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jason statham
07-28-2004, 03:52 AM
first of all, i would like to ask how many movies of hitcock have you seen, and what all are your fav.

Trinity
07-28-2004, 04:19 AM
Seen 20, and my faves are:

Rebecca
Notorious
North by Northwest
Mr. and Mrs. Smith

Ted Pikul
07-28-2004, 07:07 AM
Hitchcock only directed one dud (Under Capricorn) so they're all worth watching.

My favourite however is Vertigo where Hitch devised the shot which Spielberg nicked years later to make his name with Jaws.

Hannibal21
07-28-2004, 09:38 AM
1. Vertigo - 10/10
2. Rebecca - 10/10
3. Psycho - 10/10
4. Notorious - 10/10
5. Shadow of a Doubt - 10/10
6. Strangers on a Train - 10/10
7. Marnie - 10/10
8. Spellbound - 9/10
9. Rear Window - 9/10
10. The Birds - 9/10

11. Lifeboat - 9/10
12. North by Northwest - 9/10
13. The Wrong Man - 9/10
14. Rope - 9/10
15. The 39 Steps - 9/10
16. Frenzy - 9/10
17. The Man Who Knew Too Much - 8.5/10
18. The Paradine Case - 8/10
19. Saboteur - 8/10
20. Foreign Correspondent - 8/10
21. I Confess - 7/10
22. Suspicion - 7/10
23. Dial M for Murder - 7/10
24. To Catch a Thief - 7/10
25. The Lady Vanishes - 7/10
26. The Trouble with Harry - 7/10
27. Family Plot - 7/10
28. Stage Fright - 6/10
29. Under Capricorn - 5/10

BorderEevilIII
07-28-2004, 12:05 PM
http://course1.winona.msus.edu/pjohnson/images/rearwindow3.jpg

Rear Window is my personal fave. I still enjoy The Birds now and then. North By Northwest is a pretty good flick too also.

Indy in IN
07-28-2004, 04:57 PM
I've seen a whole 12.


1. North By Northwest - 10/10
2. The Birds - 10/10
3. Vertigo - 10/10
4. Rear Window - 10/10
5. Psycho - 10/10

Avid_Fan
07-28-2004, 05:31 PM
I've seen a whole 9.

Yes, a whopping 9!

Count 'em again folks. 9!

1. Rear Window 10/10
2. Notorious 10/10
3. North By Northwest 9/10
4. Lifeboat 9/10
5. Vertigo 8/10
6.The 39 Steps 8/10
7. Psycho 8/10
8. Rebecca 6/10
9. The Birds 5/10


It will be 10 soon, when I see Spellbound.

Rick-James
07-28-2004, 06:35 PM
North by Northwest
Psycho
Rope

Raging Bull080
07-30-2004, 06:15 PM
Rear Window

ColinM
07-30-2004, 07:00 PM
http://www.mheine.com/jpeg/hitchcock.jpeg

Alfred Hitchcock Movies
1) Rear Window (10/10)
2) Vertigo (9/10)
3) Notorious (9/10)
4) Psycho (8/10)
5) Rope (8/10)
6) Rebecca (8/10)
7) Strangers on a Train (8/10)
8) The 39 Steps (7.5/10)
9) Spellbound (7.5/10)
10) Lifeboat (7.5/10)
11) North by Northwest (7.5/10)
12) Shadow of a Doubt (7/10)
13) The Birds (6.5/10)
14) Suspicion (6.5/10)
15) The Paradine Case (5/10)

Gets my vote for best director of all-time.

jmcpher_007
07-30-2004, 11:03 PM
Notorious
Rear Window
Vertigo

Have probably seen around 20 of his films.

fevers
07-31-2004, 12:37 AM
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1. The 39 Steps - 10/10
2. Notorious - 10/10
3. North By Northwest - 9/10
4. Spellbound - 9/10
5. Rear Window - 9/10
6. Psycho - 9/10
7. Vertigo - 8/10
8. Rope - 7/10
9. The Birds - 7/10
10. Rebecca - 6/10

bjeggert82
07-31-2004, 08:36 AM
These are the ones I own on DVD...

