【世界文化博览】惊悚大师：希区柯克 19

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Hitchcock was indifferent to content, because what really interested him was what he called pure cinema - an elaborate montage sequence or a complex camera move. For him these were the essence of the filmmaker's art.
The British thrillers gave Hitchcock an international reputation. And at the end of the 1930s, he was ready for the biggest move in his career.
Hitchcock had been circling Hollywood for a number of years, tempted by the resources that only the big American studios could offer. He knew that a move to Hollywood meant giving up the autonomy he had won in England. In return, he was looking for money, security and prestige projects. In 1938, he signed a seven-year contract with producer David O. Selznick, and the following fateful year, 1939, the Hitchcocks left England for America.