The Lady Vanishes

“Alfred Hitchcock. Of course I need to include Alfred Hitchcock. With my last pick, I would add Lady Vanishes. I don’t think he ever topped the skill, and the... Just the sheer joy of making people hold their breath through suspense. The Lady Vanishes. And this is the gentleman vanishes.”

“Yes, yes, yes, Mr. Hitchcock, Alfred, of course. I learned a lot from him. Now, when The Lady Vanishes, yeah. And I remember with my brothers when we were watching a Hitchcock movie like Psycho or others, you know, in fact we used to play a game. We were, I have three brothers and myself, watching the movie and we will try to imagine the who is the villain, who did the coup, what will happen next. And of course we will fail because he was, oh, it was impossible with Hitchcock. He will take you all over the place.”

“And first of all, The Lady Vanishes. I'm not an Alfred Hitchcock fan, I'm just going to tell you that. Yes, he's a genius, but his early movies I like the best and this is one, and I don't haven't seen it in a while and I can't wait to see it again.”

“[Translated] The Lady Vanishes...”

“First thing I see up there is The Lady Vanishes. Hitchcock. Which is one of my favorites of his. There’s a looming threat. Psychological thrillers I think are so much more interesting. I think a lot of modern filmmakers could take a leaf out of his book, that he’s never gratuitous. The violence is always implied. It’s left to your imagination, which I think is much more compelling and engaging than just showing, you know, extreme violence, which I think is dehumanizing. And Hitchcock doesn’t do that. And also he laces it with humor.”