Human Nature: Hitchcock Suspense Stories

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Publish Date: 1999-08-01
Features: "The Master of Suspense," Alfred Hitchcock, is a film artist who delves deeply into the human psyche. His exploration of the hidden depths of the human mind is unprecedented. Hitchcock has a profound understanding of the anxieties of modern society. Through his compelling plot arrangements, he thoroughly analyzes the guilt, restlessness, anxiety, desires, and hatred of modern people, depicting the absurdity and chaos of modern society. He perfectly combines popular culture and philosophy, earning him the title of "Freud of the Cinema." Hitchcock's works offer vast interpretive space. Their rich connotations make reading or watching his works a great pleasure. What is suspense? Hitchcock once gave a famous definition of suspense: If you want to show a group of people playing cards around a table and then suddenly an explosion occurs, you can only shoot a very stiff scene of being startled after the explosion. On the other hand, although you are showing the same scene, if you first show the (timed bomb) under the table before the card game begins, you create suspense and engage the audience's emotions. In fact, Hitchcock's works are not just appealing because of suspense; their (connotation) is much deeper.