Alfred Hitchcock
Born: August 13, 1899, Leytonstone, London
Died: April 29, 1980, Bel-Air, Los Angeles, California, United States
Spouse: Alma Revile (1926–1980)
Children: Pat Hitchcock
Top 10 movies: Rebecca, Shadow Of A Doubt, The Lady Vanishes, The Trouble With Harry, Rope, The 39 Steps, Vertigo, Rear Window, Psycho and North By Northwest.
Psycho, The 39 Steps, North by Northwest:
Similarities-
- The movies have a spy aspects.
- Involves action and crime based themes.
- The movies have mysteries which are solved by a protagonist
- Equilibrium--disruption of equilibrium--solution--new equilibrium
- Chasing scenes
Differences-
- family drama
- problematic relationships
Codes and Conventions-
- protagonist/antagonist
- chasing after each other
- ultra-heightened expectations
- terror amongst the audience
- plot twists
- unreliable narrator
- the aspect of suspense
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