# The Revolutionary Film Lee Wasserman Wouldn't Let Hitchcock Make **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 11, 2018, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-revolutionary-film-lee-wasserman-wouldnt-let-hitchcock-make/817695 "2018-07-11T02:29:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2018, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-revolutionary-film-lee-wasserman-wouldnt-let-hitchcock-make/817695/1 "2018-07-11T02:29:11Z")
> **[Why Hitchcock’s Kaleidoscope was too shocking to be made](https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20180620-why-hitchcocks-kaleidoscope-was-too-shocking-to-be-made)** > > Inspired by a real-life serial-killer case, Hitchcock’s vision for Kaleidoscope was deemed too gruesome and sexually explicit for its time. This was to be a film told from the POV of a serial killer using the revolutionary cinema verite technique of a new generation of European filmmakers. This article details how Hitchcock tried to reinvent himself and was rebuffed by a Universal Studio that was afraid of damaging its AH brand. Its an interesting read. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2018, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-revolutionary-film-lee-wasserman-wouldnt-let-hitchcock-make/817695/2 "2018-07-11T02:31:22Z")
And a companion piece from the BBC on the Hitchcock masterpiece Vertigo and how it was unintentionally far ahead of its time. How Vertigo foreshadowed ‘catfishing’, AI and #MeToo - [How Vertigo foreshadowed ‘catfishing’, AI and #MeToo - BBC Culture](http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20180706-how-vertigo-foreshadowed-catfishing-ai-and-metoo) ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2018, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-revolutionary-film-lee-wasserman-wouldnt-let-hitchcock-make/817695/3 "2018-07-11T18:50:04Z")
Would it really have been that much “worse” than _Frenzy_? I know that Michael Powell’s career took a hit with the 1960 [_Peeping Tom_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peeping_Tom_(film)). But 7+ years later the 60s had changed the rules quite a bit. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Plutonium\_Kid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8baadc/32.png) [@The\_Plutonium\_Kid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Plutonium_Kid)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2018, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-revolutionary-film-lee-wasserman-wouldnt-let-hitchcock-make/817695/4 "2018-07-11T22:07:00Z")
> [@madsircool](#): > > [Why Hitchcock’s Kaleidoscope was too shocking to be made](http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20180620-why-hitchcocks-kaleidoscope-was-too-shocking-to-be-made) > > This was to be a film told from the POV of a serial killer using the revolutionary cinema verite technique of a new generation of European filmmakers. This article details how Hitchcock tried to reinvent himself and was rebuffed by a Universal Studio that was afraid of damaging its AH brand. Its an interesting read. It’s a shame. \* Frenzy \* showed that Hitchcock could handle explicit violence quite well, and I have no doubt this film would have been right up there with \* A Clockwork Orange\* and \* Straw Dogs. \* ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2018, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-revolutionary-film-lee-wasserman-wouldnt-let-hitchcock-make/817695/5 "2018-07-12T00:05:27Z")
> [@The\_Plutonium\_Kid](#): > > It’s a shame. \* Frenzy \* showed that Hitchcock could handle explicit violence quite well, and I have no doubt this film would have been right up there with \* A Clockwork Orange\* and \* Straw Dogs. \* I couldn’t agree more. And its a loss to film lovers everywhere.