Alfred Hitchcock, a master of suspense in the film world. Hitchcock-style zoom, classic wife-killing, bomb theory... The classic director of suspense horror films, these cool titles, cover up the fact that this little fat man is also a master of romance.
Alfred Hitchcock, image from Baidu Encyclopedia
A romantic element in Hitchcock's films
First, handsome men and beautiful women
Xi Fat is not only a master of suspense, but also has a first-class aesthetic. Hitchcock's films are most not lacking in handsome men and beautiful women.
Rear Window, Grace Kelly, James Stewart
Birds by Tibbe Hedley
Soul Reaper John Doyle, Farley Granger
"Beauty Plan" ingrid Bergman
Second, with touching design
In addition to the suspenseful plot, the protagonist in The Fat Movie is usually also very attractive.
"Deep Doubts", a gambling playboy seduces the traditional rich and well-behaved women and covets the property of the women's families.
"Deep Doubt"
"The Thief". The beautiful female thief pretends to be a secretary and encounters a witty boss, and they are masters of each other.
"The Thief"
Third, it's all routines
Some romance routines, tracing the source will find that it is all Leftovers of Xi Fat Play.
Love at first sight
In Xi Fat's movies, men and women are always good at love at first sight. For example, in "Flock of Birds", the female protagonist and the male protagonist have only met once, and they try to find the address of the male protagonist and knock on the door of the male protagonist's house for love.
Birds
Rejoice
In "The Missing Lady", the male and female protagonists once had friction in the same hotel, but later on the train because they looked for the missing lady together and had feelings for each other.
The Disappearance of the Noble Lady
Copy together
In "Thirty-Nine Steps", the male protagonist is framed as a murderer, but in the process of escaping, he is handcuffed to the female protagonist who has reported him.
The Thirty-Nine Steps
To sum up
Hitchcock is a master of storytelling precisely because he considers many elements in a story, including suspense, editing, lines, acting...
Therefore, even if he is a master of suspense, he can analyze the "romantic elements" in his story.
And today's romance story, the reason why it can't take off the vulgar hat is because the word "romance" is the only one from beginning to end.