It and Gertrud form the great 1964 diptych of defective sexuality.
― Bobby Ken Doll (Eric H.), Thursday, 29 November 2012 15:26 (eleven years ago) link
I like Marnie too, tho it falls a little short of Gertrud.
(add Dr Strangelove for a triptych)
― saltwater incursion (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 29 November 2012 15:37 (eleven years ago) link
True and true.
― Bobby Ken Doll (Eric H.), Thursday, 29 November 2012 15:46 (eleven years ago) link
is Bruce Dern the last working actor who's been in 2 Hitchcock films? I guess Norman Lloyd is retired.
― saltwater incursion (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 29 November 2012 15:52 (eleven years ago) link
Hedren has 5 credits in the last 2 years and 3 in various stages of production.
― super perv powder (Phil D.), Thursday, 29 November 2012 15:57 (eleven years ago) link
ok, i wondered about that
― saltwater incursion (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 29 November 2012 15:58 (eleven years ago) link
btw, UK MWKTM on Criterion in January. Need to resee.
http://www.criterion.com/films/27999-the-man-who-knew-too-much
― saltwater incursion (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 29 November 2012 16:01 (eleven years ago) link
Me too. I need to rewatch a lot of the British ones. Don't have particularly fond memories of many aside from The Lady Vanishes.
― Bobby Ken Doll (Eric H.), Thursday, 29 November 2012 16:02 (eleven years ago) link
The one w/ Sylvia Sidney & husband running the movie theater is pretty amazing. (I keep forgetting it's based on a Conrad novel)
― saltwater incursion (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 29 November 2012 16:04 (eleven years ago) link
Sabotage, and my favorite of the Britcocks.
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 29 November 2012 16:07 (eleven years ago) link
the PBS outlet in NY used to show the Britcocks ALL the time when I was a teen.
― saltwater incursion (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 29 November 2012 16:09 (eleven years ago) link
Kinda starting to think that non-Lifetime biopics are the absolutely worst film genre.
― Come Into My Layer (Old Lunch), Thursday, 29 November 2012 16:10 (eleven years ago) link
Oh right, I liked that one too. Best bomb theory in practice.
― Bobby Ken Doll (Eric H.), Thursday, 29 November 2012 16:12 (eleven years ago) link
funny you mentioned Sabotage as I remembered it yesterday when watching Day Night Day Night.
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 29 November 2012 16:13 (eleven years ago) link
xxpost they very much are. Want to lobby a mod to change this thread title:
biopics - which ones are good?
to a "defend the indefensible"
― Bobby Ken Doll (Eric H.), Thursday, 29 November 2012 16:13 (eleven years ago) link
Hoberman enthuses about Lorre in the Brit Man Who... (dead rong about the '50s version tho).
http://blogs.artinfo.com/moviejournal/2013/01/02/hitchcocks-peter-lorre-is-too-much/
― saltwater incursion (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 3 January 2013 17:08 (eleven years ago) link
yeah, the 50s version is lazily criticised by people who won't recognise it's a different film to the original. Lorre is amazing of course, cos he's Lorre. really wish he'd made a dozen B&Ws with Hitch.
― soma dude (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 3 January 2013 17:26 (eleven years ago) link
watched Saboteur all the way thru for maybe the first time this week - i seem to know the last 15 minutes by heart but have always managed to miss bits from earlier. really enjoyed it, obv - some lovely set pieces and the only real negative for me is the clunkiness of some of the more obvious propaganda speeches. i figure he actually reworked it as much into the second Man Who Knew Too Much as he did NxNW, the whole society ball section especially. nice to have an unfamiliar guy (to me) as the wrong suspect for a change.
anyway, i was just in the mood. it's probly a shade long but it's an under-rated blast imo.
― drier than a Charles Grodin quip (Noodle Vague), Friday, 15 February 2013 23:48 (eleven years ago) link
Robin Wood gets mentioned a number of times on this thread; found a cheap copy of his Hitchcock book with this cover on the way home tonight (only s second edition, unfortunately).
http://daily.greencine.com/archives/wood-hitchcock.jpg
― clemenza, Wednesday, 20 February 2013 23:33 (eleven years ago) link
now you can get Revisited and compare
― Pope Rusty I (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 21 February 2013 05:05 (eleven years ago) link
Isn't there something after Revisited as well, Re-Make/Re-Model?
― Stranded In the Jungle Groove (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 21 February 2013 11:25 (eleven years ago) link
US tour of BFI-restored early flms:
http://variety.com/2013/film/news/rare-early-hitchcock-pics-to-tour-u-s-1200326013/
― Pope Rusty I (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 20 March 2013 16:18 (eleven years ago) link
https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/576925_10151486503447488_1840767835_n.jpg
― Vol. 3: The Life & Times of E. "Boom" Carter (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 22 March 2013 07:50 (eleven years ago) link
Maybe this photo is famous, but I'd never seen it until this morning:
http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1nr5p7YBC1qm1ld5o1_500.jpg
― clemenza, Sunday, 7 April 2013 13:07 (eleven years ago) link
(From a TV intro, I'm guessing.)
