Film Preview: Hitchcock

At first Hitchcock's films took centre stage in the world of cinema, now it appears his life is also being moved on to the big screen. Alfred Hitchcock is rightly revered as one of the greatest directors of all-time with his finest works including Vertigo and North by Northwest. We see Alfred Hitchcock (Anthony Hopkins) and his relationship with his wife Alma Reville (Helen Mirren) revealed, all against the backdrop of the filming of Psycho.

The filming of Psycho was quite controversial as it tried to gain an age rating. There was an issue over whether the classification board could see a pair of nipples through a white shirt and the fact a toilet flush could be heard (which had been deemed in bad taste to show in cinemas). The possibly nudity was dodged as Hitchcock submitted the footage again unedited because he couldn't get the cast back together, this time the board members who had seen the offending footage now couldn't and those hadn't now could.

It also deals with the risky idea of killing off the main actress (Janet Leigh played by Scarlett Johansson) in the first half of the movie, the tensions in filming strain the relationship between Hitchcock and his wife which makes for drama and intrigue at every corner.

Hitchcock is released in the UK on the 8th February 2013 and the trailer is embedded below: