Take any film made today, compare it to a work by Alfred Hitchcock and you'll be reminded of what a superior filmmaker he was. Every bone in his body knew how to tell a story with pictures. He learned the art in the last years of the silent movie era, when conveying drama without the aid of sound, had reached perfection. People like Fritz Lang, Murnau and Hitchcok knew the importance of planning every shot, they put their heart and soul into every scene they ever made. Since then too many directors have forgotten what moving pictures was all about. Instead we're left with noisy filmmakers who confuse great storytelling with the combination furious action, mind-shattering explosions and a deafening soundtrack.