― clemenza, Sunday, 7 April 2013 13:08 (eleven years ago) link
yeah yeah yeah
Guillermo del Toro's brief analysis on the Man Who Knew Too Much Criterion is rich. I wonder if his book on AJH will ever be translated? or has it?
― Pope Rusty I (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 7 April 2013 13:11 (eleven years ago) link
watched north by northwest last night. that is all, tbh, i don't need morbs shouting at me this time on a sunday
― mister borges (darraghmac), Sunday, 7 April 2013 16:26 (eleven years ago) link
lol
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 7 April 2013 16:34 (eleven years ago) link
fine, u & Eric have had yr masterpiece vaccines
― Pope Rusty I (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 7 April 2013 17:02 (eleven years ago) link
I find the best times for a lecture from Morbius are Wednesday mornings or Thursday afternoons. I have no explanation.
― clemenza, Sunday, 7 April 2013 17:29 (eleven years ago) link
up to rushmore it's a stone cold classic
― mister borges (darraghmac), Sunday, 7 April 2013 17:33 (eleven years ago) link
ironically, the cold stone was the problem
Martin Landau is about to step on your fingers.
― Pope Rusty I (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 7 April 2013 17:41 (eleven years ago) link
away with him, google image search suggests he weighs about 5 stone these days
― mister borges (darraghmac), Sunday, 7 April 2013 17:51 (eleven years ago) link
Because I dislike precisely one accepted Hitch masterpiece out of dozens.
― cacao nibs (Eric H.), Sunday, 7 April 2013 18:46 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.theguardian.com/film/picture/2013/aug/12/alfred-hitchcock-film-statistics#zoomed-picture
According to the last graphic, the 4 untouchable classics when critics, "film fans" and the general public are given equal weight are:
Rear WindowNorth By NorthwestNotoriousPsycho
― Boven is het stil (Eric H.), Wednesday, 14 August 2013 03:13 (eleven years ago) link
Those four are exactly right, but I would have thought by now that Vertigo would have moved into the inner circle. I'm going to start asking everyone I know if they're a film fan or a general public.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 14 August 2013 13:49 (eleven years ago) link
I'm fine with adding Vertigo and possibly Shadow of a Doubt to those four. Britcock has it's masterpieces but they are just a simpler species of fish.
― Miss Arlington twirls for the Coal Heavers (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 14 August 2013 13:51 (eleven years ago) link
Shadow of a Doubt is top three for me, but I thought it was still very underseen.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 14 August 2013 13:56 (eleven years ago) link
Actually, come to think of it, I thought there was general consensus among critics/non-critics on The Thirty-Nine Steps and The Lady Vanishes.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 14 August 2013 13:57 (eleven years ago) link
according to that diagram vertigo and strangers on a train are the ones critics/"fans" like but that the general public cannot countenance
― one yankee sympathizer masquerading as a historian (difficult listening hour), Wednesday, 14 August 2013 14:00 (eleven years ago) link
this is my favorite statistic in there: 20% of hitchcock dvd sales are north by northwest.
― one yankee sympathizer masquerading as a historian (difficult listening hour), Wednesday, 14 August 2013 14:02 (eleven years ago) link
can't decide whether i care least for the opinions of critics, film fans or the general public
― http://valawyersweekly.com/files/2009/12/important-ops-logo.jpg (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 14 August 2013 14:05 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.barbican.org.uk/film/event-detail.asp?ID=15029
― conrad, Wednesday, 14 August 2013 14:06 (eleven years ago) link
Hitchcock’s East End is a season of screenings and unique events that celebrates Alfred Hitchcock’s connection to Waltham Forest. For our opening event we celebrate Hitchcock’s masterpiece – Vertigo.
IDGI
― http://valawyersweekly.com/files/2009/12/important-ops-logo.jpg (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 14 August 2013 14:08 (eleven years ago) link
Strangers on a Train simply isn't shown by AMC as much as the others.
― first I think it's time I kick a little verse! (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 14 August 2013 14:08 (eleven years ago) link
Vertigo still fails miserably within the "general public" sector.
― Boven is het stil (Eric H.), Wednesday, 14 August 2013 14:09 (eleven years ago) link
I could puke right here.
― Boven is het stil (Eric H.), Wednesday, 14 August 2013 14:10 (eleven years ago) link
of course, it's too weird
there are trees in Vertigo, Nood
― Miss Arlington twirls for the Coal Heavers (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 14 August 2013 14:10 (eleven years ago) link
― first I think it's time I kick a little verse! (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 14 August 2013 14:11 (eleven years ago) link