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It seems that it is too late to rewrite any topic about whether Hitchcock is a sadist or a sexual assailant, although just last year, 82-year-old Tippi Hedren ("The Birds", The female lead actress of "Big Thief") stood up and claimed that Hitchcock had unruly remarks against her back then and accused Hitchcock of being a personality invader.
The gossip about Hitchcock doesn't seem to fade with time. No matter what era, there are two factions arguing about the authenticity of Hitchcock's past with the actress. Coupled with several Hitchcock biographies published in recent years, and movies with Hitchcock as the theme, it seems that this topic has never been conclusive.
Great film creators will never lack fans in any era. With the spread of information more and more convenient, more and more people are familiar with and like Hitchcock movies. I hope this somewhat boring gossip past can still bring some people's pastime and interest.
The most serious accusation against Hitchcock is the sexual harassment of Hitchcock during the two films with Tibby Headley. Back then, Headley seemed unwilling to talk more. Someone once asked about this. Headley replied: "This is a painful experience that I don't want to think about again. I feel sorry for Mr. Hitchcock."
Half a century later, Hedley stepped up to explain the truth at the time. Although it was puzzling, she gave Hitchcock the nasty things described in two biographies ("The Lost Beauty" and "The Dark Side of Genius"). support.
These things include: requesting Hedley to provide sexual services anytime and anywhere; rushing to Hedley in the back seat of the car, throwing hands on him, etc...
In 2012, based on the book "Spellbound by Beauty", HBO produced a film called "The Girl" (The Girl). The main plot is Tibby Headley's tragic experience of being played between applause by Hitchcock during the filming of "The Birds" (1963) and "Marnie" (Marnie, 1964).
The author of "Ecstasy" is Donald Spoto (Donald Spoto), born in 1941, is one of Hollywood's best biographers of celebrities. Provenance.
As early as the 1980s, he wrote a Greek biography called "The Dark Side of Genius". In the book, Hitchcock is described as a master of manipulation of audience psychology and manipulation of actresses.
"Ecstasy" is full of firepower aimed at Hitchcock's grievances and grudges with a group of blondes.
For example, when the book talks about filming "The Flock of Birds," Tibby Headley was almost hysterically tossed by seagulls full of houses, but Hitchcock refused to allow her to rest and insisted on finishing the filming. During the filming of "Brilliant Thieves," Hitchcock whispered to Hedley before a scene: "Touch me." He talked about his sexual fantasies about Hedley without hesitation, even following her and monitoring her phone calls. Limit her dress and hairstyle.
Once, he called her into the office, "I hope she can meet his various sexual needs anytime and anywhere", threatening her that if she fails to comply, she will ruin her career. After Hedley refused, Hitchcock tied her up with a contract, banned her from making other movies, and ruined her career as an actress.
Donald Spoto is the script consultant for "That Girl/Blond Muse", and Hedley himself also spared no effort to promote the film, accepting interviews everywhere, and also appeared in the credit list at the end of the film.
It seems that the film restores Hitchcock's true nature, but in addition to satisfying some of the audience's prying desire and curiosity of celebrity guides, it also angered another group of people, that is, Hitchcock's loyal fans. A group of people set up a blog dedicated to "Rescue Hitchcock" and personally visited filmmakers or family members who had worked with Hitchcock and Headley that year, hoping to restore the historical truth from another angle.
In the film, Hedley has been complaining that Hitchcock has taken measures to block her and prevent her from taking on other people’s films, including French trendy director François Truffaut’s "Fahrenheit 451" (Fahrenheit). 451, 1966). Originally, Truffaut wanted Hedley to play the lead role, but Hitchcock rejected it on the grounds that “she didn’t have time”.
So fans interviewed Truffaut’s daughter, Laura Truffaut, who said: “I have carefully checked my father’s correspondence at the time, and also referred to his most detailed biography, Francois Truffaut au Travail, even deliberately I asked my mother to see if she remembered that her father mentioned that Tibby Headley should be the protagonist. My mother said, "I have never heard of this," and it is the same for me. My father's choice of actors has always been the same. My mother said that he mentioned some of the other actors in this film, but he didn't mention Tibby's name."
