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Alfred Hitchcock's Opening Questions About Psycho

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How many individuals can say they created an entire genre? The short answer? Not many. The long answer? You’re about to find out. It’s 1960 and televisions have forced their way into American homes, bringing the art of film and entertainment to everyone in the comfort of their own beds. The film industry was struggling, quickly plummeting to a label of “no longer practical” and “unpopular.” People didn’t want to to leave their house after a week of hard work and get up and go to a theater, when they can just stay in bed and watch shows on their newly purchased television. Alfred Hitchcock. That’s the answer to the questions posed in my opening questions. With all of the previously acclaimed thoughts I mentioned, he put together a movie that changed the film industry forever. He brought a thrill to people’s lives that only a movie could. He created Psycho. The first thriller/horror film. He was the father of this genre, that today makes millions a year as people love the thrill of a suspenseful movie. …show more content…

After watching all of those, it’s impossible for us to feel the sense of fear and suspense that had people Oooing and Awwing in 1960. But for it’s time, it was a one of a kind film, you couldn’t find anything like it on televisions, so people were forced to leave their homes to experience the movie that everyone was talking about. So in retrospect, Hitchcock didn’t just create a new genre, he’s responsible for saving the film industry as a whole, creating the movie that finally made people get out of bed and away from their televisions to go

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