Mine are- in this order...
1. PSYCHO (1960) of course.
2. the BIRDS (1963)
3. NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959) It's just so entertaining. It's like Bond without Bond. If they had started the Bond movies in the 50's, Cary Grant would have been perfect.
So what are yours?
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1. VERTIGO (of course :wink:)
2. NORTH BY NORTHWEST. Just super-entertaining, classic suspense filmmaking.
3. So many possibilities for the third spot. I think I'd go with THE BIRDS, although ROPE, SPELLBOUND, REAR WINDOW or PSYCHO could all take this spot.
Psycho
The Birds
Vertigo.
Honorable mentions:
The Man Who Knew Bugger All :wink:
Under Capricorn
Torn Curtain
North By Northwest
Frenzy
Marnie.
We have footage in the archives of him coming here in 1956 to do a location scout for a film.
REAR WINDOW
VERTIGO
SHADOW OF A DOUBT
Of course, PSYCHO is a contender for any spot, yet... since it's "favorites".
1. Vertigo
2. Dial M. For Murder
3. The Manxman
this is an impossible task... but gun to my head
1 Psycho
2 North by Northwest
3 Notorious
very close: The 39 Steps, The Birds, Strangers on a Train
North by Northwest & Rear Window for spots 1 & 2. The last is a tossup between Dial M & The Man who Knew Too Much.
Quote from: pacman000 on March 02, 2021, 02:12:57 PM
The Man who Knew Too Much.
Which version?
I prefer the 1934 version- just because of Peter Lorre.
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The Birds.
Psycho.
Vertigo.
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Quote from: pacman000 on March 02, 2021, 02:12:57 PM
The Man who Knew Too Much.
Which version?
I prefer the 1934 version- just because of Peter Lorre.
Haven't seen the '34 version yet. Hitchcock considered the later version better, but most critics prefer the earlier. (Going by memory.)
The first two are definite. #3 is a touch call. But here we go:
1. North by Northwest
2. Notorious!
3. Frenzy
#3 easily could have been Psycho, The Birds, Dial M for Murder or The Man Who Knew Too Much (Stewart/Day).
well North By Northwest (1959) is an utter masterpiece of a film if i ever saw one it's a totally perfect film and it's i think his best.
i dunno about my top 5 to be honest there's so many the man who knew too much (1934) for me anyways i find it to be a pretty boring film actually i prefer the remake with Jimmy Stewart And Doris Day.
Vertigo (1958) would be one, Notorious (1946) there are some of his i haven't seen in years but i also love Mr. and Mrs. Smith (1941)
Rebecca (1940) i dunno i can't just pick 5 well counting those i just did apparently but those are ones that just popped into my head but i can't say those 5 would stay my top 5 those are just ones i just happen to love
Rear Window, The Birds, and Vertigo.
Rear Window (1954) has never been among my favorites at all it's not a bad movie by any means but i just don't care for it even when i first saw it in the 90's. and even less now because you see tv shows or movies do the same exact storyline as Rear Window (1954) such as Castle (2009-2016) where Rick had a broken leg and the gang put on a fake murder just like Rear Window (1954)
or another one that is used far too much is the plot line of one of my favorites Strangers on the train (1951) the film is brilliant but the storyline with 2 guys meeting on a train and complain about someone that drives them nuts.... has been done to death on tv i think
I never cared for the Birds either (1963) i've seen it numerous times as a matter of fact but it's not among my favorites and if i recall it was an early use of the green screen as well. i dunno what the 1st film used a green screen to be honest but Hitch used one for The Birds (1963)
Quote from: pennywise37 on March 13, 2021, 10:17:41 PM
Rear Window (1954) has never been among my favorites at all it's not a bad movie by any means but i just don't care for it even when i first saw it in the 90's. and even less now because you see tv shows or movies do the same exact storyline as Rear Window (1954) such as Castle (2009-2016) where
Rick had a broken leg and the gang put on a fake murder just like Rear Window (1954) ...
