He not only incorporated complex psychoanalytic theory into his filmmaking, but also did so in a way that explored the issues he was employing in his work.
Also (kind of similarly to the first point) he created viewing relations of the film audience on a whole other level (i.e. he made you identify with the voyeuristic psychos, made you aware of it, and made you like it!)
He loved to punish helpless blonde women (supposedly there were lots of reports from several of his leading actresses having felt very uncomfortable around him on set, him who I guess was hitting on them).
No editing, every shot begins and ends as it's filmed (i.e. never wasted shots, e.g. Rope, which was all continuous).
― Their time's limited, hard rocks, too (mehlt), Saturday, 18 October 2008 01:57 (seventeen years ago)