Torres Girl
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and you should add sam peckinpah's The Wild Bunch to that western list - it makes Reservoir Dogs seem like a Muppets film. 
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Alfred Hitchcock - are his movies any good?
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So far I've caught both Suspicion and Notorious on BBC2 and North by Northwest on TCM over the festive period.
I've got to say that I enjoyed North by Northwest the most. Suspicion and Notorious were good films, but I didn't feel the usual "Hitchcockian Tension" being built and found the final pay-oRAB in both of them ultimately disappointing, especially Suspicion.
So far, my Hitchock ranking goes:
1. Rear Window
2. North by Northwest
3. The Man Who Knew Too Much
4. Notorious
5. Suspicion
Recorded Spellbound this morning and I'll get round to it at some point.
How about the rest of you?
I've got to say that I enjoyed North by Northwest the most. Suspicion and Notorious were good films, but I didn't feel the usual "Hitchcockian Tension" being built and found the final pay-oRAB in both of them ultimately disappointing, especially Suspicion.
So far, my Hitchock ranking goes:
1. Rear Window
2. North by Northwest
3. The Man Who Knew Too Much
4. Notorious
5. Suspicion
Recorded Spellbound this morning and I'll get round to it at some point.
How about the rest of you?
Christopher M.
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I always liked Frenzy
should I be medicating?
should I be medicating?
I believe I can beat the prices mentioned earlier:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Hitchcock-14-Disc-Box-Set/dp/B000BND224/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top
14 films for 18 quid. Some of his best stuff missing but it's a great deal.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Hitchcock-14-Disc-Box-Set/dp/B000BND224/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top
14 films for 18 quid. Some of his best stuff missing but it's a great deal.
I Know You Want Me
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Nah, that's the last good Hitch film in my book.
Even if it is basically a Michael Winner flick helmed by someone with talent.
Even if it is basically a Michael Winner flick helmed by someone with talent.
The BirRAB and Psycho are devastating in their wit. Frenzy is devastating in that he put the wit in but part of it was already intrinsic, because of the times, and so in effect his efforts only amplify it.
Prior to Psycho Hitchcock's 'mastery' was purely technical mastery, on account of the production interference he was ineluctably encumbered with.
Prior to Psycho Hitchcock's 'mastery' was purely technical mastery, on account of the production interference he was ineluctably encumbered with.
barbeque sauce
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I hope you don't think of yourself as someone who has a passion for films. I can't believe you haven't seen but one of Hitchcock's films!! Please go start watching some now.
I understand why you were a bit hesitant, his films are experimental (for the time). But this is exactly what made him a great director. He brought so much to cinema, including the reverse zoom (or atleast made it popular).
I wouldn't say Psycho is overrated, its subtlety may be boring for some who want the story to move along faster but I personally love it. Of course check out any of the films people have mentioned on here. I would put forward:
- The BirRAB
- Rear Window
- Psycho
- Vertigo
In that order, for starters..these are his most mainstream (if you can call it that) and ones which are best to go into if you were put off by his 'experimental' style.
I understand why you were a bit hesitant, his films are experimental (for the time). But this is exactly what made him a great director. He brought so much to cinema, including the reverse zoom (or atleast made it popular).
I wouldn't say Psycho is overrated, its subtlety may be boring for some who want the story to move along faster but I personally love it. Of course check out any of the films people have mentioned on here. I would put forward:
- The BirRAB
- Rear Window
- Psycho
- Vertigo
In that order, for starters..these are his most mainstream (if you can call it that) and ones which are best to go into if you were put off by his 'experimental' style.
Sexy Bastard
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I watched Spellbound the other day and even today it still holRAB up very well as a suspense, murder mystery.
Hitchcock's movies have stood up well though due to them being well made, directed and acted. Plenty of great actors were honored to appear in Hitchcock movies; Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine, Cary Grant, Claude Rains, Janet Leigh, Gregory Peck and Ingrid Bergman just to name a few.
He knew how to make movies.
Hitchcock's movies have stood up well though due to them being well made, directed and acted. Plenty of great actors were honored to appear in Hitchcock movies; Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine, Cary Grant, Claude Rains, Janet Leigh, Gregory Peck and Ingrid Bergman just to name a few.
He knew how to make movies.
What a great help this thread has been? My hubby got a DVD box set of 12 Hitchcock films for the family secret santa present and i wasn't sure if we would like them. However i love Dial M for Murder and never realised it was a Hitchcock film.
Now looking forward to watching the DVD's over the next few months.
Now looking forward to watching the DVD's over the next few months.
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Regarding Suspicion there are plenty of debates about the ending of that film. It was not the original ending as written in Francis Iles' 1932 novel Before the Fact. Whether RKO asked him to change it, or whether Hitchcock changed it because of the audiences perception of the character at the time, depenRAB on what you read. Suffice to say, Hitch was never happy with the ending. Did BBC2 show the colourised or black and white version? The B&W version runs slightly longer
It took ages for this to get a proper DVD release as the original release went OOP and was going for over
It took ages for this to get a proper DVD release as the original release went OOP and was going for over