchcock goes to...

America!

The 50s:Golden Years

AnalysisAnalysis

The Last Years

•Hitchcock moves to Universal Studios;•“The Birds”;•Creative crisis;•Failing health;•“Family Plot”.

Legacy• Influenced many directors and other movie professionals;• Reference in thrilling;• Technical innovations;• One of the pillars of modern cinema.

Curiosities

• Cameos in his movies;• Sense of humor: “The length of a film should be

directly related to the endurance of the human bladder.”

• Snubbed by the Academy.

Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock died in April 29th, 1980, with 80 years old.

The EndA Raphael Santana production

Questions

• What did Hitch’s father do to him?• Where did Hitchcock meet his wife?• When did he go to the USA?• In which studio did he make his most important films?• How did he enter in the movie business?• Have you ever seen a Hitchcock movie? If not, would like to

watch?• What do you prefer: when the “bomb” explodes suddenly or

when we know there’s a “bomb”?