William Friedkin Explains Why ‘Vertigo’ Is “One Of The Greatest Mystery Stories Ever Filmed”

Hey, it’s #ThrowbackThursday and each week we look to the past and highlight something in cinema history that’s fascinating, amusing, perhaps something you never knew or have seen, you name it.Believe it or not, one of Alfred Hitchcock’s most celebrated films, “Vertigo,” was released exactly 60 years ago, yesterday.In celebration of this, for this week’s #ThrowbackThursday, we have a clip of filmmaker William Friedkin talking about his love of Alfred Hitchcock, and particularly “Vertigo.” In the clip, Friedkin calls the Hitchcock film “one of the great mystery stories ever filmed.”Read More: Throwback Thursday: William Friedkin Laughs At Nicolas Winding Refn Calling ‘Only God Forgives’ A “Masterpiece”“The director who most influenced me, and almost everyone else is Alfred Hitchcock because he basically invented suspense for the cinema,” explains the director.

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