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Old 06-20-2010, 08:10 PM   #10
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Hitchcock was totally unappreciated in his time. That's sort of hard to believe. I'm of the mind that more people recognized his talent than they say, but he was sort of blackballed due to the fact that he was a celebrity director in a time when that wasn't common. The studio system probably resented that.
After him, it became pretty commonplace. He certainly paved the way for the director movement of the early 70s, and then Spielberg.

I believe his movies were frowned upon for being so visceral and sexual, too. It was considered low brow, just a step about B-movies really.
I almost can't believe I live in a world where Vertigo, Psycho and Rear Window weren't even nominated for best picture. Particularly Vertigo. I can sort of understand why the content of Psycho and Rear Window may have been overlooked initially.
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