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ALFRED HITCHCOCK (Topic Competition)
Posted: February 20th, 2007, 8:28 am
by soulsearcher
The legendary ALFRED HITCHCOCK is my all-time favorite Director.
Of the movies he directed, my personal favorites would be:
VERTIGO
SUSPICION
THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH
STRANGERS ON A TRAIN
NORTH BY NORTHWEST
Did you know that he never received an Academy Award for Best Director?
Re: ALFRED HITCHCOCK
Posted: February 20th, 2007, 8:30 am
by Paully_44
soulsearcher wrote:Did you know that he never received an Academy Award for Best Director?
Was he as popular during his heyday as he seems to be now?
Re: ALFRED HITCHCOCK
Posted: February 20th, 2007, 8:40 am
by soulsearcher
Paully_44 wrote:Was he as popular during his heyday as he seems to be now?
Paully, yes, he was extremely popular as a director... and that's the big mystery (no pun intended). Many actors clamored to work with him, although he is quoted comparing actors to cattle.
Actors either adored him or despised him. There was no "middle road" with Hitch.
He was definitely a control freak - demanding final approval of every aspect of his films, including script, location, set, costume design and music score.
Posted: February 20th, 2007, 8:42 am
by beth37311
THE BIRDS! He made a whole generation frightened of anything with wings!
Posted: February 20th, 2007, 1:01 pm
by crispfin
And Frenzy made us all fear neckties.
Or maybe it was all those stuffed suits on Sundays . . .
Posted: February 20th, 2007, 1:47 pm
by Gerald Creasy
Alfred Hitchcock. The man Raymond Chadler called "That Fat B-----d".
I've alway preferred Rear Window and Spellbound. I also found Saboteur with Bob Cummings interesting.
The thing that annoys me about Hitchcock films is how many of his leading ladies are so cookie cutter. Sure, a nice elegant blond is a nice cut of cookie but still...
Posted: February 21st, 2007, 4:44 am
by soulsearcher
Gerald, you're right about the "cookie cutter" ladies of Hitchcock. He had a weakness for beautiful blondes. My personal favorite - Joan Fontaine.
For you fellow-Hitch fans, a rarely seen or discussed, but entirely fascinating film of his, ROPE, is not to be missed. The entire movie was filmed like a stage-play in non-stop 10-minute sequences.
Posted: February 21st, 2007, 5:05 am
by Jennifer Smith
beth37311 wrote:THE BIRDS! He made a whole generation frightened of anything with wings!
Several of our OLDer members in Florida (I mean, OLD!) confessed to being afraid of birds TO THIS DAY because of that movie!
I can't appreciate fear, myself. But he did make interesting films.
Posted: February 21st, 2007, 6:01 am
by Shellie
soulsearcher,
I moved you back to the General Discussion area for the time of the "topic" contest.
Posted: February 21st, 2007, 8:56 am
by soulsearcher
Oh, thank you, Shellie!
Posted: February 21st, 2007, 10:35 am
by jtspy
No one mentioned Psycho or Rebecca. Two good ones.
Posted: February 21st, 2007, 6:14 pm
by pastorables
Ahhh Mr. Hitchcock, the inventor of the original EASTER EGG.
pa
Re: ALFRED HITCHCOCK (Topic Competition)
Posted: February 21st, 2007, 6:21 pm
by pastorables
soulsearcher wrote:STRANGERS ON A TRAIN
I like that one, but my favorite is THE WRONG MAN.
pa
Posted: February 23rd, 2007, 4:14 am
by soulsearcher
THE WRONG MAN had the most bizarre soundtrack, too ( a jazz combo).