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Pure Cinema: Through the Eyes of the Master (2008)
Video | 26 min | Documentary, Short

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Pure Cinema: Through the Eyes of the Master (2008)

Video | 26 min | Documentary, Short

Alfred Hitchcock often referred to his style of film making as "pure cinema" - using camera movement, editing, music and sound to tell stories that would be impossible in any other medium. Even as early as the 1920s, while his ...See moreAlfred Hitchcock often referred to his style of film making as "pure cinema" - using camera movement, editing, music and sound to tell stories that would be impossible in any other medium. Even as early as the 1920s, while his contemporaries were simply filming stage plays, Hitchcock was creating a cinematic language that has endured and influenced every filmmaker who came after him. This in-depth documentary allows directors such as William Friedkin, Martin Scorsese and Guillermo del Toro to examine the power and mastery of Hitchcock's cinematic style, breaking down such signature sequences as the bell tower scene in Vertigo, the attic attack in The Birds and the shower scene in Psycho. Written by Anonymous See less

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13 cast members

Name	Known for
Donald Spoto Self Self See fewer	Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis (2000)
Randy Thom Self Self See fewer	The Revenant (I) (2015)
David Sterritt Self Self See fewer	Robert Wise: American Filmmaker (2013)
William Friedkin Self Self See fewer	To Live and Die in L.A. (1985)
Guillermo del Toro Self Self See fewer	Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
Gary Rydstrom Self Self See fewer	Jurassic Park (1993)
Bill Pankow Self Self See fewer	Femme Fatale (2002)
Martin Scorsese Self Self See fewer	Killers of the Flower Moon (2023)
Craig McKay Self Self See fewer	The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Mark Goldblatt Self Self See fewer	Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
Eli Roth Self Self See fewer	Thanksgiving (I) (2023)
Joe Carnahan Self Self See fewer	Smokin' Aces (2006)
John Carpenter Self Self See fewer	The Fog (1980)