Hitchcock
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Topic: Hitchcock
Posted By: Phil
Subject: Hitchcock
Date Posted: October 20 2005 at 04:59
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I'm a big Hitchcock fan. What's your favourite Hitch film (or if you have the time, your favourite three?) Mine are: 1. North by NW 2. Rear Window 3. Vertigo ...but it's a close call between them...... |
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Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: October 20 2005 at 06:35
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Difficult one, perhaps "Rebecca". Or is it "Dial M for Murder"? The best "Hitchcock" movie that was NOT directed by Alfred Hitchcock, but clearly in his style, is "Charade" by Stanley Donen, featuring Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn. Brian de Palma was clearly influenced by Hitchcock, even almost copied a few scenes in some of his movies. ("Dressed To Kill", "Body Double"). A very good and underrated movie is "Peeping Tom", directed in 1960 by Michael Powell. The idea of the movie (a young man killing women with the filed leg of his camera's tripod and filming them in the act of being killed) was too shocking for the audience of that time, and so this excellent thriller was almost forgotten when it was at last revived in the 80s. Also an excellent thriller: "Wait Until Dark", directed by Terence Young, featuring the excellent Audrey Hepburn. Oh, and let's not forget the excellent "Sleuth", featuring Lawrence Olivier and Michael Caine. What a duel between two men! And let's not forget the excellent performance of Alex Cawthorne as Inspector Doppler in this movie. He acts as if he isn't there! -------------  BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: R o V e R
Date Posted: October 20 2005 at 06:48
north by north west
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Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: October 20 2005 at 08:07
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I particularly like Dial M for Murder,Strangers on a Train,North by Northwest,Rear Window and Psycho.I picked North by Northwest. -------------  |
Posted By: Easy Livin
Date Posted: October 20 2005 at 08:28
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Here's one I prepared earlier! http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5008 - http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5008 |
Posted By: Drachen Theaker
Date Posted: October 20 2005 at 09:24
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1. Vertigo ------------- "It's 1973, almost dinnertime and I'm 'aving 'oops!" - Gene Hunt |
Posted By: Phil
Date Posted: October 20 2005 at 09:33
Ah well! Should've searched...still always pleased to find a fellow Hitch fan.... |
Easy Livin wrote:Posted By: Phil
Date Posted: October 20 2005 at 09:36
You're right, could even have slipped it into the poll!!  I agree, it certainly is in his style. And you mention some great suspense thrillers there - another favourite of mine is "Body Heat" with William Hurt and Kathleen Turner. |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: October 20 2005 at 10:32
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North By North West ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Phil
Date Posted: October 20 2005 at 10:46
I caught Vertigo restored on the big screen about 5 years back, which was great to see. I think James Stewart gives a great performance, as you say there's something about seeing about such a "nice" guy gradually falling apart as his obsession brings him down. I saw a memorable one-liner from a critic saying the film was about "love that degrades women and deranges men". Hea-vy! I also saw N by NW on the same screen the following year but the print was duff, the sound was terrible and it was a real disappointment. |
Posted By: Protagonist
Date Posted: October 22 2005 at 13:41
| When I was a little boy I watced The Birds on the TV and I was very very impressed! So after more than 20 years I could say that The Birds is still my favourite Hitchcock's №1. |
Posted By: horza
Date Posted: October 25 2005 at 18:30
psycho and then the birds  ------------- Originally posted by darkshade: Calling Mike Portnoy a bad drummer is like calling Stephen Hawking an idiot. |
Posted By: Trotsky
Date Posted: October 26 2005 at 11:51
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Seen 11, very tough to chose, but since Spellbound is in the running, and no-one has voted for it yet, I'll go for it ... Other contenders were North By Northwest, Psycho and Marnie ------------- "Death to Utopia! Death to faith! Death to love! Death to hope?" thunders the 20th century. "Surrender, you pathetic dreamer.” "No" replies the unhumbled optimist "You are only the present." |
Posted By: coffeeintheface
Date Posted: July 10 2006 at 23:18
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probably Psycho.....greatest climax of any movie ever
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Posted By: bhikkhu
Date Posted: July 10 2006 at 23:33
De Palma did more that copy a few scenes. He took the whole concept as well. Although not Hitchcock, he did the same thing with "Blow Up." Do you remember "Blow Out?" I am also a big fan of both "Wait Until Dark," and "Sleuth." Great performances all around. Alan Arkin made a pretty menacing bad guy. ------------- a.k.a. H.T. http://riekels.wordpress.com" rel="nofollow - http://riekels.wordpress.com |
Posted By: Phil
Date Posted: July 11 2006 at 15:20
| Heck my old poll back again...quite a good one I thought! Glad NbyNW still winning..... |
Posted By: dralan
Date Posted: July 11 2006 at 17:57
| This is a tough question. Rear Window, Vertigo, N By NW, are all favorites. I remember when I was a kid "Psycho" used to scare the sh*t out of me and it still does. A masterful film which is still better than most horror movies despite being black and white and none of the high dollar special effects used today. |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: July 12 2006 at 12:07
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Psycho, North By Northwest, The Birds, and Vertigo are all top notch in my opinion. I'll vote for vertigo cause it has the least votes from the ones I choose. ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: maani
Date Posted: July 14 2006 at 17:00
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Of the poll choices, Rear Window by far. However, my favorite Hitchcock film ius Lifeboat. Anyone who hasn't seen it absolutely must: 90 minutes of nothing but eight people in a lifeboat - and Hitchcock makes it riveting!!
Peace.
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Posted By: Rocktopus
Date Posted: July 15 2006 at 10:38
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Vertigo for me. Tecnihicolor beauty. Maani: Is Lifeboat the one starring Talullah Bankhead? ------------- Over land and under ashes In the sunlight, see - it flashes Find a fly and eat his eye But don't believe in me Don't believe in me Don't believe in me |
Posted By: maani
Date Posted: July 15 2006 at 16:12
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Rocktopus: Yes, Lifeboat stars Tallulah Bankhead, Walter Slezak, Hume Cronyn and others. Peace. |
Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: July 15 2006 at 16:24
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Which is the one where the whole film is filmed in just one room? It's Black & White and because of limitations in film length, the cameraman focussed in on something black, so a new film could be put in the camera, without much being noticed by the viewer. It's prewar and definitely Hitchcock. I enjoyed that one. Psycho is a classic, but I feel Rear Window is better. I've seen The Birds, but it's a little vague in my memory. Dial M for Murder is also a great film. Tough choice! -------------   
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Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: July 15 2006 at 18:05
You mean "Rope", but it is not black and white. ------------- BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: July 15 2006 at 18:15
Outstanding film. My wife and I watch it every time it's on. |
Posted By: Australian
Date Posted: July 15 2006 at 18:55
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Voted for The Birds, it shows what movies are like with out music. ------------- 
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Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: July 15 2006 at 19:58
Hmmm, I'm sure it was... but you are bound to be right! Yes, you are correct. It was indeed in colour, but it was made in 1948! I've just read about it on imDb and refreshed myself with it a bit. It is indeed a great film. I need to see it again though. -------------
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