9 Twists and Turns

Chapter 8 Twists and Turns Before Hitchcock could start filming Vertigo, in January 1957, he had a medical emergency. The hernia he'd long ignored now needed immediate surgery. Alma assured the press that Hitch would be fine and that he was recuperating with visits from Pat and his grandchildren.

在希区柯克开始拍摄《迷魂记》之前，1957年1月，他遇到了一次紧急医疗事故。 他长期忽视的疝气现在需要立即手术。 阿尔玛向媒体保证，希契会没事的，帕特和他的孙子们来看望他，他正在养病。

But in March he was rushed back to the hospital to have his gallbladder removed. Once again, filming was delayed. The next year, Alma was diagnosed with cancer. Hitch was terrified at the thought of losing Alma. He shared everything in his life with her, and he didn't know how he could ever live without her.

但在3月份，他被紧急送回医院切除胆囊。 拍摄又一次被推迟。 第二年，阿尔玛被诊断出患有癌症。 希契一想到要失去阿尔玛就害怕。 他和她分享生活中的一切，他不知道没有她他该怎么活下去。

Alma's operation for her cancer went fine, and she came home to rest. Hitch couldn't concentrate on making movies until she was well. But he was so nervous about her health that he drove Alma crazy. She finally begged him and the studio to get back to the business of making movies. At the end of the 1950s, Hitch made two very different but important movies. The murder mystery Vertigo opened in 1958. It starred Jimmy Stewart as a retired policeman with an extreme fear of heights. Hitch's next film, North by Northwest, starred Cary Grant as a businessman who gets caught up in a case of mistaken identity. This spy thriller was nominated for three Academy Awards in 1960.

阿尔玛的癌症手术进行得很顺利，她回家休息了。 在康复之前，希契无法集中精力拍电影。 但他太担心她的健康，把阿尔玛逼疯了。 她最后恳求他和制片厂回到电影制作事业上来。 在20世纪50年代末，希契拍了两部非常不同但很重要的电影。 谋杀悬疑片《迷魂记》于1958年上映。 吉米·斯图尔特在片中饰演一名极度恐高的退休警察。 希契的下一部电影《西北偏北》由加里·格兰特主演，他饰演一名陷入认错人案件的商人。 这部间谍惊悚片在1960年获得了三项奥斯卡提名。

For all the tense thrills Hitchcock was known for creating in his films, no one could have predicted the amount of suspense and horror he had planned for his scariest picture yet.

尽管希区柯克以其电影中的紧张刺激而闻名，但没有人能预料到他为这部最恐怖的电影策划了如此多的悬念和恐怖。

JIMMY STEWART AND CARY GRANT CARY GRANT (1904–1986) AND JAMES "JIMMY" STEWART (1908–1997) WERE TWO OF HITCHCOCK'S MOST POPULAR LEADING MEN. SOME SAID THE ACTORS REPRESENTED THE TWO SIDES OF HITCHCOCK HIMSELF. GRANT'S PERSONALITY WAS THE MAN HITCHCOCK WANTED TO BE: FUNNY, CHARMING, HANDSOME, AND ALWAYS ONE STEP AHEAD OF THE BAD GUYS. STEWART'S CHARACTERS REPRESENTED WHO HITCH REALLY WAS—AN ANXIOUS AND OBSESSED MAN, MORE OF AN OBSERVER OF LIFE THAN AN ACTION STAR.

加里·格兰特（1904-1986）和詹姆斯·“吉米”·斯图尔特（1908-1997）是希区柯克最受欢迎的两位男主角。 有人说，演员们代表了希区柯克本人的两个方面。 格兰特的性格正是希区柯克想要成为的那种人：有趣、迷人、英俊，总是比坏人抢先一步。 斯图尔特笔下的角色代表了hitch的真实面目——一个焦虑而痴迷的人，更像是一个生活的观察者，而不是一个动作明星。