The 39 Steps.... 10/10
The Birds .......9/10
Foreign Correspondent ..... 9/10
The Lady Vanishes......10/10
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) ......9/10
North by Northwest........10/10
Notorious.....10/10
Psycho.......9/10
Rear Window ........10/10
Rebecca.......10/10
Rope .....9/10
Shadow of a Doubt ..... 9/10
Sobotage........9/10
Spellbound.......10/10
Strangers on a Train.....10/10
To Catch a Thief....... 9/10
Vertigo.......10/10

I've seen many others, but these are my favorites.

Kidsilk
07-31-2004, 08:40 AM
I haven't nearly as many as I would like.

Top 3 of the dozen I have seen:

1. Psycho

2. Rear Window

3. Dial 'M' for Murder

bigred760
08-04-2004, 11:40 AM
I've seen:

Psycho
The Birds
North by Northwest
Vertigo
Spellbound
Rope
Rear Window
Torn Curtain
Shadow of a Doubt
Dial 'M' for Murder

with my favorite being Psycho

ANavissi500
08-06-2004, 03:31 PM
I have seen 6. This is my order.

Psycho - 9/10
Vertigo - 9/10
Rear Window - 9/10
To Catch A Thief - 8/10
Notorious - 7/10
The Birds - no rating

Ripper1888
08-07-2004, 05:49 PM
I've seen 53 of Hitchcock's films

My favs being

Pyscho
Rebecca
Rear Window
Vertigo
Rope
Strangers On A Train
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
North By Nortwest
Spellbound
Notorious

Mick
08-08-2004, 04:13 PM
Think I've seen 17.

Favourites:

1. Rear Window
2. North By Northwest
3. Shadow Of A Doubt
4. Dial M For Murder
5. Vertigo

There's about a dozen of his films I'd rate 9/10 or higher. Fuckin' A, man...

distorto25
08-10-2004, 01:56 AM
1. Rear Window
2. Vertigo
3. Psycho
4. Strangers on a Train
5. Notorious

North by Northwest, Rope, and The Birds are also quite good.

iDLEWiLD_fan
08-13-2004, 06:12 PM
i've seen loads cant be bothered counting...sorry

but in no order i like:

Rear Window

Frenzy

Strangers On A Train

The Birds

Psycho

Vertigo

To Catch A Thief

Rope

Notorious

Suspicion

Dial M For Murder

The Lodger

Torn Curtains

The Man Who Knew Too Much

North By Northwest

...theres others but thats what springs to mind

dannywalker17
08-15-2004, 07:57 PM
I've seen 12.

1. Spellbound (10/10)
2. Vertigo (10/10)
3. Psycho (10/10)
4. North by Northwest (9/10)
5. Rear Window (9/10)
6. Strangers on a Train (9/10)
7. Dial M for Murder (9/10)
8. Notorious (8/10)
9. Shadow of a Doubt (8/10)
10. Rope (8/10)
11. Marnie (7/10)
12. Torn Curtain (6/10)

I really need to see Rebecca, The 39 Steps, Suspicion, Sabotage, The Man Who Knew Too Much, The Lady Vanishes, To Catch a Thief, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Lifeboat, The Wrong Man, and The Birds.

bankholdup
08-20-2004, 10:49 PM
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1. North By Northwest (1959) - 9/10
2. Rear Window (1954) - 9/10
3. Psycho (1960) - 9/10
4. The Lady Vanishes (1938) - 9/10
5. Rebecca (1940) - 9/10
6. Notorious (1946) - 9/10
7. Strangers On A Train (1951) - 9/10
8. Shadow Of A Doubt (1943) - 8.5/10
9. Dial M For Murder (1954) - 8/10
10. Rope (1948) - 8/10
11. The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) - 8/10
12. The Trouble With Harry (1955) - 8/10
13. To Catch A Thief (1955) - 8/10
14. Saboteur (1942) - 7.5/10
15. Spellbound (1945) - 7.5/10
16. Sabotage (1936) – 7/10
17. The Birds (1963) - 6/10
18. Vertigo (1958) - 6/10
19. Marnie (1964) – 5/10

Hannibal21
08-21-2004, 04:54 PM
Originally posted by bankholdup
and another viewing of Vertigo couldn't hurt.

