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[SilentDawn]

Originally Posted by CoopFilm

It's the opposite for me. I tend not to like his films and can't pick many to recommend, but I do love the above two so it's easy for me to include them

I am frightened right now.

I absolutely love Hitchcock, my top 5 works include:

1. Psycho
2. Vertigo
3. Shadow of a Doubt
4. Rear Window
5. Rebecca

[retablo]

Originally Posted by andyk69

Hi, I have a question for Criterion fans, if you have to choose your ultimate 3 Hitchcock movies, which ones would you pick? ( they don't have to be a criterion title )

Thanks!

Psycho
Rear Window
Vertigo

[14728]

Wonder why it's being held back. Anyone know anything?

[jayembee]

Originally Posted by ZoetMB

I doubt it's true. The current releases of IAMMMMW are fine.

I saw this film in (single projector) Cinerama in its original release when I was in junior high school. There was much about it that I loved, but in the end I simply didn't find it all that funny. And I find it far less funny today - far less funny than the average bad sitcom. When it's been on TV, I find that it doesn't keep my attention.

It's great because of who is in it and because some of the cameos were by stars who were already at the very end of their careers and we were unlikely to see them again.

I also think it's absurd to pretend that one can replicate the feeling of Cinerama, even single projector Cinerama (Ultra Panavision), at home.

You're not alone. I loved this when I saw this as a kid back in the 60s. Hadn't seen it in a long time, and picked it up on LD in the 90s, and found that while there are moments of inspired hilarity, a lot of it falls flat.

[Cocophone]

Originally Posted by 14728

Wonder why it's being held back. Anyone know anything?

Columbus Day Holiday


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"Why am I me and why not you? Why am I here and why not there? When did time begin and where does space end?" - Wings of Desire

[Abdrewes]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

Brian De Palma does have a Hitchcock-esque aesthetic in many of his films that I've seen. My favorite De Palma film, Blow Out, is like a slightly more nihilistic version of a Hitchcock tale.

I like to think of Blow Out as a descendant of Blow Up & The Conversation. But I can definitely see the Hitchcock comparisons.

[Hawkguy]

Originally Posted by Abdrewes

I have a feeling you will like DePalma more than Hitchcock once you venture through his works

I think so as well

[14728]

Originally Posted by Cocophone

Columbus Day Holiday


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"Why am I me and why not you? Why am I here and why not there? When did time begin and where does space end?" - Wings of Desire

Thanks

[The Great Owl]

Originally Posted by 14728

Wonder why it's being held back. Anyone know anything?

I think that, since Eyes Without a Face was released today, everyone over at Criterion is still reeling from the sheer awesomeness. Can't say that I blame them.

I purchased Eyes Without a Face today, as I posted earlier, but I'm going to wait until this weekend to watch it when I've got some relaxation time and am not tired from work.

[Abdrewes]

Originally Posted by CoopFilm

I think so as well

I might as well admit that I like DePalma more than Hitchcock...

[Edward J Grug III]

Hrmm, Top three Hitchcock films. I think this changed for me fairly recently (my wife and I have worked through most of his available catalogue several times, but most recently for the first time in high def, and that has been AMAZING)

North By Northwest
Shadow of a Doubt
Dial M for Murder

The third slot is a little harder to fill. Vertigo has grown a lot in my estimation recently. (I used to find the last third a little too much?)

Rear Window and Rope are both tremendous films, of course. Rope used to be my second favourite. Dial M is one I have seen least, and Rope is probably the Hitchcock I've seen most... Anyway, I expect the order to move around again in the future.

I also love Torn Curtain more than most.

[blkhrt]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

Here's the big Criterion announcement for October 15...

I just picked up Eyes Without a Face from Barnes & Noble for $26.

No, the big announcement for October 15 is that I picked up I Married a Witch for $8, thanks to some random free points from Sears of all places.

[blkhrt]

Originally Posted by andyk69

Hi, I have a question for Criterion fans, if you have to choose your ultimate 3 Hitchcock movies, which ones would you pick? ( they don't have to be a criterion title )

Thanks!

That's a tough one, but I will go with...

Shadow of a Doubt (because it is great in every way)
Rear Window (not only is it great, but the scene where Grace Kelly walks into the room in her green dress...yowza!)
Vertigo (because why not?)

