-rated: Psycho, North By Northwest, The Man Who Knew Too Much (original), Frenzy
-rated: Strangers on a Train, The Man Who Knew Too Much (remake), Vertigo, Rear Window
... don't you agree?
― Eric H. (Eric H.), Thursday, 8 January 2004 21:25 (twenty years ago) link
Vertigo DROOL DROOL I love above almost any other movie. My next favorites of his in line- Rebecca, Psycho, Birds, North By Northwest, Rear Window. Have to see 39 steps since I see it rated so much on this thread.
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― Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 8 May 2007 16:10 (sixteen years ago) link
speaking of Shadow of a Doubt (as we were on Rear Window thread) -- LOVE that "zombie waitress" in the dive who looks at the ring:
http://truespies.org/mirror-stage/2007/08/12/alfred-hitchcock-presents-the-night-of-the-living-dead/
― Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 14 August 2007 19:21 (sixteen years ago) link
you are making me want to see shadow of a doubt again.
i want to watch it with morbs and alex in SF!
― Steve Shasta, Tuesday, 14 August 2007 19:26 (sixteen years ago) link
well, get the Castro to book it, ummm, next summer.
Also, gr8 opening shot of the Pulaski Skyway.
― Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 14 August 2007 19:27 (sixteen years ago) link
I'm not sure which of these is best -- Hirsch & McAvoy on the train ain't bad -- but someone needs to be punished for casting ScarJo as Grace Kelly:
http://justjared.buzznet.com/2008/02/07/vanity-fair-hollywood-issue-2008/
― Dr Morbius, Friday, 8 February 2008 16:31 (sixteen years ago) link
I saw 'em earlier. I only really like Strangers and Seth Rogen doing North by Northwest.
― Noodle Vague, Friday, 8 February 2008 16:33 (sixteen years ago) link
they should remake it. jason segal in the james mason role.
― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Friday, 8 February 2008 16:36 (sixteen years ago) link
I'd love McAvoy's fingers around my...neck.
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Friday, 8 February 2008 16:37 (sixteen years ago) link
I still don't think much of V compared to RW and NxNW, but I don't think I'd recognized just how good Kim Novak is - she carries the thing.
― gabbneb, Friday, 8 February 2008 16:45 (sixteen years ago) link
Seth Rogan replacing Cary Grant in NxNW would be an improvement. Renee Zellweger looks surprisingly right in Vertigo. And the casting of that Lifeboat pic is sorta epic.
― Eric H., Friday, 8 February 2008 17:09 (sixteen years ago) link
Seth Rogan replacing Cary Grant in NxNW would be an improvement
why must you continuously disappoint me?
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Friday, 8 February 2008 17:10 (sixteen years ago) link
OK, what kind of baiting is that statement? It's the best (intentional) joke in the spread.
― Dr Morbius, Friday, 8 February 2008 17:11 (sixteen years ago) link
NxNW = Hitchcock's least interesting classic movie, so you could cast Renee Zellweger in Cary Grant's part and I'd call it an improvement.
― Eric H., Friday, 8 February 2008 17:13 (sixteen years ago) link
^^^ Bottomless pit of Rong.
Wd rather see Rogen/Segel do Rope, tho.
― Noodle Vague, Friday, 8 February 2008 17:15 (sixteen years ago) link
NxNW: TOO SCREWBALL :p
(Eric, we love you, but you braek heart. Hitchcock got the wrong-man-chase movie right, at last, w/ NxNW.)
Using Eva Marie Saint is a nice touch, but I hope the forog didn't have to use the Tallulah on-set "hairdressing" joke.
― Dr Morbius, Friday, 8 February 2008 17:16 (sixteen years ago) link
fotog
(if you don't know the joke, Hitch was told by crew that Bankhead wasn't wearing underwear)
― Dr Morbius, Friday, 8 February 2008 17:17 (sixteen years ago) link
What's the best of his earliest work? My daughter bought a 4-DVD set of his earliest films (for $5!) -- I think it has about 17 or 18 features on it and a couple of "AH Presents" episodes.
― Rock Hardy, Friday, 8 February 2008 17:17 (sixteen years ago) link
Bottomless pit of Rong is slagging on Vertigo. Why does no one call that out?
― Eric H., Friday, 8 February 2008 17:18 (sixteen years ago) link
The best of Hitchcock in public domain in the U.S. (which is what that set's no doubt filled with) is probably The Lady Vanishes (gasp! a screwball!) and maybe The 39 Steps, though I liked Sabotage too.
― Eric H., Friday, 8 February 2008 17:19 (sixteen years ago) link
How early? 20s/30s? I like Sabotage an inordinate amount but it's probly the 1st Man Who Knew Too Much or The 39 Steps.
― Noodle Vague, Friday, 8 February 2008 17:20 (sixteen years ago) link
Rear Window does the light and breezy but still totally suspenseful thing WAY better than NxNW. C'mon people!
― Eric H., Friday, 8 February 2008 17:20 (sixteen years ago) link
I've got that 5-movie box with Juno and Rich and Strange on it to watch over the weekend.
― Noodle Vague, Friday, 8 February 2008 17:22 (sixteen years ago) link
I would agree RW is greater, but cmon, they're significantly different stylewise!
Eric defines screwball broader than retro box sets define "noir."
― Dr Morbius, Friday, 8 February 2008 17:23 (sixteen years ago) link