Today was the perfect day to see Vertigo again, seeing as how it was playing on TCM. Did you re-watch it, banky? ;)

bankholdup
08-21-2004, 05:31 PM
Originally posted by Hannibal21
Today was the perfect day to see Vertigo again, seeing as how it was playing on TCM. Did you re-watch it, banky? ;)

Ya know, if I had woken up about 20 minutes earlier, I would have. I saw it was on, but felt that if I'm going to watch it again, it should be the whole way through. I saw that you caught it though, and now put it above Rebecca. Let me tell ya too, I was pleasantly surprised by Rebecca. Didn't think I was going to like it, but I certainly did. A strange this is the way I feel about Hitch. I've sometimes called his films "overrated", but I've only given 1 (out of a pathetic 9) a "thumbs down" rating. Next up would be a 7.5, which isn't a bad rating, for Notorious. I guess I just didn't realize that I'm actually a Hitch fan, who hasn't seen enough of his stuff.

Hannibal21
08-21-2004, 08:06 PM
Originally posted by bankholdup
A strange this is the way I feel about Hitch. I've sometimes called his films "overrated", but I've only given 1 (out of a pathetic 9) a "thumbs down" rating. Next up would be a 7.5, which isn't a bad rating, for Notorious. I guess I just didn't realize that I'm actually a Hitch fan, who hasn't seen enough of his stuff.

I used to feel the exact same way about Kubrick. I have constantly called his films overrated before, until I realized that none of his films I give below an 8. Some of his films I have since re-watched and came to adore (Dr. Strangelove, Eyes Wide Shut), and some I just love unconditionally, but I don't hate or even so much as 'dislike' any of his films. It took me a while for me to realize that I'm actually a huge fan of the man, despite what I may have said about him in the past. Glad to hear that you liked Rebecca, btw. :)

wyodebbie
08-22-2004, 11:29 AM
Seen 12 and my fav is "Rear Window"

ANavissi500
08-22-2004, 03:38 PM
*edit* - just saw North by Northwest and that has become my favorite

Jim H
08-22-2004, 08:30 PM
You're saying NINE is pathetic.... I've only seen 4. :(

I've seen The Birds, Rear Window, North by Northwest and Dial M For Murder. My favorite is Rear Window (10/10) and my least favorite is The Birds (7/10). The Birds I'll probably rewatch, as I saw it like 10 years ago and don't have a good memory of it.

There are a number of Hitchcock films I really want to see, but haven't gotten to for whatever reason... Psycho is #1 on that list, along with Rope, Strangers on a Train, Vertigo, Man Who Knew Too Much, The Wrong Man, Torn Curtain... And a number of others... I wish they showed them on TV more often.

bankholdup
08-22-2004, 09:11 PM
edit.

bluesbrother965
08-23-2004, 11:54 AM
I've seen around 15 of them, can't think of exactly how many off the top of my head. My favorites are as follows:

1. Vertigo
2. Psycho
3. North By Northwest
4. Rear Window
5. Shadow Of A Doubt

Avid_Fan
08-23-2004, 03:17 PM
Update.

1. Rear Window 10/10
2. Rope 10/10
3. Notorious 10/10
4. North By Northwest 9/10
5. Lifeboat 9/10
6. Vertigo 8/10
7.The 39 Steps 7/10
8. Spellbound 7/10
9. Psycho 7/10
10. Rebecca 5/10
11. The Birds 5/10

bankholdup
02-21-2006, 02:05 AM
Just watched Rope, so...BUMP.

Buck Turgidson
02-21-2006, 03:40 AM
Rebecca ***½
Foreign Correspondent ***
Suspicion ***
Shadow of a Doubt ***
Spellbound ***
Notorious ****
The Paradine Case**
Rope **
Rear Window **½
To Catch a Thief **
The Man Who Knew Too Much **
The Wrong Man ***
Vertigo **
North By Northwest ***
Psycho **
Marnie **½
Torn Curtain **
Frenzy **½

I'm on record here as preferring his earlier work, for a number of reasons. He eventually overrelied on a now badly dated and shallow brand of pop psychology, his color films just don't look good, they're far too garish and his mechnical style really begins to grate as time goes along. He's clearly bored with it all and that shows too much of the time.

