Author(s)

Shuo Xu

Corresponding Author

Shuo Xu

ABSTRACT

Hitchcock's status in the film industry is not only a well-known director, he is the founder of the mystery film category. In a suspense thriller, there must be one or more unanswered questions running through the film, just like a series of puzzles. The audience, whether subjective judgment or objective reasoning, always want to solve the correct answers to these questions before watching the film." Before Hitchcock, the word " suspense " seemed to the audience to be only a feeling of following the protagonist while watching a film, or a nerve or heart-clenching feeling, rather than a clear definition. However, with Hitchcock's foothold in the directing industry, it seemed to inject new air into the film industry. The "male gaze" theory is also used extensively in Hitchcock's suspense films. Hitchcock's attitude toward female actors in real life was not very good or even bad, but in movies he could always show the best side of women to the audience. Hitchcock Lady also has a profound influence on today's movies. Hitchcock made good use of the "male gaze", which made countless audiences follow the male protagonist unconsciously peeping at and tracking women in front of the screen. This paper focuses on how Hitchcock rendered the "male gaze" in his films after he arrived in America, and how he rendered the subconscious voyeurism of human mind. Hitchcock's attitude towards female actors in life was not very friendly or even slightly evil, but in his films, he showed the beauty of women in place. Hitchcock seemed to be an excellent psychologist, because he always knew what kind of women the audience liked best the audience always unconsciously follow the camera and the male characters in the film to peep at the female and follow the female male gaze has a different interpretation in each of Hitchcock's films, but in the end he can always dig out the deepest voyeurism in the audience's psychology.

KEYWORDS

Male Gaze, Alfred Hitchcock, Objectification, Women