Petri Pelkonen This is a great documentary of a great man.It tells the story of Alfred Hitchcock (1899-1980), the master of suspense.It covers his career starting from the early stuff he made in The Great Britain and all of his classic movies we all know.Kevin Spacey is the narrator of Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius (1999).There are many people talking about the master.There are cast and crew members such as Tippi Hedren, Joseph Stefano, Norman Lloyd, Robert F. Boyle, Teresa Wright and Janet Leigh.There are these film directors who admire the work of Hitch: Brian De Palma, Jonathan Demme, Curtis Hanson, Robert Altman, Ronald Neame, Peter Bognadovich, Wes Craven and Bryan Singer.There's also Hitchcock's only daughter, Patricia Hitchcock (b.1928) sharing her memories of her father.It's really fascinating to see all those home movies with the Hitchcock family.You really start liking the man.This is also a love story.The passion he had for his wife, Alma Reville, is really something.In the end, when Alfred receives the award, being really old, it's really touching to see him praising his wife, who's listening to her beloved husband on stage with tears in her eyes.He truly was a kind and loving man.A man who made terrific movies.After seeing this documentary you know everything you ever wanted to know about Alfred Hitchcock.This is a great documentary of a great man.

Patrick Védie Not only a good glimpse at the legendary works of the Master of Suspense, this documentary, which, had it been a series, could have focused on more films, but a more modern approach that does not only repeat what Hitchcock declared himself about his movies in the famous Truffaut book. It is a very good lesson to all those who still consider Hitch only from that point of view. One of the film's greatest pleasures - one only wishes we had been given more of it - is to watch all those modern directors (who mainly started their career years after Hitchcock had died) explain the different movies and what they meant to them. Seeing, among others, Bryan Singer getting quite excited when explaining the bird's first attack on Bodega Bay is inspiring...should not every film fan and, even more, every director have the same light in his eyes when being allowed to speak about the classics, or movies in general?

douglasjarry Despite giving a glimpse at some intriguing archive footage this treads the same path as previous looks at Hitch's career. Shame whoever was responsible for researching this piece chose to pull out (amongst others) the old chestnut about the failure of "Torn Curtain". If they had done their job better they might have pointed out that at the time of its release it was Universals top box office grosser of all time some failure. Also wasn't Spielberg hanging around Universal during the Hitchcock years? I've never seen or heard of him talking about his co-worker.As has been pointed out the director of this special seemingly chose to leave out the titles which fell outside the rather limp thesis. While not wishing to take anything away from my favourite director I think the time has come to remember that movie-making is a collaborative process and one of Hitchs strengths was working with an enormously talented set of creative personnel (often referred to rather disparagingly as technicians) who supported his creativity and raised it to new levels.

Brian Blueskye This is a great look into the man known as Hitchcock. There are alot of interviews with alot of the stars who worked with Hitchcock telling all about him, and the movies they were in. There are some appearences by alot of the directors of today saying what they admired of Hitchcock. Hitchcock is the master of suspense, and this is a look into how he worked, who he worked with, where he got some of the ideas for his movies, and a great documentary you shouldn't miss. You also see how "Psycho" shocked some people in a way where they had nightmares for years. A must see, a most definite must see.