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'Hitchcockian' is a general term used to describe film styles and themes similar to those of Alfred Hitchcock's films.
Elements considered Hitchcockian include:
★ The cool blonde (often a central figure of Hitchcock's films).
★ An innocent man accused (again used in many of Hitchcock's films).
★ Characters who switch sides or who cannot be trusted.
★ Tension building through suspense to the point where the audience enjoys seeing the character in a life-threatening situation, such as the windmill scene from ''Foreign Correspondent'' or the crop-duster plane sequence from ''North by Northwest''.
★ Characters generally get out of sticky situations by using their wits, rather than just shooting the place up.
★ Average people thrust into strange or dangerous situations, such as in ''North by Northwest'' or ''The Man Who Knew Too Much''.
★ Bumbling or incompetent authority figures, particularly police officers.
★ Mistaken identity, such as in ''North by Northwest''.
Some films or scenes considered Hitchockian, aside from Hitchcock's own films, include:
★ ''Charade''
★ ''Clue''
★ ''Dressed to Kill''
★ ''Blow Out''
★ ''Munich'' - particularly the phone-bomb scene.
★ ''Flightplan''
★ ''Foul Play''
★ ''Frantic''
★ Alfred Hitchcock
★ Alfred Hitchcock's filmography
★ [1]- Entertainment Weekly's EW.com feature: What, exactly, makes a film "Hitchcockian?"
Elements considered Hitchcockian include:
★ The cool blonde (often a central figure of Hitchcock's films).
★ An innocent man accused (again used in many of Hitchcock's films).
★ Characters who switch sides or who cannot be trusted.
★ Tension building through suspense to the point where the audience enjoys seeing the character in a life-threatening situation, such as the windmill scene from ''Foreign Correspondent'' or the crop-duster plane sequence from ''North by Northwest''.
★ Characters generally get out of sticky situations by using their wits, rather than just shooting the place up.
★ Average people thrust into strange or dangerous situations, such as in ''North by Northwest'' or ''The Man Who Knew Too Much''.
★ Bumbling or incompetent authority figures, particularly police officers.
★ Mistaken identity, such as in ''North by Northwest''.
Some films or scenes considered Hitchockian, aside from Hitchcock's own films, include:
★ ''Charade''
★ ''Clue''
★ ''Dressed to Kill''
★ ''Blow Out''
★ ''Munich'' - particularly the phone-bomb scene.
★ ''Flightplan''
★ ''Foul Play''
★ ''Frantic''
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| See Also |
| External Links |
See Also
★ Alfred Hitchcock
★ Alfred Hitchcock's filmography
External Links
★ [1]- Entertainment Weekly's EW.com feature: What, exactly, makes a film "Hitchcockian?"
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