FREE ON YOUTUBE Alfred Hitchcock - The Man Who Knew Too Much

Critics call Hitchcock the "Master Of Suspense". So is he! But what I remember most about his films is what Hitchcock's films do to us emotionally! Especially bad; the maternal trauma of Doris Days Josephine Conway McKenna in The Man Who Knew Too Much. Who knows, maybe Hitchcock can shock us so much because he knows TO MUCH about us? Because his films use our greatest possible horror. A horror we can't escape. But why do we enjoy being tortured so much? There is so much to read about. Only recently our colleague Lea explained to me that she was basically only introduced to film science at university with Hitchcock. Hitchcock was certainly lucky that his neuroses are universal. He shows us how fragile our world is. And behind it lurks an unknown world. A world that confirms every one of us who secretly wants the worst. The Man Who Knew Too Much is a remake of the British film of the same name that Hitchcock shot about 20 years ago. Who doesn't know the climax in the Royal Albert Hall with the famous cymbal crash during which an assassin shoots? It is often quoted to prove what a great craftsman Hitchcock is. But the moments in which the McKenna couple return to London are the most memorable for him. To the south of London, with dusty streets and the equally dusty Brixton Chapel. The streets are always empty. When someone follows you, you hear every step he takes. A child is trapped in this chapel. Later, during an ambassador's reception, Josephine Que Sere Sera sings to find out exactly in which room the child is being held. Hoping that the child, her son, to whom she recited the song so often, would react. Will Josephine's son hear her? Will he whistle? A wave of hope, but also of despair. And Josephine? She smiles to entertain her audience. And suddenly we realize: Doris Days Josephine doesn't belong to Hitchcock's typical ice blondes. She is a passionate woman! Maybe she was even the only passionate blonde in Hitchcock's repertoire? You notice; it's fun to see Hitchcock movies again, because you always come across something new! Or in my case: On thoughts that I had never thought of before. That's why Hitchcock remains the "Master Of Suspense", but so much more!

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