Alfred Hitchcook

Alfred Hitchcock

The master of suspense

His life

Alfred Joseph Hitchcock was born on August 13, 1899 in Leytonstone (England), a middle class marriage to the vegetable trade. He was educated in Catholic schools, studying since 1910 with the Jesuits at St. Ignatius College in London. After finishing high school, Hitchcock studied engineering, abandoning the race because of the death of his father in 1914, fact that caused an economic decrease.In 1926 the English director contracted marriage with the scriptwriter Alma Reville. In the year 1928 was born their only daughter whom they called Patricia.

Beginning of his fondness for the cinema

The young Alfred began to be passionate about the world of cinema, getting his first work related to the film industry by joining in 1920 as a label designer for the Famous Players Lasky of the Paramount.In 1922 he filmed his first film, "Number 13" (1922), a title that could not be finalized because Paramount decided to close its studies in the United Kingdom.The first official film as director was "El Jardín De La Alegría" (1925),

Psychosis

Psycho is an American horror and suspense film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Anthony Perkins, Vera Miles, John Gavin, Martin Balsam and Janet Leigh and first released in cinemas in 1960

The film takes place mostly in a lonely motel, housing a secretary, Marion Crane (Janet Leigh), who has run away with stolen money from her company.

Psicosis has also been acclaimed as one of the best films in the history of cinema.The shower scene of 'Psycho' (1960) directed by Alfred Hitchcock, is possibly one of the most famous and analyzed of the history of the cinema. In a chilling scene repeated and versioned to satiety on television. "A masterpiece within a masterpiece", from the best cinematographic moments of the cinema, shot from 17 to 23 December 1959

Scene Taken with Saul Bass's meticulous storyboard, where the naked body of the actress is not seen and the knife is not nailed to its skin, although many spectators swear to have seen it.

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