Alfred Hitchcock talks about SABOTAGE

ALFRED HITCHCOCK SAID: "An audience gets worked up. And they need relief."

[@squandermania]

He has a great way of telling jokes. He sort of grins like a child, then hides his smirk like he's proud of himself for saying something naughty.

[@blofeld39]

He says elsewhere in the interview that "puns are the highest form of humour", which, of COURSE he'd say that. :-D

[@levilevis9032]

@@blofeld39 Well he's General ising when he says that, and He was in the army after all.

[@dan2009]

I love how his expressions never change. Legend.

[@DiverseLA]

I had no idea Hitchcock had such a great sense of humor. Funny guy.

[@Badfellah]

Alfred has great self irony, and takes a good joke. When Carvett said "and your starving self" - Hitchcock took it very well with a good smile. Full of humour, none of it vicious or evil towards others. And especially his cold and morbid humour is great. The more you see of his films, the more you notice his liking of subtle dark humour. He has this great "personality" in his films.

[@redwatch.]

It's so rare now, from late night talk shows, when you can actually learn from an interview. Dick Cavett has an inquiring mind.

[@loombaron]

he was a beautiful human being, THANX ALFRED!

[@_Tracker]

One of those rare people you'd be content to just listen to and try not to interrupt.

[@25thNovember1970]

Thanks for posting these little treats. He's such an entertaining character.

[@holden190]

Thanks so much. I remember watching this the first time it aired.

[@Dominick_Calvitto.]

The Man is a Cinematic Genius.. I Can Listen to Mr Hitchcock Talk all Day you can learn so much from him..

[@hwoods01]

"... of course not... I earn my living doing it.." Brilliant!

[@foglight11]

He's an amazing person. How brilliant to be that creative in both suspense and humour.

[@michaeljenkins7024]

4:55 - I think Cavett had a little moment there when he realized that he'd just made a fat joke at Hitch's expense!

[@farerolobos9382]

Hitch was a good sport and could always take a fine joke with humour. At 5:40 he has a laugh at his own expense on the same subject.

[@bandicoot5412]

Hitch, the greatest, currently re plus re watching the excellent silent films, real film art, much gratitude!

[@felimabh]

Este um grande genio do humor e suspense, para mim ele não morreu nunca, pois veja estas imagens depois de anos e continua presente...Saudades Alfred

[@Vlad65WFPReviews]

Mr Hitchcock never won a Best Director Oscar and now he's the most discussed and admired filmmaker ever - his contemporaries didn't appreciate what they had.

[@villaparis2]

I think the bomb exploding in Sabotage was very effective

[@fergalhughes165]

I agree and I think it was a groundbreaking piece of plotting

[@acdragonrider]

Fergal Hughes yeah I loved the film

[@bohitchcock]

He was and is still a classic. He is missed.

[@felixthelmocevallosmorales41]

Alfred Joseph Hitchcock (Londres, 13 de agosto de 1899-Los Ángeles, 29 de abril de 1980) fue un director de cine, productor y guionista británico. Pionero en muchas de las técnicas que caracterizan a los géneros cinematográficos del suspenso y el thriller psicológico, tras una exitosa carrera en el cine británico en películas mudas y en las primeras sonoras, que le llevó a ser considerado el mejor director de Inglaterra,​ Hitchcock se trasladó a Hollywood en 1939.

[@mhikl4484]

Why are the Hitchcock interviews with Cavett all cut up. Would be great to be able to watch the whole interview in one piece but can’t seem to find it anywhere.

[@calebwooten6969]

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[@asterisk911]

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[@leonard7310]

Cavet hits paydirt near the end of this and gets Alfred to really reveal how he can be so creepy.

[@EdOscuro]

Be sure to watch all the parts cavettbiter has uploaded, they're all amazing! I love Cavett's shows, but for once he's been upstaged, I think. Incredible.

[@blofeld39]

Wait'll you see Orson Welles on Cavett... ;-)

[@marcinna8553]

"An audience gets worked up. And they need relief." I thought having the bomb go off is what makes this movie so memorable. It re-casts each of the characters into something darker. We see much more clearly how weird Mr. Verloc really is, Mrs. Veloc becomes menacing , and Detective Spencer tries to turn rogue cop. And as for relief, well it makes the ending seem a bit more just.

[@027220]

2:36 - 3:43 Smart advice.

[@bakerbakerbaker305]

I love his accent

[@fergalhughes165]

Cockney London

[@darkprose]

His knowledge of film, its construction, is fascinating.

[@lowspark68]

Thank you for this fantastic posting.

[@MathieuDeflem]

Many thanks.

[@ilovepanslabyrinth]

Such a gentleman

[@user-jl1fn8jr7l]

希胖好可爱

[@sadmadgla3]

no! rear window was amazing.

