Comp 2

If i could interview someone who was no longer living, i would have to pick Alfred Hitchcock. I’m quite the movie buff, and i enjoy a lot of his work, in addition i hear he had quite the odd personality. He was a very smart individual, so i’m fairly certain that the interview would be fulfilling. However, if it was going to be pleasent i really could not tell you. Another challenge would be to predict whether he would be cooperative.

However, for the sake of my sanity, let’s just say that he was cooperative. I would first ask him if he liked being dead. He was a morbid person of sorts, and included death in his work. I would want to know what his take on being dead was, and if he could change the death scenes in his work if he would.

I would than ask him if he liked dabbling in television and movies, why he hated actors so much? It does not make sense to choose a profession where you don’t like the professionals to be involved and furthermore, how could you hate when profession of people that could be as broad as those who act, or perhaps, maybe there is a common thread among them that I don’t see. If there was, i would politely ask him to point it out.

Lastly, i would ask him if he were alive today, would there be a place for him in modern cinema? Many directors contribute him as an influence, but would he even want to be among the likes of them? Would he like the films of today or would he scoff at the simplicity of the plots, or maybe he would have something positive to say…

I think interviewing Alfred Hitchcock would be awesome, whether i would ask the right or wrong questions i really cannot say. One thing i know for sure is that it would most certainly not be a waste of time.