Hitchcock Suspense Stories 1: Human Nature

Author: Wang Qiang
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Publish Date: 2000-07-01
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 human anxiety in modern society. Through his compelling plot arrangements, he thoroughly analyzes modern people's guilt, restlessness, anxiety, desires, and hatred, depicting the absurdity and chaos of modern society. He perfectly combines popular appeal with philosophical depth, earning him the title of "Freud of the Cinema." Hitchcock's works offer broad 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 portray a group of people playing cards around a table and then suddenly an explosion occurs, you can only shoot a very dull scene of shock after the explosion. On the other hand, although you are portraying the same scene, if you show the (timed bomb) under the table before the cards start, 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.