Notorious really is his best.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 3 July 2017 11:42 (six years ago) link
I love any Hitchcock poll that doesn't put Vertigo on top.
― some sad trombone Twilight Zone shit (cryptosicko), Monday, 3 July 2017 13:25 (six years ago) link
who gives a fuck what's best? Vertigo is great, so is Notorious, Rear Window etc. Enjoy.
Ingrid is put through some p kinky stuff in the overly maligned Under Capricorn.
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Monday, 3 July 2017 13:29 (six years ago) link
I have it in queue at the public library (it's been checked out for two weeks, funnily enough).
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 3 July 2017 13:33 (six years ago) link
xp Counterpoint: Topaz is not great. But Frenzy is.
― Old Lynch's Sex Paragraph (Phil D.), Monday, 3 July 2017 15:08 (six years ago) link
This. Dude has at least six or seven hard-red masterpieces. I don't care if you prefer one over the other. Just prefer a few of them and we're good.
― Anne of the Thousand Gays (Eric H.), Monday, 3 July 2017 15:20 (six years ago) link
I wanted to like Stage Fright a lot (Jane Wyman is great) but man, what a mess. Or just confusing? I do have the urge to watch it again - at some point - unlike the bottom 5 or 6 of the 32 Hitchcock movies I've seen.
― flappy bird, Sunday, 15 April 2018 03:31 (six years ago) link
Some howlers in the subtitles for Murder!, such as NEWS CUP IN JAR for New Scotland Yard.
― U or Astro-U? (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 27 July 2019 23:11 (four years ago) link
Forgot about Michael Powell working on Blackmail
― U or Astro-U? (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 28 July 2019 12:10 (four years ago) link
so how's Stage Fright? Been too long.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 25 February 2020 18:15 (four years ago) link
Talking on twitter recently to the chap responsible for the great big 600-page Hitch Taschen book and he recommended Young and Innocent as a lesser-known classic. I've never heard of it! Can't wait to check it out now though.
― piscesx, Tuesday, 25 February 2020 18:44 (four years ago) link
Young and Innocent is grebt. Don’t won’t to say much more to avoid spoilers.
― Something Super Stupid Cupid (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 25 February 2020 19:12 (four years ago) link
Now I want to buy this book Hitchcock’s Music.
― Something Super Stupid Cupid (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 25 February 2020 19:16 (four years ago) link
Stage Fright is OK--Jane Wyman's attempt at an English accent is really rough, but Dietrich is great and Wyman is too otherwise, it's solid lower-middle tier Hitchcock imo.
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 25 February 2020 19:42 (four years ago) link
I've warmed to Shadow of a Doubt, despite the script's overemphatic small town Americana and the way Teresa Wright gives every line the expected stresses.
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 22 February 2021 21:33 (three years ago) link
the script's overemphatic small town Americana
Wasn't the script literally written by Thornton Wilder? Anyway, it's a great one, and a great (early-ish) Joseph Cotton role.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 22 February 2021 21:36 (three years ago) link
Yep.
Cotton is well-cast.
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 22 February 2021 21:37 (three years ago) link
*Cotten
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 22 February 2021 21:38 (three years ago) link
Feel like the relationship between the two Charlies is the apex/epitome of Hitchcock "doubling."
― The Ballad of Mel Cooley (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 22 February 2021 21:44 (three years ago) link
Did you ever watch Stage Fright, Alfred? flappy bird's assessment is pretty accurate.
― The Ballad of Mel Cooley (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 22 February 2021 21:50 (three years ago) link
a meh
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 22 February 2021 21:55 (three years ago) link
Yeah. I remember exactly one line from it, when Dietrich wanted to tart up her widow's weeds.
― The Ballad of Mel Cooley (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 22 February 2021 21:57 (three years ago) link
Which I see I mentioned upthread ten years ago. Time flies.The Hitchcock Poll
― The Ballad of Mel Cooley (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 22 February 2021 22:07 (three years ago) link
Teresa Wright the GOAT. I actually think she gave a better performance in the Hitchcock Presents episode she did, "Lonely Place" or something, Bruce Dern is in it. it's on streaming sites that are not youtube that are easy to find. Absolutely astonishing performance. Frankly last time I watched SOAD I thought she was a bit too gee-shucks for some of it, but it's necessary for the incest subtext
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 23 February 2021 06:44 (three years ago) link
Right as usual, Morbs.
― avatar of a kind of respectability homosexual culture (Eric H.), Tuesday, 23 February 2021 16:15 (three years ago) link
You can enjoy the movies AND enjoy discussing what's best!
― Halfway there but for you, Tuesday, 23 February 2021 16:18 (three years ago) link
"no need to argue about movies when we can all enjoy our different favorites without conflict"
LOL who posted that and what did they do with morbs
― nobody like my rap (One Eye Open), Tuesday, 23 February 2021 16:35 (three years ago) link
Lol, exactly.
― The Ballad of Mel Cooley (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 23 February 2021 16:56 (three years ago) link
Although truth be told, that seems to be a classic flanking maneuver that I believe he employed upon more than one occasion.
― The Ballad of Mel Cooley (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 23 February 2021 17:55 (three years ago) link
It had been so long since I last saw "Rebecca" that I not only forgot so much of it *doesn't* take place at the house, but I forgot basically the last half hour deviates from the Gothic stuff entirely and becomes kind of the George Sanders show.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 24 February 2021 13:39 (three years ago) link
ha yeah, i always forget about that part too, and then when it comes its like a whole extra bonus movie!
watched marnie last night for the first time in a couple decades and man, is that movie such a bizarre misfire. i was enjoying the first two thirds or so just watching these two characters who initially seem super cool and sexy and together, and then the layers get peeled back until we eventually see that theyre both completely twisted walking disaster areas - almost reminded me of phantom thread, love story between two deeply warped people whose pathologies nevertheless complement each other. but as the freudian stuff takes over more and more it just gets so goofy. at the end my partner was like "oh so she bonked bruce dern on the head, big deal", which made me lol in agreement.
― nobody like my rap (One Eye Open), Wednesday, 24 February 2021 15:20 (three years ago) link
This was just on, I'd never seen it before, it was good!
― Are Animated Dads Getting Hotter? (Tom D.), Saturday, 3 July 2021 13:57 (two years ago) link
Yes
― Planck Generation (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 3 July 2021 14:31 (two years ago) link
To-Night'Golden Curls'
― Build My Gallows Hi Hi Hi (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 26 June 2022 00:48 (one year ago) link
Saw Notorious for the first time today and as much as I fell for Bergmann, the character I can't stop thinking about is Claude Rains'. Only Hitchcock could/would make me feel sorry for an actual Nazi (notwithstanding John Boyne's efforts)?
What I came to ask: is there a definitive Hitchcock documentary?
― Shard-borne Beatles with their drowsy hums (Chinaski), Friday, 22 July 2022 21:20 (one year ago) link
Hitchcock/Truffaut maybe?
― Meme for an Imaginary Western (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 22 July 2022 22:53 (one year ago) link
Watching Rebecca for the first time in a while, I'm struck by Laurence Olivier's proto-Method performance: mumbles, ear pulling, tossing lines away.
― poppers fueled buttsex crescendo (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 12 March 2024 20:50 (one month ago) link