I loved cinema from
I loved cinema from a very young age. I was also obsessed with Hitchcock and actresses like Kim Novak in Vertigo. They all played heroines and were strong, powerful women, yet they were very feminine. Erdem Moral?oglu
Hitchcock
I dislike The Exorcist,
I dislike The Exorcist, and I found it a warning sign of the dangers in a furious cinematic talent putting the audience through it (a Hitchcock phrase) without purpose, or without the nagging moral anxiety that activated Hitch. You see, I don’t think William Friedkin believes in the Devil, or cares about him. I think … Read more
Hitchcock loves to be
Hitchcock loves to be misunderstood, because he has based his whole life around misunderstandings. Francois Truffaut
American Morons is the
American Morons is the work of an original. Like Hitchcock or Ramsey Campbell, the style is precise, alert, and well-mannered, inviting us to enter Hirshberg’s private world so that he may lock the door behind us. If there is anyone in contemporary fiction worth watching, it is Glen Hirshberg. Dennis Etchison
Hitchcock denigrated American films,
Hitchcock denigrated American films, saying they were all ‘pictures of people talking’ – as, indeed, most of them are. David Mamet
Directors who have inspired
Directors who have inspired me include Billy Wilder, Federico Fellini, lngmar Bergman, John Ford, Orson Welles, Werner Herzog, Stanley Kubrick, Alfred Hitchcock, Francis Ford Coppola and Ernst Lubitsch. In art school, I studied painters like Edward Hopper, who used urban motifs, Franz Kafka is my favorite novelist. My approach to film stems from my art … Read more
I also think the
I also think the relationship I have with my audience is a lot more complex than what Hitchcock seemed to want his to be – although I think he had more going on under the surface as well. David Cronenberg
I never thought I
I never thought I was doing the same thing as directors like John Carpenter, George Romero, and sometimes even Hitchcock, even though I’ve been sometimes compared to those other guys. We’re after different game. David Cronenberg
Even Hitchcock liked to
Even Hitchcock liked to think of himself as a puppeteer who was manipulating the strings of his audience and making them jump. He liked to think he had that kind of control. David Cronenberg
Hitchcock was one of
Hitchcock was one of the few people in Hollywood who had a brand. Every movie he made was an Alfred Hitchcock movie, couldn’t have been anyone else. David Chase