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Catching up with Hitchcock... there are MANY of his films I have seen....

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Posted on November 10, 2019 at 14:27:02
TWB
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 but a fair number that I have NEVER seen... I finally was able to catch North By Northwest the other day as well as Lifeboat... I LOVE Cary Grant in just about anything that I have ever seen him in... But I have to say that the plot for NBN intrigued me.... ALL the main characters were nicely played... Though it was a bit of a stretch to have Jessie Royce Landis play his Mother as she was only 8 years older than Grant... I loved it none the less! Next I still need to see Rope, Notorious, Spellbound, The Trouble With Harry, Suspicion, The 39 Steps and Strangers On A Train....

 

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RE: Catching up with Hitchcock... there are MANY of his films I have seen...., posted on November 10, 2019 at 18:25:06
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 I have seen most of them but did not enjoy Trouble With Harry. Like Vertigo the best. Yes, Kim Novac.

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I think North by Northwest may be his most watchable film. Pure enjoyment. The 39 Steps is a must watch. nt, posted on November 10, 2019 at 18:58:36
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I like Vertigo too... AND Kim Novak...but my favorite Hitchcock is..., posted on November 10, 2019 at 21:23:21
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 Rear Window (in spite of the fact that I never liked Grace Kelly). But speaking of Kim Novak, my favorite two films of hers are Pal Joey and Picnic. You don't get much better eye-candy than that!

 

I like Vertigo best too - it's definitely got deep passion, even magic, posted on November 11, 2019 at 00:34:32
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 And Wow - did the SF Bay Area look (or was made to look) practically uninhabited at that time! These days, there's no place to run, no place to hide!

And Kim Novak's character, "Madeline" - same name as MS. CfL's. And that music by Bernard Herrmann - OMG! It puts us in another world!

 

Heresy I know, but I liked the 1978 version of 39 Steps with Robert Powell better [nt], posted on November 11, 2019 at 00:39:55
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RE: I like Vertigo too... AND Kim Novak...but my favorite Hitchcock is..., posted on November 11, 2019 at 05:42:56
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 Ah! That dance scene of Kim Novak in Picnic, cannot forget after all these years.

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Take a look at his British period, posted on November 11, 2019 at 06:18:25
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 We don't see much of it here, but it is very interesting, starting with his near-silent early ones, and ending in 1940.

They let you see the progression the master made. The Criterion Channel has good collection of that period.


 

He loved this area, and this book is fun..., posted on November 11, 2019 at 09:51:08
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Sorry 'bout the small image.

It's heresy in Hitchland, but I find Vertigo off-putting and the characters
too cardboard and it's one of my least favorites by AH.

Frisco shines though!

"Once this was all Black Plasma and Imagination"-Michael McClure



 

I'll give it a look anyway. :), posted on November 11, 2019 at 14:00:28
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shes waiting... :), posted on November 11, 2019 at 14:05:43
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Hard to believe that she went from looking like THAT...., posted on November 11, 2019 at 18:34:44
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 to what she unfortunately looks like now.... Such are the pitfalls of poor plastic surgery... I prefer to remember her like this, in Pal Joey... As Joey said in the film, "the mouse with the built"....

 

RE: Hard to believe that she went from looking like THAT...., posted on November 11, 2019 at 20:00:40
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 Poor actors like Sinatra getting to act with Kim Novak must be some adjustment with casting guys. This sort of mismatch can be noticed in Hollywood movies of that era. Ingrid Bergman with Humphrey Bogart! Paul Newman with some great actresses!

Bill

 

RE: Take a look at his British period, posted on November 14, 2019 at 06:03:36
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 I tried. Very cheap for DVD of those. Like about a buck a film. Multiple movies per disc. Jaimaca Inn, I like this one but the prints are so bad.


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"If at first you don't succeed, keep on sucking till you do suck seed" - Curly Howard 1936

 

N by NW was his last fun film., posted on November 14, 2019 at 18:53:58
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 it's a superbly entertaining film.

also checkout to catch a thief, cary grant and grace kelly.

and rear window, jimme stewart and grace kelly.

 

Oh yeah... I've seen both of those! MANY times... , posted on November 15, 2019 at 00:12:40
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 Rear Window is my favorite Hitchcock movie...

 

The print quality varies, yes, posted on November 15, 2019 at 07:09:03
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 But that is part of their charm. :)

On a serous note - some have amazingly good quality. And I always engage the Subtitles feature, to compensate for sometimes poor sound quality.


 

Raymond Burr was a great Bad Guy in a number of movies.! nt, posted on November 15, 2019 at 09:51:32
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RE: Raymond Burr was a great Bad Guy in a number of movies.! nt, posted on November 17, 2019 at 06:56:48
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 He was for sure. A big tough. Some cool early Noir.



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"If at first you don't succeed, keep on sucking till you do suck seed" - Curly Howard 1936

 

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