This Friday we’re going to talk about the one of the greatest directors that ever said “Action!” The one and only Alfred Hitchcock. Unlike most fans, my first introduction to him wasn’t any of his films, but his television series, Alfred Hitchcock Presents. But once it came to movies, Psycho was definitely the one I remember as being one of the first, if not the first. But way before we were introduced to Norman and his domineering mother, Hitchcock gave us so many great titles, from The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934 and then remade in 1956), Lifeboat (1944), Rope (1948), I Confess (1953), Rear Window (1954), and so many more.
So for this Friday Favorites, let us hear what yours is from our friend Sir Alfred.
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The top spot flip flops between The Birds and Psycho for me.
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It’s the easy choice, but in my mind, you just can’t beat Psycho!
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All of his work is GREAT! I will mention one that always made me smile, the lite hearted “The Trouble With Harry”.
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Rear Window was always a favorite because we had to analyze a scene for my film class in college *frame by frame* which revealed all sorts of brilliant touches I’d never have noticed by just watching it. Mr. Hitchcock was a sneaky one!
I also love The Lady Vanishes, Frenzy, and the very underrated Lifeboat!
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My favorite Hitchcock is the definitive “Psycho”, on my top five best films list, and one of the greatest movies ever made. Second place would by “Vertigo”.
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I love ” Frenzy” . Being a Brit it’s an England i recognize from the early 1970’s with very recognizable British character actors of the time; Jon Finch, Billie Whitelaw , Bernard Cribbens and more. Barry Foster playing the sexual serial killer became the star of a popular cop show set in Amsterdam a few years later on British tv called “van der valk.” That had a memorable theme tune that people of a certain age will remember. Here in the u.k there is a dedicated nostalgia tv station , “Talking Pictures, ” that shows older U.S and brit films and largely forgotten U.S and U.K tv shows which had a run of “Van der Valk ” with Foster recently.
How could any movie fan pick a favourite from Hithcock, an impossible task!
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Great to see so many comments and yes, everyone here is right. There are just so many great choices from Hitchcock. My personal favorite rotates from Rear Window to Rope to Strangers on a Train. Earlier this year I watched I Confess for the first time and was blown away by it.
I knew this was going to be a tough one but I’m glad to see so many different titles thrown out there.
But as Kristin mentioned, there are so many little winks and tricks Hitchcock put in his film that most never get really realized up on viewing, especially your first viewing.
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