He relies too much on gimmicks and just general empty, shopworn techniques (like the way he kept on using back projected film when people were in cars, long after it was necessary.) It just bespeaks an apathy about presenting a real story and a willingness on his part to just toss any old shit up on the screen that I find irksome and rather beneath a man of his talents.

raging_bull
02-21-2006, 12:49 PM
I'm not the biggest Hitchcock fan, but my favorites are:
North By Northwest 8/10
Psycho 10/10

Psycho is one of my all time favorites. If it wasn't for that I probably wouldn't watch any other Hitchcock movies at all.

dalomini
02-21-2006, 01:34 PM
Psycho, without question. In my top 10 of all time. Perkins gives a brilliant performance and it's not one of those "scary" movies where ten people have to die and there's blood and guts everywhere to make it scary, it's just a genuinely scary and well-made horror flick.

TylerDurden182
02-21-2006, 03:49 PM
I have seen 27 Hitchcock films,

TOP 10

1. Psycho
2. Notorious
3. Rebecca
4. Strangers on A Train
5. Vertigo
6. Rear Window
7. Spellbound
8. North By Northwest
9. The Lady Vanishes
10. Shadow of a Doubt

dannywalker17
02-21-2006, 06:08 PM
UPDATE

I've seen 17.


1. Spellbound (10/10)
2. Vertigo (10/10)
3. Rebecca (10/10)
4. North by Northwest (10/10)
5. Dial M for Murder (9/10)
6. Rear Window (9/10)
7. Psycho (9/10)
8. Strangers on a Train (9/10)
9. Notorious (9/10)
10. Rope (9/10)
11. Saboteur (9/10)
12. Shadow of a Doubt (8/10)
13. The Man Who Knew Too Much ’56 (8/10)
14. The 39 Steps (8/10)
15. The Lady Vanishes (7/10)
16. Marnie (7/10)
17. Torn Curtain (6/10)

The biggest one I haven't seen is The Birds. Also need to see The Wrong Man, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, To Catch a Thief, Suspicion, Sabotage, Lifeboat

ComeNightfall
02-21-2006, 10:48 PM
The Birds
Psycho
Frenzy
Rebecca
Marnie
North by Northwest
The 39 Steps
Strangers on a Train
Shadow of a Doubt
Family Plot
Dial M For Murder

My favorites are Rebecca, The Birds, Strangers on a Train, and Psycho.

Patrick Bateman
02-22-2006, 02:27 AM
Psycho
The Birds
Rear Window
Vertigo
Spellbound
Dial M for Murder
To Catch A Thief

ShaggyLpool
02-22-2006, 08:32 AM
You cant beat a bit of Frenzy.

LOVELY, LOVELY, LOVELY !!!

chinton
02-22-2006, 11:44 AM
Frenzy has one of the greatest shots ever with a certian persons murder being represented by a slow tracking shot down a staircase and out into the street.


What I find fascianting about Hitchcock that I think people who call him overrated are just clueless about is that he is one of the few directors who unapolegetically occupied both worlds. Way too many famous directors like Kubrik always seemed to give off the sense that they were better than the mainstream cinema and had to make themselves seperate from that crowd. Hitchcock, rightfully so, realized there is nothing wrong with making an entertaining movie. Yet he also realized that that ddint mean you had to treat the audience like idiots.

Good exmaples

Spoilers!!!!!!


North By Northwest

This is a film that is pure entertianment in every way. Excellent pacing with some fantastic scenes, witty and snappy dialogue and a great story.

Yet if one looks deeper youll notice some sharp critcism about intelligence agencies and the theme of the constantly shifting identity. The film so much deeper than you would think.

Psycho

This is a perfect example of a Hitchcock non mainstream mainstream film. On one hand its a well-written scary little thriller with bravua directing. Yet this film is essentially about a man who is suggested to be gay, cross dresses and kills women for his rotting corpse of a mom whom he dealy loved but killed. Does that even remotely sound mainstream. How he got away with that is astounding.