[30hertzrumble]

Originally Posted by andyk69

Hi, I have a question for Criterion fans, if you have to choose your ultimate 3 Hitchcock movies, which ones would you pick? ( they don't have to be a criterion title )

Thanks!

Vertigo
Notorious

...and then...

Lady Vanishes or Dial M for Murder or Read Window depending on my mood!

[hoytereden]

Originally Posted by jayembee

You're not alone. I loved this when I saw this as a kid back in the 60s. Hadn't seen it in a long time, and picked it up on LD in the 90s, and found that while there are moments of inspired hilarity, a lot of it falls flat.

Originally Posted by ZoetMB

I doubt it's true. The current releases of IAMMMMW are fine.

I saw this film in (single projector) Cinerama in its original release when I was in junior high school. There was much about it that I loved, but in the end I simply didn't find it all that funny. And I find it far less funny today - far less funny than the average bad sitcom. When it's been on TV, I find that it doesn't keep my attention.

It's great because of who is in it and because some of the cameos were by stars who were already at the very end of their careers and we were unlikely to see them again.

I also think it's absurd to pretend that one can replicate the feeling of Cinerama, even single projector Cinerama (Ultra Panavision), at home.

It's a prime example of "let's do the biggest, funniest, comedy ever!" and then proceed to do the big; but not the funny. It's a great film to spot the cameo just as Around the World in Eighty Days was but beyond that.... Example:I've read where people just go on and on about Jonathan Winters going berserk scene and that it's one of the funniest scenes ever and I just find it to be forced and, frankly, anything but funny. It made me wonder just what a real physical comic could have done with it-Keaton for example. Maybe the worst thing the film did was spawn a whole bunch of wannabes like The Great Race (don't get me started on the pie fight-another biggest, funniest)

[Tin Drum]

North by Northwest (has it all, IMO)
Strangers on a Train
The Lady Vanishes

[Scottie]

I just finished Pickpocket and I thought that it was just alright. Had it not been for the five minutes of hilarious pickpocketing going on midway through the film, I don't think that I would have enjoyed it the little bit that I did.

[retablo]

Originally Posted by ZoetMB

I doubt it's true. The current releases of IAMMMMW are fine.

I saw this film in (single projector) Cinerama in its original release when I was in junior high school. There was much about it that I loved, but in the end I simply didn't find it all that funny. And I find it far less funny today - far less funny than the average bad sitcom. When it's been on TV, I find that it doesn't keep my attention.

It's great because of who is in it and because some of the cameos were by stars who were already at the very end of their careers and we were unlikely to see them again.

I also think it's absurd to pretend that one can replicate the feeling of Cinerama, even single projector Cinerama (Ultra Panavision), at home.

It's true. There have been web reports by people involved doing extras for the release (specifically, a map of all the locations in the film). "When asked if there's anything else he might add, Dave said, "Criterion has hired me to create a map of locations for their box set release of this movie."

http://www.cinemaretro.com/index.php...ELRY-LINE.html

They wanted to have it out in Nov for the 50th Anniversary, but they pushed it back to make more extras.

The current release looks amazing, but this one will (most likely) be the longer, roadshow version that's missing from the MGM release.

[Abdrewes]

Originally Posted by iScottie

I just finished Pickpocket and I thought that it was just alright. Had it not been for the five minutes of hilarious pickpocketing going on midway through the film, I don't think that I would have enjoyed it the little bit that I did.

I think I like Pickpocket more than A Man Escaped. Were you not a fan of the performances?

[hoytereden]

Originally Posted by blkhrt

That's a tough one, but I will go with...
Shadow of a Doubt (because it is great in every way)
Rear Window (not only is it great, but the scene where Grace Kelly walks into the room in her green dress...yowza!)
Vertigo (because why not?)

Pretty much these.
SoaD because, I think, Joseph Cotton was one of the most underrated actors and here he gets a chance to shine.
RW agree-when Grace approaches the camera/Stewart. Although I must say as many times as he keeps pushing her away with his "two different worlds" speeches I just want to jump into the scene and, at least, break his other leg.
V if for no other reason the Bernard Herrmann score and that almost psychedelic sequence with Stewart's head.
After these: Psycho, Lifeboat, and The Birds would be my next choices.