Content, I am not interested in that at all. I don't give a… - Alfred Hitchcock

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Content, I am not interested in that at all. I don't give a damn what the film is about. I am more interested in how to handle the material so as to create an emotion in the audience. I find too many people are interested in the content. If you were painting a still life of some apples on a plate, it's like you'd be worrying whether the apples were sweet or sour. Who cares?

Alfred Hitchcock

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About Alfred Hitchcock

Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, KBE (13 August 1899 – 29 April 1980) was an English film director and producer, closely associated with the suspense thriller genre. He is a well-known man and an award-winning director. He directed and produced three of the American Film Institute Top 100 Films, Vertigo (1958), Psycho (1960), and North by Northwest (1959), two psychological thrillers and a suspense film. Additionally, Vertigo was rated as the best film of all time in the 2012 British Film Institute Sight and Sound poll of the greatest films of all time.

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Pen Names: Hitchcock

Birth Name: Alfred Joseph Hitchcock

Alternative Names: Sir Alfred Hitchcock • Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock • The Master of Suspense • Master of Suspense • Alfred J. Hitchcock • Sir Alfred J. Hitchcock

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