It is for this reason why Hitch is so important.


Also for someone who said that his color pictures arent as pretty theyve obviously never seen The Trouble With Harry.

Rocco84
04-19-2006, 07:52 PM
Vertigo

ThirdOuting
04-19-2006, 08:43 PM
01. Notorious
02. Dial M For Murder
03. Rear Window
04. Psycho
05. Vertigo

Monotreme
04-20-2006, 07:07 AM
1. Rear Window
2. Psycho
3. Vertigo
4. North by Northwest
5. Strangers on a Train

Honourable mentions: Rebecca, The 39 Steps, Shadow of a Doubt, The Birds.

Antonio
04-21-2006, 08:42 PM
1. PSYCHO (1960 A+
2. THE BIRDS (1963) A
3. STRANGERS ON A TRAIN (1951) A
4. REAR WINDOW (1954) A
5. VERTIGO (1958) A
6. NOTORIOUS (1946) A
7. LIFEBOAT (1944) A
8. NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959) A
9. ROPE (1948) A-
10. REBECCA (1940) B+
11. DIAL 'M' FOR MURDER (1954) B+
12. FRENZY (1972) B+
13. FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT (1940) B+
14. SABOTEUR (1942) B+
15. SUSPICION (1941) B
16. SHADOW OF A DOUBT (1943) B
17. THE LADY VANISHES (1938) B
18. THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH (1934) B
19. THE 39 STEPS (1935) B
20. TO CATCH A THIEF (1955) B
21. FAMILY PLOT (1976) B
22. STAGE FRIGHT (1950) B
23. I CONFESS (1953) B
24. THE WRONG MAN (1956) B
25. THE TROUBLE WITH HARRY (1955) B
26. SPELLBOUND (1945) B-
27. MARNIE (1964) B-

I have not seen TOPAZ or the remake of THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH.

Savage Henry
04-23-2006, 03:47 PM
I've seen 11, which is sad because I own 14.
Top 5 of the ones I've seen

Vertigo
Psycho
Rear Window
The Trouble with Harry
Shadow of a Doubt

bankholdup
08-03-2006, 02:57 PM
Just watched Saboteur, and really liked it. I popped in a burnt copy of The 39 Steps last night, got an hour in and BAM--frozen! I was loving it, too. Guess I'll have to Netflix that one.

Luckily for those who have On Demand, there is a whole section devoted to Hitchcock films, including a documentary called Hitchcocked! which premiered this year, apparently. I will be watching that shortly, and hopefully The Trouble With Harry.

tbone
08-03-2006, 03:07 PM
I have seen

The 39 Steps
Notorius
Rope
Rear Window - easily my favorite
Vertigo
North by Northwest
Pyscho

Really want to see Dial M for Murder, I Confess, Lifeboat and Strangers on a Train

scamp2005
08-06-2006, 04:48 PM
I have see about 20 or so.
My favorates are as follows:

Rear Window 10/10 One of my all time favs
Psycho 10/10 One of my all time favs
Notorious 10/10 Bergman at her best
Vertigo 9/10 I think Stewerts best
Frenzy 9/10 Hitch's darkest, Jon Finch was perfect
North By Northwest 9/10 fun fun fun
Dial M For Murder 8/10 Great chamber play
Strangers on a Train 8/10 Robert Walker: perfect psycho
Family Plot 8/10 Bruce Dern was fantastic
Marnie 7/10 Unlike The Birds Tippi Hedren was good

Catherine
08-06-2006, 06:39 PM
Has to be 'Psycho'. I get the shivers just thinking of it.




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bankholdup
08-09-2006, 12:55 PM
I am trying to re-watch some of the Hitchcock films I didn't exactly LOVE when I first saw them a few years ago. Today I watched Notorious, and bumped it up to an 8.5/10, which could easily go up upon another viewing. Up next is hopefully another rewatch of Spellbound, and Vertigo, whenever that gets here from Netflix.

blankpage
08-16-2006, 02:32 AM
I've seen around 23 of his films.

