Montblanc Alfred Hitchcock Limited Edition Fountain Pen 106508, 2011

"Making a film means first of all, to tell a story. That story should never be banal. It must be dramatic and human. What is drama after all, but life with the dull bits cut out." – Alfred Hitchcock (1899 – 1980) interviewed by François Truffaut.

Montblanc's tribute to Alfred Hitchcock, innovator of the thriller genre and the genius behind horror and suspense classics including "Psycho," "The Birds," "Vertigo," and "Rear Window." Alfred Hitchcock is considered by many to be one of the most influential filmmakers of all time and a true cultural icon.

The Alfred Hitchcock Limited Edition is limited to 3000 fountain pens and rollerballs, each made from Lacquered 925 sterling silver grooved with Vertigo-inducing spiral pattern. In the 53 hatch marks engraved on cone Montblanc pays tribute to the 53 films Hitchcock directed during his lifetime.

Psycho
The shower scene from Psycho clearly demonstrates Hitchcock's phenomenal cinematic skill. In 45 seconds that wrote film history, a woman is murdered in cold blood with a knife whose shadowy image remains emblazoned in the mind's eye long after the screen goes dark. This murder weapon also plays a key role in the design of the Alfred Hitchcock LE3000, its sinister shape providing the inspiration for the pen's iconic clip. As a reference to one of his greatest suspense thrillers, the cap ring of the LE3000 features an artistic engraving, rendering the original label of the Psycho film reel.

Vertigo
The pivotal scene in Hitchcock's Vertigo (1958) occurs on a staircase that winds up a tower. As the main character races frantically up the stairs in pursuit of answers to the mystery surrounding him, he experiences a crippling bout of vertigo – looking down, the stairs stretch away from him, dizzyingly exaggerating the distance to the ground. In the style of the famous vertigo effect, invented by Hitchcock and used for the first time in this film (a disorientating, opposite camera zoom that seems to cause the ground to drop away from beneath the audience's feet), the cap and barrel of the limited edition 3000 are made of precious lacquer with a spiraling design.

Design features:

• The design is mainly influenced by the stairway effect from the movie Vertigo and elements from  The Rope.
• The knife-shaped clip that dominates the cap is inspired by Psycho's shower scene.
• The handcrafted, rhodium–plated 18k gold nib features a cameo self–portrait of the great genius of the thriller genre.

Product features:

• 925 Sterling Silver fittings
• Cap and barrel made of precious lacquer with a spiraling design
• 750 rhodium plated 18K 750 Medium gold nib