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• RE: All this Hitchcock talk has made my palms sweaty - dancingseamonkey 08:03:29 04/07/15 (0)
  In Reply to: RE: All this Hitchcock talk has made my palms sweaty posted by Doug Flynn on April 04, 2015 at 17:27:42

  I really don't have a favorite I watch them all when ever I can, his worst movie is better than most directors best. A must read is Hitchcock/Truffaut you will gain so much insight into his work you will never view his movies the same as before.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  "Trying is the first step towards failure."
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• RE: All this Hitchcock talk has made my palms sweaty - mkuller 19:08:34 04/05/15 (0)
  In Reply to: RE: All this Hitchcock talk has made my palms sweaty posted by Doug Flynn on April 04, 2015 at 17:27:42

  ...mine:
  
  1.- Psycho
  1 - Birds
  2 - Rear Window
  3 - Vertigo
  4 - Strangers on a Train
  5 - Dial M for Murder
  6 - The 39 Steps
  8 - North by Northwest
  9 - Episodes of Alfred Hitchcock presents
  
  

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• my list - mbnx01 12:20:26 04/05/15 (0)
  In Reply to: RE: All this Hitchcock talk has made my palms sweaty posted by Doug Flynn on April 04, 2015 at 17:27:42

  The Birds
  
  And then a bunch of others.
  
  
  
  
  
  "Familiarity breeds contempt, and children."
  
  -Mark Twain
  
  

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• Lifeboat - dwill123 07:37:27 04/05/15 (0)
  In Reply to: RE: All this Hitchcock talk has made my palms sweaty posted by Doug Flynn on April 04, 2015 at 17:27:42

  Such a great actors film. So many themes taking place all in the restricted confines of a small lifeboat.
  

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• I like Notorious and the 39 Steps as well, his silent film The Lodger gets high grades from the critics - PhilJ 06:17:55 04/05/15 (2)
  In Reply to: RE: All this Hitchcock talk has made my palms sweaty posted by Doug Flynn on April 04, 2015 at 17:27:42

  thou I have yet to see it
  

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  • The Lodger is wonderful... - musetap 18:28:02 04/05/15 (1)
    In Reply to: RE: I like Notorious and the 39 Steps as well, his silent film The Lodger gets high grades from the critics posted by PhilJ on April 05, 2015 at 06:17:55

    fairly creepy and very "Hithcockian" with the shots and structure, even that early on.
    
    Saw it at the Castro Theater many years ago, with live musical accompaniment.
    
    Highly recommended!
    
    "Once this was all Black Plasma and Imagination" -Michael McClure

    
    
    

    
    
    

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    • TCM showed it before but I missed it, will keep my eye on it for future viewing thanks - PhilJ 04:45:08 04/06/15 (0)
      In Reply to: RE: The Lodger is wonderful... posted by musetap on April 05, 2015 at 18:28:02

      btw I am jealous - good going!
      

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• My Top 3 - Bill the K 22:06:34 04/04/15 (0)
  In Reply to: RE: All this Hitchcock talk has made my palms sweaty posted by Doug Flynn on April 04, 2015 at 17:27:42

  1. Vertigo
  
  2. The Birds
  
  3. Dial M For Murder
  

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• That's a solid list... - musetap 21:32:58 04/04/15 (3)
  In Reply to: RE: All this Hitchcock talk has made my palms sweaty posted by Doug Flynn on April 04, 2015 at 17:27:42

  but for #1.

  I'd substitute Rebecca, Rope or Notorious for Vertigo.

  Personally I think it's easily his most stilted, over rated film and has terrible performances by all.

  I'd even choose The Birds over it.

  Vertigo is equally as hokey but in a completely different way.
  
  "Once this was all Black Plasma and Imagination"-Michael McClure

  
  
  

  
  
  

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  • Them's fightin' words! - Doug Flynn 23:09:51 04/04/15 (2)
    In Reply to: RE: That's a solid list... posted by musetap on April 04, 2015 at 21:32:58

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    • I know, I know... - musetap 18:48:22 04/05/15 (0)
      In Reply to: RE: Them's fightin' words! posted by Doug Flynn on April 04, 2015 at 23:09:51

      and Jimmy Stewart is one of my favorite actors!
      
      The whole thing has always struck me as phony, but I'm definitely in the minority and can live with that.
      
      Rope has some faults because of how it was devised, but its strengths lay there as well as in a play. A live audience would have taken it up a notch. The undertones of relationships and interactions of the characters drive it, and it's as much of a psychological mindfook as Hitchcock did, peppered with some of the most "average", boring people one can imagine. You see and read every day about crimes still performed by guys with the sense of entitlement that the main protagonists displayed like peacock feathers.
      
      Rope is NOT a film of suspense; that dead body is possibly Hichcock's greatest Mcguffin!
      
      
      "Once this was all Black Plasma and Imagination" -Michael McClure

      
      
      

      
      
      

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    • Hey guys, where's "Saboteur"? - The Duke 10:06:02 04/05/15 (0)
      In Reply to: RE: Them's fightin' words! posted by Doug Flynn on April 04, 2015 at 23:09:51

      Highly underrated in my opinion.
      

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