"Fake murder?" There's no "fake murder" in
REAR WINDOW. If you mean some TV show fake murder a la Rear Window... uh, okay. But how is that the story-line being repeated?
no not in the film no but on the show Castle you misread that
Quote from: pennywise37 on March 13, 2021, 11:14:19 PM
no not in the film no but on the show Castle you misread that
Quote from: pennywise37 on March 13, 2021, 11:14:19 PM
...and even less now because you see tv shows or movies do the same exact storyline as Rear Window (1954) such as Castle (2009-2016) where
Rick had a broken leg and the gang put on a fake murder just like Rear Window (1954) ...
Quote from: Allhallowsday on March 13, 2021, 11:07:25 PM
Quote from: pennywise37 on March 13, 2021, 10:17:41 PM
Rear Window (1954) has never been among my favorites at all it's not a bad movie by any means but i just don't care for it even when i first saw it in the 90's. and even less now because you see tv shows or movies do the same exact storyline as Rear Window (1954) such as Castle (2009-2016) where
Rick had a broken leg and the gang put on a fake murder just like Rear Window (1954) ...
"Fake murder?" There's no "fake murder" in REAR WINDOW. If you mean some TV show fake murder a la Rear Window... uh, okay. But how is that the story-line being repeated?
No, you misread THAT. :teddyr:
I'm surprised how little love is given to the BIRDS.
It makes no real sense of why the birds go apes s**t, and doesn't make any real point. Except to make you real scared of birds.
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than i misread it no biggie :teddyr:
Quote from: pennywise37 on March 14, 2021, 06:39:54 PM
than i misread it no biggie :teddyr:
Right. No answer. No sense. No biggie.
I'm suddenly reminded of this article from over two decades ago:
"Master of imperfection" (https://www.salon.com/1999/08/13/hitchcock_endings/)
QuoteHitchcock may have been a master of many things, but his goofy endings were like a dead cockroach found at the bottom of a near-perfect cinematic sundae.
funny that someone posted about hitch today because i was just looking up the list of his lost films if you count the ones that are partially found there's 17 of them that are lost are partly found in all. some are ones he directed and the rest are ones he did before he became a director in fact some of them are ones he had written
Psycho, Rope & Rear Window.
Vertigo is a very close 4th.
They change from time to time... last time I did a Hitchcock marathon I found some of his later stuff surprisingly enjoyable. I'm talking about "Topaz", "Frenzy" and "Family Plot". Either they are very underrated ("Topaz" especially) or I was just happy to see some Hitch I didn't know by the numbers.
those are all good man i enjoy the hell out of them. as far as i know i think Psycho (1960) was his last huge Success cause after that he did flop after flop i dunno why other than "The Birds (1963) which has never been a favorite of mine the rest of them are great films i think. but just cause he had a lot of flops in his later years doesn't mean the films are bad either. i haven't seen Family Plot (1976) sheesh in years i don't think.
what i'm curious to know is he actually did some shooting for a film i think it was just location footage i can't remember if he had actually started filming or not but it was in (1979) in i believe new york city i wonder if that footage still even exists?
Quote from: A_Dubya on April 25, 2021, 02:08:14 AM
Psycho, Rope & Rear Window.
Vertigo is a very close 4th.
I'm glad there's some love for
Rope here.
I'll go with:
Rope
Vertigo
Strangers On A Train
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Quote from: A_Dubya on April 25, 2021, 02:08:14 AM
Psycho, Rope & Rear Window.
Vertigo is a very close 4th.
I'm glad there's some love for Rope here.
I'll go with: Rope Vertigo Strangers On A Train
STRANGERS ON A TRAIN is one of his finest films.
oh i love Rope (1948) Both Jimmy Stewart and Hitchcock both considered that an utter failure but i disagree with the both of them, also TCM is gonna be having i think 2 morrow night or was it today? i forget which a 24 hr marathon of Hitch's movies