[@cine1972]

Mr Chaabi de la Cité 20 Août, le premier Bâtiment devant la gare de Rouiba ; un saut sur le réseau de neurones lors de publication à partir de Spot de base. Marchand de Mobilier sur la route nationale N°5.

[@engelwyre]

@CantCopeWontCope Lev Kuleshov and the "Kuleshov Effect"

[@GooseRain]

thank you i'm studying Hitchcock films at the moment

[@macm3081]

You made your comment 12 years ago. Where has your studying brought you?

[@onemanmatt]

THANK YOU !!!!!!!!!!!

[@BrittMichaelGordon]

So this is such an interesting point and Hitchcock brings it up often. But my question is... isn't the bomb going off and subsequently killing everyone a kind of catharsis as well? And as valid a catharsis? Admittedly, I haven't seen the particularly picture their talking about, I don't think. So, I can't say I really understand the context of the drama. But the way Hitch talks about it seems less specific to the film and more a general point of principal/technique concerning cinematic suspense. Anybody have a response?

[@fkd1963]

The gutsy move is to have a little innocent boy hold a bomb and die as part of the explosion. You have to see the film to understand the overall impact. It is a sad, bittersweet film.

[@blofeld39]

And the boy having the bomb, and his sister subsequently stabbing her husband to death because he GAVE her brother the bomb, knowingly, is straight from the source material, which was Conrad's "The Secret Agent". Conrad pulled no punches, so neither did Hitchcock -- although Hitchcock DID do a rather ingenious elaboration upon a Conrad character who constantly wears an explosive vest in case he is caught by police... "Chekhov's gun" being what it is, of COURSE Hitchcock couldn't let that bomb-vest go unexploded, itself. ;-)

[@bohitchcock]

Classic interview.

[@PentaHybrid]

@DiverseLA Hell yeah he did, watch some old clips..Hitchcock started the "thats what she said" thing, haha.

[@felixthelmocevallosmorales41]

DICK CAVETT 19 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 1936 85 AÑOS (86)

[@CapitaineMinuit]

he could well be a vintage London mobster

[@vittoriostoraro]

Hitch is wrong here (As many Directors are about their own films) Sabotage is his greatest British film. Just watched it again recently.

[@ankaulman]

@tarzanmorrison indeed and its very big problem of media which unfortunately have very big influence on us...

[@---zc4qt]

I saw that movie a couple of days ago, yet I cannot find a real list of the cast esp. whoever payed the boy/teen "Bartholomew".

[@petermartyn9509]

AH is a funny man

[@garryferrington811]

"Wouldn't it be fun to...?"

[@beeleo]

Who would have thought that Alfred Hitchcock was such a funny guy?

[@bowler8]

very clever man

[@cl759]

I so don't agree with the whole bomb story. That movie was only more significant for it. It is only a movie, we know the child actor didn't actually blow up in a bus ffs. Because thr director did a wonderful job of introducing a character and the likable boy died I'm going to remember this movie whereas the stereotypical one he described as preferable in hindsight, I'd remember as pure crap, pandering to the audience is never a good thing.

[@VerryLongName]

The god

[@mikebrun.mp3]

man, he shits on actors every chance he gets! this is an amazing episode

[@RearViEwmirror-3]

He was really>>>>>>>>>>>> AHEAD

[@Hard_Boiled_Entertainment]

His last point about juxtaposing fear and comedy--Hitchcock heralds the success of Quentin Tarantino!

[@kashirwin]

Nuggets NUGGETS NUGGETTSSS!!!!

[@lillieslover]

@nerfmerc I think film died the day he did :/

[@panzramlad]

your out a context ashley i say i say your outa context. ha lol. fred elliot

[@jcmangan]

@nerfmerc Because he was eating and fuckin` drinking all of the time. :-)

[@debbieking5171]

Dick cavett should have pulled a little more information out of Mr. Hitchcock. He seemed not to be too familiar with Hitchcock's films.

[@eggteddy]

Thats hilarious to me

[@simonpeter5032]

"Do you think it's because a child was killed?" No it's because a DOG was killed, lmao

[@fattaman777]

I found psycho hillarious as well. -.-

[@arlichar11]

i still say a few other things that should have been diffrent are the endings to rear window, where the guy hes watching is innocent meanwhile the newlywed with curtain drawn is the actual killer, the birds.. the ending should have revealed that tippi was the cause of the birds violence.. and a lady vanishes ending as well should have been diffrent

[@blofeld39]

...that's frankly absurd.

[@joebloggs396]

@@blofeld39 Rear Window has no surprise at all.

[@FungusMossGnosis]

It's the Kuleshov Effect they are talking about. Although Pudovkin is a better director.