Regarding the relationship between Hitchcock and Headley, the crew members of "The Birds" and "Brilliant Thieves" seemed to have more say. Rita Riggs, a costume designer who has worked with Hitchcock for many years, said: "Hitchcock may be like a doctor avatar, with two completely different sides, but at least I haven't seen the other side of him. In my view Then, he took a lot of thought to help Tibi get the best performance. Because she didn't have much acting skills, he had to find a different way and try to stimulate her. I think his actions were not out of malice, he liked it in the first place. Pranks, everyone around you can prove this."
Hitchcock is indeed famous for his love of pranks. For example, when filming "The 39 Steps" (1935), he used to handcuff the two of them together without the knowledge of the male and female protagonists, just to achieve it in a later scene. The emotional effect he needs.
In the filming of "Psycho" (1960), in order to make Bates’ mother’s corpse specimens lifelike and scary, he asked the props team to make multiple corpse props, and put each of them on the lead actress Janet Leigh (Janet Leigh). ) In the dressing room, according to Janet’s screams to determine which one works best.
There is a scene in the film "The Girl/Blond Muse". During the filming of "The Birds", Hitchcock leaped on the back seat of the car and tried to kiss her forcibly.
To this end, members of the "Saving Hitchcock" blog interviewed Virginia Darcy, the stylist of "The Birds", and the answer was: "It must be that she released the wrong information to him. He never told Grace ·Kelly (Grace Kelly) did that because Grace knew how to deal with it. She could find an excuse to sit in front of the long journey. There were many ways. At the beginning of the "Donovan's Reef" crew, I saw John Ford had the same attempt with the starring Elizabeth Allen, but Allen knew how to deal with the old guy. Tibby didn't know it. She was an overnight fame and had no experience in Hollywood. "
Virginia knows how to interact with Hitchcock: "You can't take everything seriously when you deal with him. If she said, "No problem, let's make an appointment at the Beverly Hills Hotel." I believe Hitchcock. Ou Kirk will answer her, "It's a pity, I promised my wife that I will get home before half past five." At the beginning, he also said nothing to me, and I always answered him with a smile, "You can't say that, like this. No, you will get into trouble.' In order to get the best screen effect, he always likes to try various methods. When filming "The Man Who Knew Too Much" (The Man Who Knew Too Much), he also forced Dorothy Doris Day is crying all day long. That's his way of filming, he is very devoted to the work."
There is also a scene in the film. It is mentioned that Hedley was nominated for a certain "Rising Star Award" in New York. She wanted to fly from Hollywood to New York to attend the awards ceremony. Let her go. This has become one of Hitchcock's crimes in Haidley's heart.
But Louise Latham, who played Hedley's mother in "Big Thief", recalled: "I came to the crew that day and found that the whole filming process had stopped because Tibby's eyes were red from crying and couldn't continue filming. Hitchcock She was very sad for not letting her go to New York to accept the award. My thought at the time was that this is your job. At least the education I have received since I was a child is to be responsible. This is always the first place. For this To cry and make trouble, in my opinion, is unreasonable. As for the sexual harassment claims, I find it difficult to convince me. As far as I saw and heard at the time, they were far from Tibi’s claims. What needs to be pointed out is, I have a drama background for many years, and observing the actions of people around me is my strength. As far as I know, I don’t remember Hitchcock harassing her. All I know is that he is a great director."
The famous Hitchcock researcher Stephen Rebello also put forward another perspective on the relationship between Hitchcock and Hedley.
In his opinion, the excessive concern for Hedley was only part of the whole "star-making plan", which he had done before, and that was with Grace Kelly. Since Grace Kelly left Hollywood, Hitchcock has been trying to create the next muse.
He had previously found Vera Miles (Vera Miles), the heroine of "The Revenge", but Miles refused to accept his love, soon got married and became pregnant, and left the crew. So he found Tibby Headley again.
People's perception of Hitchcock seems to be between the "harassment madman" and the "great director". The parties are bitter and bitter, but the people who eat melons talk about it, which can be regarded as an alternative marketing.
However, no matter what his personal qualities, he will not shake his position as one of the greatest directors in film history.
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