![]() ![]() Alfred Hitchcock was a filmmaker with bold visions for his stories, often pushing the medium as far as it could possibly be pushed despite the restrictions of black and white celluloid and bulky, stiff cameras. ![]() Whether or not Tarantino’s comments are definitive (they’re not), there is certainly truth behind his opinion here. By the time he could do it in the late ’60s and the early ’70s, he was a little too old”. Though this isn’t the first time Tarantino has gone after the legendary English director, commenting in a separate interview: “The 1950s held him down, Hitchcock couldn’t do what he, left to his own devices, would’ve wanted to do. Releasing Dial M for Murder, Rear Window, The Man Who Knew Too Much and Vertigo, Hitchcock had clearly hit form, ending the decade with one of his very greatest thrillers, North by Northwest. Rising to prominence through the 1930s, it arguably wasn’t until the 1950s, where improved technologies meant the potential for a far more dynamic story when the director would reach his peak. Though, if anyone can criticise these directors, it’s fellow filmmaker Quentin Tarantino, who has always believed Hitchcock had several particular downfalls.īorn at the very end of the 19th century, Alfred Hitchcock was a director stuck in the traditional sensibilities of cinema with a revolutionary ambition as to its future direction. Stanley Kubrick, Martin Scorsese, Andrei Tarkovsky, Federico Fellini, Akira Kurosawa, Ingmar Bergman and Alfred Hitchcock each make the unofficial list of iconic filmmakers, offering something particularly unique to the eclectic landscape of cinema. When it comes to cinema, there are a few names that are seemingly untouchable as the greatest filmmakers of all time. ![]()
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