Best Alfred Hitchcock Film

[Emboldened Chimp]

Poll question: Best Alfred Hitchcock Film

Let's give the directors some, shall we?

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1. You left out Frenzy, which is my favorite Hitchcock film,

and his last, I believe. I voted Psycho, although The Birds is top rate. Many tough choices!

[SweetZombieJesus]

3. Family Plot was his last movie n/t

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5. Thank you

n/t

[jos]

9. No

Family Plot (1976) was his last movie.

[bicentennial_baby]

2. Other

Rope

[Dr Fate]

4. Vertigo...

...even the silent films have some neat scenes- like "The Lodger"...

[sugarcookie]

6. Rebecca

I wish it would come on I haven't seen it in awhile.

[newyawker99]

16. Congrats sugarcookie!! 200 posts

:toast:

[jos]

7. Strangers on a Train? Shadow of a Doubt?

I voted for Rear Window, but there are so many possibilities.

[arwalden]

8. The Rope!!!!

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[XNASA]

18. Yes. Great film.

Did you know, that "Rope" was shot in one take? No edits.

Since the film was longer than a single reel of film could accomodate, Hitchcock mapped it out so that the camera would pan to a dark place, the back of someone's suit coat for example, and another camera with a fresh reel would finish the pan and continue the filming.

Cool, huh?

Good choice Allen.

[MaineDem]

10. The Lady Vanishes

The original

[CMT]

11. for me North by Northwest has it all

suspense, humor, drama, adventure, romance and above all the ageles Cary Grant and the fantastic crop duster scene. But the whole film is flawless.

[devarsi]

12. Except for that ONE scene

where the little kid sticks his fingers in his ears a second before a gun is fired...

But, it actually adds to the film, in some odd way, kind of like a beauty mark, ya know?

[CMT]

14. oh yeah

isn't that quite a blooper? Hitch didn't catch that--or maybe he did?
Northwest has one of my two favorite Hitchcock cameos--where the bus door closes before he can board. The other one is from "To Catch a Thief" where he is sitting next to Cary Grant on the rickety old country bus.

[devarsi]

13. PSYCHO

Hitchcock's signature film, scary as hell almost 45 years later.

The film is very nearly a silent movie, I think about 1/2 of the film contains no dialogue. Only a master director could create such a film without dialogue to progress the plot (which was a fairly corny plot anyway).

Hitchock also blurred the lines between good and evil, nearly every character in the film is flawed. The major object of our sympathy is a thief, the murderer is himself a victim of his psychologicaqlly oppressive mother.

The score, well..., the score stands as one of the most copied musical themes in movie history, right next to the theme from Jaws. Rightfully so, as well. You get tense just watching the minimalistic opening credits.

Most of Hitchcock's films were awesome, but Psycho is as close to perfect as Hitchcock would ever get.

IMHO, anyway.

[AnnabelLee]

15. Kick n/t

I voted for Rear Window.

[NightTrain]

17. "Rear Window," baby!

Talk about creating a crescendo of suspense. That scene between Jimmy Stewart and Raymond Burr was almost too excruciating to watch!

[mac56]

19. "Dial M for Murder" and "Strangers On A Train".

My two favorites from Hitch.

[SideshowScott]

20. The 39 steps is another classic

Hitchcock was the MAN! He did stuff 70 years ago that seasoned film school grads still scratch thire heads over..Look at some his early stuff like Sabatour, the lady vanishes,Rabecca and your will see films that are still better than movies today..The blocking, story struture, camara work, and all around entertianment are still unmatched after all this time