Rebecca
Notorious
Rear Window
Strangers on a Train
Shadow of a Doubt
Vertigo
Psycho
The 39 Steps
Spellbound
North by Northwest

My ten faves. But, the man's done so many other great films: Marnie, The Lady Vanishes, Dial "M" for Murder, Rope, etc.

Not a big fan of The Birds or Suspicion, and I thought Topaz was easily his worst film.

bankholdup
08-30-2006, 03:20 PM
Just caught The Man Who Knew Too Much remake on On Demand, and really dug it. That Albert Hall sequence is absolutely heartpounding.

I've got a DVD from Netflix called A Talk With Hitchcock, which is an interview from 1964. Should be an interesting watch. Anyone seen it?

I'm also a little weary about later Hitchcock films, not really sure if I want to see them. The latest of his films I've seen is The Birds (1963), which I didn't care for as much as I probably "should" have. Frenzy is the only one post-Birds that sounds intriguing, and possibly Marnie. Are the others work checking out sometime?

RandalGraves
08-30-2006, 03:43 PM
Psycho
Rear Window
North By Northwest
Vertigo
The Birds
Dial M For Murder

ParanoidAndvoid
09-08-2006, 05:31 AM
Rear Window
Notorious
The Lady Vanishes
Rebecca
Psycho

leprechaun
09-08-2006, 11:27 AM
1. Rear Window
2. Vertigo

I like The Birds, but it scared the crap out of me when I was a kid.

Le_Big_Mac
01-28-2007, 06:28 PM
From best to worst:

1. The Lady Vanishes
2. Psycho
3. Strangers on a Train
4. North By Northwest
5. The Man Who Knew Too Much
6. The Birds
7. Rear Window
8. Saboteur
9. Marnie

I've got many yet to see.

DrJellyfingers
02-05-2007, 01:41 PM
here are the ones I've seen in order of fav to least fav

Psycho
Vertigo
The Birds
North By Northwest
Shadow of a Doubt
Rear Window
Rope
Strangers on a Train
Family Plot
Lifeboat
Frenzy

don't really remember Rebecca but i watched it in high school.

Terror Australis
02-05-2007, 08:52 PM
For me its...

Psycho
The Birds
Vertigo
Rear Window

AngelEyes
04-21-2007, 03:07 PM
One of my 5 favorite directors..
seen 22 of the master's movies.

top 10 are:

01. Vertigo 10/10
02. Psycho 10/10
03. Rear Window 9/10
04. North by Northwest 8/10
05. The Man Who Knew Too Much ('56) 8/10
06. Rope 8/10
07. Rebecca 8/10
08. The Wrong Man 7/10
09. Dial M For Murder 7/10
10. Saboteur 7/10

Vertigo gets better for every watch..and Psycho is closely second. Rear Window is near to lose its place to North by Northwest now. Need to rewatch them to make the judge.

Cronos
04-21-2007, 03:15 PM
good director but far from great

1. Rope - 9/10
2. Psycho - 9/10
3. North By Northwest - 8/10
4. The Birds - 7/10

Bonham
04-21-2007, 04:07 PM
Rear Window
Rope
Notorious
The Lady Vanishes
39 Steps
Psycho

Hominid
04-21-2007, 04:15 PM
Psycho

redorblue01
04-21-2007, 05:10 PM
Originally posted by Cronos
good director but far from great

lawl.

Cronos
04-21-2007, 05:21 PM
Originally posted by redorblue01
lawl.
sigh

redorblue01
04-21-2007, 05:36 PM
Originally posted by Cronos
rawfl

rawflamayo.

Castro
04-21-2007, 06:36 PM
1. Psycho
2. Vertigo
3. Rear Window
4. North by Northwest

Still have to see all his other movies, except The Man Who Knew Too Much (the remake), but that one doesn't belong on this list (it was good, but not great).

Buck Turgidson
03-27-2008, 12:15 AM
I'm on record here as preferring his earlier work, for a number of reasons. He eventually overrelied on a now badly dated and shallow brand of pop psychology, his color films just don't look good, they're far too garish and his mechnical style really begins to grate as time goes along. He's clearly bored with it all and that shows too much of the time.

