The filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock, best known for his psychological thrillers, felt it was important to distinguish between the suspenseful and the merely surprising.Surprise, he said, is when a bomb goes off without the audience knowing it’s coming:…
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The filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock, best known for his psychological thrillers, felt it was important to distinguish between the suspenseful and the merely surprising.Surprise, he said, is when a bomb goes off without the audience knowing it’s coming:…