Episode 1: The Backstory
Alfred Hitchcock—Master of the Surreal
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Most know him as the Master of Suspense, Alfred Hitchcock could just as easily be dubbed Master of the Surreal. In Episode One of this ten-part series we go back in time to Hitch's origins. And then things get weird.
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