I also think the relationship I have with my audience is a lot more complex than what Hitchcock seemed to want his to be - although I think he had more going on under the surface as well.

In the first half of his career he explored these themes mostly through horror and science fiction although his work has since expanded beyond these genres. He has been called "the most audacious and challenging narrative director in the English-speaking world. David Paul Cronenberg OC FRSC (born March 15 1943) is a Canadian filmmaker screenwriter and actor.