1:12:04
And I said, W ell, of course,
I'll do a favour, but why -"
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He says, "I'm just not up to it, and I'm
not strong enough to go on location."
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I said, "But we'll do it for you."
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"You're there. You tell us
what to do, and we'll do it."
1:12:18
He said, "I'm never going to make
a movie again. I want you to call
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Mr Wasserman and let him know I can't
face him." And I'll never forget that.
1:12:28
I called Mr Wasserman and went up
and told him that Mr Hitchcock was retiring.
1:12:35
And it was a... It was a horrible,
horrible moment for me.
1:12:39
And it was really tough
on Mr Wasserman too.
1:12:47
I think with most of his pictures
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toward the end of his career,
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I believe your first reaction,
"Gee, is he slipping?"
1:12:56
Or "Is this not as good
as his previous pictures?"
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You go back to the '50s of his classic
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To Catch a Thief
and Vertigo and Rear Window
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and North by Northwest.
1:13:10
Those were something when
you walked out and said, "Gee, great."
1:13:15
And with the exception
of Psycho and The Birds,
1:13:18
they weren't that well-received
immediately - they grew on you.
1:13:22
And I think Family Plot
was one of those pictures
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where you come out
and, "Yeah, it's OK."
1:13:28
And then you start thinking about it,
saying, "Gee, it did have this."
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And then you go back
and see it a second time,
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and you start getting
the Hitchcock elements
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that didn't jump out at you
the first time you saw it.
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- So, how did it go?
- She's hooked, waiting to be pulled in.