Hitchcock: the Auteur

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Hitchcock is not only one of the most famous auteurs in the history of cinema, he is the one for whom the term was invented. Most of you can recognize him from the few lines of a caricature drawn in profile and know him immediately by his sobriquet, "the master of suspense." But what does this nickname mean; what is Hitchcockian about the way suspense escalates in his films? What are the identifying marks of a Hitchcock film? One of the most compelling features of his films is that they work on two levels at once, while telling a story they also pose questions about cinema and our fascination with it. It is no wonder that not only film enthusiasts but philosophers as well are drawn to Hichcock's films.