He relies too much on gimmicks and just general empty, shopworn techniques (like the way he kept on using back projected film when people were in cars, long after it was necessary.) It just bespeaks an apathy about presenting a real story and a willingness on his part to just toss any old shit up on the screen that I find irksome and rather beneath a man of his talents.

I still largely agree with that. However...I must go on record now and confess, freely and unreservedly, that after watching it on TCM a week or two ago, I have upgraded Vertigo, signifigantly.

Earlier I gave it two stars. Now, I would double that and put it beside, if not a bit above, North By Northwest and Rear Window among the later color films.

The particulars:

The suspense builds far better than I remembered. The whole sequence between when Scotty takes the assignment and when he fishes her out of the Bay, is really sublime and perfectly paced. Hermann's music (which I didn't really know or appreciate the last time I saw this, which was, candidly, some time ago) is really a key player in the ratcheting up of the pressure.

There is also the fact that the resored version of the film looks far, far nicer than it did before. TCM showed a phenominally gorgeous print in which the colors were just bold enough to convey the emotional impact and just subtle enough to hold it in check.

I have much more regard for Stewart's talent than I used to. I've always liked him, and my favorite performance of his remains Paul Biegler, the sly "Old country lawyer" on the UP of Michigan in Premminger's brilliant Anatomy of a Murder, but I had always felt that was a bit of an anomaly. That he was content to coast on his considerable screen presence and charm. After seeing his Westerns with Anthony Mann over the last few years, I've concluded that he had more depth than I realized, and that he was more willing to reach for it when he needed to. His performance here is on a par with all of those.

I still think the dream sequence looks a little like something out of a Warner Bros. cartoon (I half expected to see Yosemite Sam come out and start blastin' varmints), but the rest of this works really well.

I've given this movie a raw deal in the past. I acknowledge that and offer an apology to all of it's fans, my friend Han21 most of all.

hoojib127
03-27-2008, 08:22 AM
I've never gotten all the love movie buffs have given "Vertigo"; apart from its title and dream sequences, it seems pretty standard Hitchcock to me. Plus, I've never really been able to buy Jimmy Stewart trying to be an obsessive creep. While I admire its craft (as with all Hitchcock films), this one doesn't even make my Hitchcock top 10.

Le_Big_Mac
03-27-2008, 08:20 PM
Update:

1. Psycho
2. North by Northwest
3. The Lady Vanishes
4. Vertigo
5. Strangers on a Train
6. Shadow of a Doubt
7. Rear Window
8. Marnie
9. Rebecca
10. Suspicion

Orson-Cockart
03-27-2008, 08:49 PM
1.Vertigo
2.Notorious
3.Rear Window
4.To Catch a Thief
5.North by Northwest
6.The Birds
7.Psycho
8.Spellbound
9.Strangers on a Train
10.Rebecca

Powerslave
03-27-2008, 11:18 PM
1. Rear Window
2. Strangers on a Train
3. Psycho
4. Vertigo
5. North by Northwest
6. Notorious

These are the standouts, from what I've seen.

Out and About
03-28-2008, 09:18 PM
I need to see more Hitchcock - that much is certain.

Of the few I have seen, my favorite has always been Rope (8/10).

darknite125
04-13-2008, 09:12 PM
Vertigo
Psycho
Rear Window
North by Northwest
Dial M for Murder
Rebecca
The Birds
Marnie
Topaz
Rope
The Man Who Knew Too Much

QUENTIN
04-14-2008, 03:12 PM
1.) Vertigo -10/10
2.) Notorious -10/10
3.) Strangers on A Train -9/10
4.) Rear Window -9/10
5.) Rope -9/10
6.) Lifeboat -8/10
7.) Frenzy -8/10
8.) Psycho -8/10
9.) Shadow of A Doubt -8/10
10.) North by Northwest -8/10

solidstealth
04-17-2008, 01:27 AM
i need to watch some more hitchcock as i've only seen a handful... that said, rear window is the shiznit

bus
05-17-2008, 03:49 AM
vertigo just seen it what a disapointment please tell me why i should fell differtialntly