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Post by Capo on Jun 16, 2007 23:28:36 GMT
Did you change your rating of Torn Curtain, wetdog? I see you've updated your ratings, but don't know what.
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Post by RNL on Jun 17, 2007 2:51:17 GMT
I did, from one to two.
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Post by ronnierocketago on Sept 23, 2007 5:23:08 GMT
Thanks to the AMC marathon, been catching up on some Hitch: TORN CURTAIN (1966) Not as big of a mess as people make it out to be. Its OK if forgettable meh thriller entertainment, and its true, its absolutely true.....the movie's fucked by the lack of chemistry among the leads. Or maybe Hitch just hated Paul Newman's salad dressing. FAMILY PLOT (1976) Surprisingly fun little romp about a bottom-feeding con artist couple who end up being in danger by a top-feeding criminal couple. Too bad Bruce Dern didn't have a better career. Enjoyed the ending very much. FRENZY (1972) Very good thriller where Hitch seems to be re-energized by having direct references to sex and violence, and with a Cockney flavor that makes this movie wipe its ass with TORN CURTAIN and TOPAZ.
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Post by svsg on Nov 24, 2007 19:36:44 GMT
Vertigo Shadow of a Doubt Rear Window North by Northwest Psycho Strangers on a Train Man Who Knew Too Much, The Birds, The
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Post by Capo on Nov 24, 2007 19:41:39 GMT
wetdog, an interesting (to me) notion has arisen: are you rating Mr. And Mrs. Smith so low out of it being a Hitchcock film, or as a stand-alone comedy about marital crisis? Or both?
I find it difficult to rate films in and of themselves, sometimes, as I've highlighted in the past. I was wondering if you felt the same.
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Post by connor on Dec 3, 2007 5:18:09 GMT
Strangers on a Train (1951) Rear Window (1954) To Catch a Thief (1955) North by Northwest (1959) Psycho (1960) The Birds (1963)
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Post by Omar on Dec 6, 2007 21:18:36 GMT
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Post by svsg on Dec 7, 2007 1:49:38 GMT
Excellent stuff, but why did he use the same music as in N by NW?
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Post by Capo on Dec 7, 2007 3:08:25 GMT
He didn't, I don't think.
It's a great short homage, though.
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Post by Omar on Dec 7, 2007 3:23:16 GMT
He didn't, I don't think. It's a great short homage, though. I think he did actually. He sounded familiar to that film, and I think they credit it in the closing credits.
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Post by Capo on Dec 7, 2007 3:27:24 GMT
Really? Hmm, the opening credits struck me as similar to North by Northwest (turquoise background, diagonal typeface), and the music was similar, but Herrmann's score is very distinctive.
My bad, I suppose, though.
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Post by RNL on Dec 8, 2007 2:56:56 GMT
wetdog, an interesting (to me) notion has arisen: are you rating Mr. And Mrs. Smith so low out of it being a Hitchcock film, or as a stand-alone comedy about marital crisis? Or both? That's a tough question to answer... I know I never would've watched it if it weren't a Hitchcock film - but then, that itself is because its intrinsic qualities are of such little merit, and it therefore has developed no reputation outside of the context of Hitchcock's other films. But I've upped the rating a little, since I didn't really dislike it, it was just flat and unremarkable.
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Post by RNL on Dec 8, 2007 2:57:28 GMT
That is cool. He had me completely fooled.
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Post by seyfried on Apr 21, 2008 18:37:38 GMT
I'm having a tough time writing the Rear Window analysis, five minutes into the film its already does things that Boz wouldn't even begin to the believe. I'm also having an even tougher time picking between him and Lynch. Yikes. Perhaps I can use this section as some sort of an auxiliary - if anybody is willing. Mind you, I'd agree with Capo (that beyond the cinematic techniques...) that "human conflict/[intuition]" is his best attribute. Although, I've always seen Birds as an allegory regarding sexual incompetence regarding the human race. And his most underrated, Marnie aside. Just for the hell of it: 1. Vertigo 2. Rear Window 3. Marnie 4. Psycho 5. The Birds 6. Notorious 7. Rebecca 8. The Trouble with Harry 9. Strangers on a Train 10. North by Northwest
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Post by svsg on Apr 21, 2008 18:58:45 GMT
Although, I've always seen Birds as an allegory regarding sexual incompetence regarding the human race. Please explain ;D
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Post by seyfried on Apr 21, 2008 19:31:59 GMT
Firstly, the Hedren-Hit cock relationship was always a malady. Production team members recount how Hedren had live birds attached for hours on end to shoot some of the scenes; Alfred wasn't shy in his "revolt". Many liberal Hitchcock biographers use Psycho as the turning point for Alfred's feminine mistrust, alluding the shower scene as the final mistrust...the hands of rape eventually releasing the anger of what was years and years of feminine control. Some of it is verifiable in the subsequent milieu or texture of the post-Psycho work where female characters are relinquished of various extended control that were present in his earlier films. A reversal of the femme fatale.
In many ways, I can see the earlier portions of Birds as unfettered chicanery: the female is in a state of total disregard of the Symbolic Order, eventually doomed to be attacked by the Big Other. In other words, the mOther attacking the copulating misfits. Or in another light: Hitchcock revolting a la Psycho-rape style against the misappreciated inhibitions of his beautiful lead. The "song bird" used to further coerce Mitch into flirtatious foreplay works well with the ecological revolt interpretation, but could be just as easily read as further disregard for the natural order. And it is upon her return that a lone bird "attacks", as well .
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Post by Michael on Oct 24, 2008 8:45:33 GMT
1. Psycho (1960) **** 2. Vertigo (1958) *** 3. Rear Window (1954) *** 4. North by Northwest (1959)
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Post by Anasazie on Oct 24, 2008 10:02:18 GMT
1. Shadow of a Doubt (1943) 8/10 2. Rear Window (1954) 8/10 3. Sabotage (1936) 7/10 4. Vertigo (1958) 7/10 5. Notorious (1946) 6.5/10 6. Rebecca (1940) 6/10 7. The Lodger (1927) 6/10 8. Psycho (1960) 6/10 9. The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934) 6/10 10. Frenzy (1972) 6/10 11. Downhill (1927) 6/10 12. Strangers on a Train (1951) 5/10 13. The 39 Steps (1935) 5/10 14. Dial M for Murder (1954) 5/10 15. The Lady Vanishes (1938) 5/10 16. The Secret Agent (1936) 3/10 17. The Birds (1963) 3/10 18. North by Northwest (1959) 3/10
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Post by quentincompson on Oct 31, 2008 17:32:24 GMT
1.Vertigo 7/10 2.Shadow of a Doubt 7/10 3.Rear Window 7/10 4.Notorious 7/10 5.Psycho 6/10 6.Rebecca 6/10 7.The 39 Steps 5/10 8.North by Northwest 5/10
Seen but can't rate: Rope(1948) To Catch a Thief(1955) The Birds(1963) Suspicion(1941)
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Post by svsg on Oct 31, 2008 17:38:00 GMT
Netflix has a lot of his movies on instant play. I was planning to watch Marnie that way, but it seems to be pretty poorly rated here. Any way, I'll be getting Rope on DVD soon.
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