January 2010
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Trivia time!
Throughout the filming, Doris Day became increasingly concerned that Alfred Hitchcock paid more attention to camera setups, lighting and technical matters than he did to her performance. Convinced that he was displeased with her work, she finally confronted him. His reply was, “My dear Miss Day, if you weren’t giving me what I wanted, *then* I would have to direct you!”
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Trivia time!
Watch The Birds again, I dare you. But this time, close your eyes the entire time. You’ll find out that the film has no musical score.
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“Revenge is sweet and non-fattening.”
– Alfred Hitchcock (via 1thing2do3words4eu)
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Trivia Time!
donpulube:
Believe it or not, chocolate syrup was used to represent blood in the famous 45 second shower scene in Alfred Hitchcock’s movie, “Psycho” a scene which took 7 days to shoot. I know that sounds kind of gross, but hey a chick covered in chocolate doesn’t sound like a bad thing to me!
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“One might call ‘Marnie’ a sex mystery. That is, if one used such words.”
– Alfred Hitchcock (via cephalopodgal)
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Trivia time!
Psycho was the first American film ever to show a toilet flushing on screen.
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“You know I wish there could be an invention that bottled up a memory like...”
– from Rebecca by Al Hitchcock (via afresherface)
“Dearest Scottie: And so you found me. This is the moment that I dreaded and...”
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- Judy, Vertigo (1958)
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