Alfred Hitchcock: Classic or Dud?

ok, JFK is a deathopic. I thot for a sec Eric was invoking The Doors.

anyone seen his Juno And The Paycock? I went to see it with a friend during the season at the BFI, we'd both seen a lot of the other ones that were on and me being Irish I'd done it at school so was interested. it was quite good. even had the Hitchcock "he's evil!" close-up on Johnny Boyle. really worth seeing, if in part cos it's a great play to begin with.

I thot for a sec Eric was invoking The Doors.

that'd be me haha

altho W. was on tv last night and yeah it is v entertaining and even insightful

got Juno on DVD and to my shame i don't think i've ever watched it - it's in a set with some other early films is my excuse

it's very rough around the edges, but was nice watching something that has story at its core. few weird accents. there's one character who's basically meant to be "a jew" except sort of like if dracula was from dublin, he has to be seen/heard to be believed, whatever they were going for doesn't exist anymore, if it ever did.

30s British movies are a treasure trove of lost accents, most of them probly did exist at some point

there was a small jewish community in dublin for sure, it's more the feeling that it's sort of anti-semitism mixed with bad acting or a bad accent. my friend with whom i saw it is of jewish descent so it provided a nice contrast to her irish mockery after.

ah i take your point, anti-semitic caricatures still going strong in Lean's Oliver Twist in 1948 anyway

haha I liked Ray very much but mostly because it gave young black actresses semi-strong roles for once.

kinda dodgy, especially given there's no jew in the original play, hitch would have had to write in a caricature. it's a tailor haranguing the family for money, of course. xpost

got Juno on DVD and to my shame i don't think i've ever watched it - it's in a set with some other early films is my excuse

― thread lock holiday (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, October 10, 2012 5:16 PM

This may be the same set we have -- something like 20 early Hitches on 4-5 DVDs? Ashamed to say I haven't watched any of them yet either.

mine's just 5, got it because i wanted to see Rich and Strange but it also has Juno, Secret Agent, The Farmer's Wife and The Lady Vanishes. don't think i've watched The Farmer's Wife either

bloody hell John Laurie's in Juno too, will watch this week

Seeing Alfred Hitchcock and Juno mentioned together is giving me visions of Michael Cera getting impaled on a weather vane after battling w/J.K. Simmons.

while Thelma Ritter amiably helps Ellen Page abort her c hild.

Brody on how guilt/concealment issues make Marnie such a personal film:

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/movies/2012/10/how-hitchocks-obsession-with-tippi-hedren-shaped-marnie.html

Oh my god, Hitchcock is soooooo lame.

i believe it. it looks like something I'd pay to not see

The Girl looked like a much more interesting movie and I didn't even bother to watch that, even though it was on the Television Set as well as On Demand for Free even right now.

Watching The Girl now.

Miller is a lot better than I expected, Jones is creepily on the money. Sorta feels like it's missing something thoug, but I can't quite place it.

I really never thought of Frenzy as underrated -- it's stone great, and so is Shadow of a Doubt -- and it doesn't appear to be given how often it's mentioned here.

http://blogs.indiewire.com/criticwire/the-criticwire-survey-underrated-hitchcock

I like Under Capricorn, I Confess and The Paradine Case too.

Someone gave me this for my birthday last month:

http://0.tqn.com/d/horror/1/0/E/_/-/-/AlfredHitchcockPremiere.jpg

When I looked on Amazon, lots of reader complaints about defective discs...I was feeling guilty about the person overspending, now I'm starting to wonder.

Hopkins' make-up may actually make him look less like Hitchcock.

the girl was ok but the movie felt perfunctory and just kind of 'ended'. miller and tobey were very good though; he's a much better hitchcock than hopkins, if the trailers were anything to go by.

Hopkins' make-up may actually make him look less like Hitchcock.

― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, November 20, 2012 4:35 PM (25 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

he looks so fucked up

xpost yeah I felt like it was missing something..kinda was expecting a bit more. it looked very good, though the hitchcockian homages got a little old after a while.

I really wish those two (apparently) POS films wd be discussed elsewhere

well sorrreeeee

i wish i had a pony

Furio?

sorry i'd rather discuss the guy's films, just like on the Polanski thread that got trashed.

I think the word is "raped."

I think it got trashed first, and then raped.

http://www.philadelphiaweekly.com/screen/reviews/181034041.html

I’d rather be watching Gus Van Sant’s Psycho remake.

Pretty much.

LOL, seriously.

jesus tell me that's fake

It's absolutely for real. The more I think about it, the more this seems like the worst movie ever. It's riotously shitty.

"He helps her into the car" = "He pretends she's a steak at Ernie's and smears horseradish on her."

so does this movie have a shot at the coveted My Week With Marilyn slot

It's absolutely for real. The more I think about it, the more this seems like the worst movie ever. It's riotously shitty.

― Bobby Ken Doll (Eric H.), Thursday, November 29, 2012 9:08 AM (1 minute ago) Bookmark

i have no problem believing this

oh my god at that script picture

Helen Mirren could probably slip into Best Actress, especially since her character keeps saying "I am Alma Reville." Actor's too crowded for Hopkins to have more than an outside shot.

it reminds me of the fake michael bay's batman script

http://my.spill.com/profiles/blog/show?id=947994%3ABlogPost%3A355506

they don't call the Academy the Masters of Suspense for nothing!

It gives you a PECK on the cheek.

Did I mention a raven lands on Hitchcock's shoulder at the end of this movie?

there's so many lines in the trailer alone that make me cringe. like a reporter going "mr. hitchcock, you're the most famous director in the history of the medium... but you're 60 years old!"

Did I tell YOU there's a scene where Hitch sits down in a train and Robert Walker goes "Excuse me -- is this seat taken?"

Did I tell YOU there's a scene where Vera Miles is wearing a black bra? Or was it a white one?

Also, he loves him some imported, canned foie gras.

Does this at least approach Mommie Dearest levels of camp, or is it completely worthless?