He said "I'm not against the police; I'm just afraid of them" in reference to an incident from his childhood in which his father sent him to the police station to lock him up for a few minutes for misbehaving.
This director learned about menstruation when one of his actresses had to explain why she couldn't go into the water to shoot a scene. He said "I'm not against the police; I'm just afraid of them" in reference to an incident from his childhood in which his father sent him to the police station to lock him up for a few minutes for misbehaving. The aforementioned anecdotes are from a book about this director which also explains his use of techniques like putting a light inside a (*) glass of milk, and placing the camera very high to shoot a scene where a detective is killed at the top of a staircase. A 2015 Kent Jones documentary is based on an interview of this director by François Truffaut, in which he called drama "life with the dull bits cut out," harped on the difference between surprise and suspense, and explained the term "MacGuffin." For 10 points, name this director of Suspicion and Psycho.
This director learned about menstruation when one of his actresses had to explain why she couldn't go into the water to shoot a scene.
Alfred Hitchcock