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Sun Apr-04-04 05:07 PM
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Hitchcock -- what's your favorite? |
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Rear Window just stared on TCM. What is your favorite Hitchcock movie?
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Sun Apr-04-04 05:08 PM
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Sun Apr-04-04 05:09 PM
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3. How about High Anxiety? |
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Mel Brooks did a pretty cool parody of it.
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Sun Apr-04-04 05:12 PM
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Sun Apr-04-04 05:09 PM
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The climax of that film was excruciating to the point of being painful to watch. They didn't call Hitchcock the "master of suspense" for nothing!
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Sun Apr-04-04 05:11 PM
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7. Definitely interesting |
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can't say it's my favorite, and i think it's one case where the audience would have been better off not knowing so much (ie, the very first scene) but as a technical exercise, it's really amazing, and well worth seeing. i still get a chuckle every time he zooms into someone's back, as i imagine the crew scurrying around trying to move furniture out of the way for the camera to move around.
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Sun Apr-04-04 05:12 PM
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9. "Rope" was nearly unbearable to watch - has the distinction of being... |
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...perhaps the only movie until then that was shot in just one (1) loooooong take. At most, two or three, I think.
Very interesting experience, that.
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Sun Apr-04-04 05:16 PM
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15. At least, it had that distinction until last year and "The Russian Ark." |
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That one also was shot in one long, continuous take.
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Sun Apr-04-04 05:19 PM
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19. Yes, which is why I'm of two minds about seeing "Russian Ark." Was... |
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...very uncomfortable, antsy with "Rope", but curiosity about RA might just get the better of me.
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Sun Apr-04-04 05:43 PM
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26. it was in about 4 takes |
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hitch zoomed into the back of a dark colored suit each time he needed to switch film reels
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Sun Apr-04-04 05:09 PM
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it's in my top 5 movies of all time, easily. the restored print is magnificent. i think Rear Window comes in next, followed by The Lady Vanishes
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Sun Apr-04-04 05:28 PM
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22. My daughter when nine loved "horror" movies |
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Once, I suggested the Birds. She said, "Nah, lets get soemthing 'really' scary, like a Jason movie. The Birds is old, it can't be as scary..." She thought it soulnded boring, the concept too simple, etc...
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I had the cash so I won. She still says its the scariest thing she has ever seen. And, quite the film critic, she really appreciated the way the film was put together.
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Sun Apr-04-04 05:12 PM
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Cary Grant and Eva Marie Saint, a great story, the scene with the cropdusting plane and the one on Mt. Rushmore...and a great Bernard Herrman score. The best, IMO.
Terry
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Sun Apr-04-04 05:13 PM
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There are too many! My brain is whirling!!
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Sun Apr-04-04 05:14 PM
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Flawless casting, funny, suspenseful - love the crop dusting scene.
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Sun Apr-04-04 05:14 PM
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Any Hitchcock movie can be accurately called a "masterpiece" so it is hard to pick a favorite because they are all great.
But personally, I think North by Northwest is the best movie ever made.
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Sun Apr-04-04 05:14 PM
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......Mrs. Danvers is one scary ol'broad!! :scared:
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Sun Apr-04-04 05:17 PM
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Rear Window, Notorious and Spellbound are tops on my list.
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Sun Apr-04-04 05:18 PM
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without a doubt! The shower scene...horrifying!!!!:scared:
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Sun Apr-04-04 05:23 PM
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21. From a technical perspective ... |
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It has to be "Rear Window."
From an entertainment perspective, "The Man Who Knew Too Much."
Of course, Psycho still creeps me out.
Damn, must I choose? :)
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Sun Apr-04-04 05:29 PM
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Most Hitchcock films start slow and build to a climax, often making the first hour or so difficult to sit through, but North by Northwest starts off exciting and doesn't let up until the very end.
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Sun Apr-04-04 05:29 PM
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24. Rear Window and To Catch a Thief |
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Grace Kelly was super in both!
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Sun Apr-04-04 05:33 PM
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...SHADOW OF A DOUBT, THE BIRDS (think Surrealism), MARNIE. It just goes on and on and on.
Lang, Hitchcock, Bunuel, Polanski...
The last film I saw in a theater that I really liked was MEMENTO...
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Sun Apr-04-04 05:48 PM
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27. "Notorious" with the devine acting of Ms. Ingrid Bergman... |
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I wouldn't get made because Cary Grant was in the movie either. :7
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Sun Apr-04-04 07:14 PM
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32. Notorious. Love Grant, Bergman and Raines. |
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Sun Apr-04-04 06:04 PM
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28. Notorious, To Catch a Thief, Rear Window, North by Northwest |
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The Man Who Knew Too Much.
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Sun Apr-04-04 06:46 PM
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Stewart's best role. Hitchcock casting against type proved GENIUS. "Garsh and Golly! I am psycho!" (Or so I imagine Jimmy saying) :-)
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Sun Apr-04-04 06:51 PM
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that is a SCAAAAARY movie. In the 60's he did Psycho and then The Birds and then Frenzy, which I thought were his 3 scariest.
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Sun Apr-04-04 08:49 PM
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33. # 1. North by Northwest; 2. Pyscho; 3. The Man Who New To Much.. |
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(1934)version, and many others.:)
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Sun Apr-04-04 09:34 PM
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34. Definitely, Rear Window n/t |
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