tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4784665635104956142.post8464795108598496168..comments2024-03-13T06:28:44.715-04:00Comments on And So It Begins...: Top 10 Hitchcockian FilmsAlex Withrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15887018476048271594noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4784665635104956142.post-1204646048438960042015-01-20T11:32:02.919-05:002015-01-20T11:32:02.919-05:00Oh yeah, for sure. Nearly included it here.Oh yeah, for sure. Nearly included it here.Alex Withrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15887018476048271594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4784665635104956142.post-56654896981021181082015-01-18T16:25:08.144-05:002015-01-18T16:25:08.144-05:00"Bad Education"??"Bad Education"??Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14497474033700183707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4784665635104956142.post-43444534031609992452014-11-18T11:40:40.307-05:002014-11-18T11:40:40.307-05:00Sounds really interesting. I'm going to check ...Sounds really interesting. I'm going to check it out ASAP. Thanks for the reco.Alex Withrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15887018476048271594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4784665635104956142.post-33576288066656708172014-11-17T19:45:46.624-05:002014-11-17T19:45:46.624-05:00How about "Anthony Zimmer"?How about "Anthony Zimmer"?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4784665635104956142.post-81717176878607033512014-09-11T11:28:40.747-04:002014-09-11T11:28:40.747-04:00Jaws definitely has the slow-brew tension of a gre...Jaws definitely has the slow-brew tension of a great Hitchcock film, so that's a solid choice right there. The Vanishing is so damn haunting. It never does what you think it's going to do. Love it.Alex Withrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15887018476048271594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4784665635104956142.post-12983738308731021362014-09-10T23:44:24.520-04:002014-09-10T23:44:24.520-04:00It's funny. I have a controversial opinion on ...It's funny. I have a controversial opinion on Hitchcock, but I love "Hitchcockian" films (and Rear Window). The Game is awesome, had me guessing at every scene. I feel like Jaws could be considered for this list. That has a few Hitchcockian elements to it. And with God (or, you know, whatever) as my witness, I will buy The Vanishing at Criterion's next sale.Nick9000https://www.blogger.com/profile/04850668284839130387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4784665635104956142.post-49121417321363224012014-08-29T16:25:42.880-04:002014-08-29T16:25:42.880-04:00Thanks man! I think you'll really dig The Game...Thanks man! I think you'll really dig The Game and The Spanish Prisoner. Two great "wrong man" movies right there. Love all your picks as well. Catch Me If You Can is a really spirited choice. That definitely fits here.Alex Withrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15887018476048271594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4784665635104956142.post-22541427503885661012014-08-29T16:24:44.341-04:002014-08-29T16:24:44.341-04:00Oh I definitely considered Stoker, because that is...Oh I definitely considered Stoker, because that is one of the most obvious Hitchcockian films of recent memory. And a damn good one too. LOVE your praise for Basic Instinct - that movie rocks.<br /><br />The Uninvited and Shutter Island are solid picks, but I did stay away from any sort of supernatural film (like Source Code) because Hitch didn't really mess with sci-fi, you know? Been working hard on my Directors post on Hitch for the past month. Getting close to being done ;)Alex Withrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15887018476048271594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4784665635104956142.post-87448512475907545302014-08-29T12:41:46.145-04:002014-08-29T12:41:46.145-04:00Love this list! Your top 5 is spot-on, and it'...Love this list! Your top 5 is spot-on, and it's great to see Wait Until Dark and Basic Instinct on here as well. I still need to see Dressed to Kill, The Game, The Spanish Prisoner, and Red Lights.<br /><br />I'd probably add films like Shutter Island, Match Point, The Prestige, and Catch Me If You Can.Joshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08596682195753811295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4784665635104956142.post-82277579825316044332014-08-27T19:52:40.547-04:002014-08-27T19:52:40.547-04:00Yikes, I haven't seen the top 3 films on the l...Yikes, I haven't seen the top 3 films on the list. Looks great though, agree with the others ones. I absolutely adore Charade and The Vanishing, so glad they are high up on your list. One I think you may have missed (what am I kidding, you've probably have seen it) is Stoker. Actually I think someone else mentioned it in the comments as well. Anyway one of my favorites too. Although this list, is awesome, also so glad Basic Instinct is a honorable mention. I don't know why, but I love that movie (yeah it probably has something to do with THAT shot). So happy you put that in there. A few more of my favorites would be Dressed to Kill, which you obviously also have on here, The Uninvited (the 1944 version, and I think that counts as a Hitchcockian film), does Shutter Island count? (not my favorite Scorsese movie but one that kept me guessing to the end). And Source Code which I really enjoyed. Anyway a few more of my favorites, it would be to hard to order them in any logical way, but those are some of my favorites. Once again great list, love Hitchcock and the Hitchcockian films, which by the way you should do a The Directors Piece on Hitchcock, it would be really awesome to see. Anyway back again great list, and I gotta try to find those top 3 films. Thanks so much and you have the best ideas for movie lists.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13346465074361911253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4784665635104956142.post-61906276118856173612014-08-27T15:49:34.978-04:002014-08-27T15:49:34.978-04:00We'll report back when I do!We'll report back when I do!Alex Withrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15887018476048271594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4784665635104956142.post-76183091907908368102014-08-26T20:18:47.114-04:002014-08-26T20:18:47.114-04:00Oh yeah buddy, you really need to rewatch it. I re...Oh yeah buddy, you really need to rewatch it. I rewatched it a couple of months ago and damn that was a fine, extremely well-acted and deeply touching film.Stergiosnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4784665635104956142.post-7095612438382404882014-08-26T19:22:55.715-04:002014-08-26T19:22:55.715-04:00It really IS a paradox to American audiences - so ...It really IS a paradox to American audiences - so well said there. I love much of Canet's work as well. Blood Ties, while not perfect, had its strong moments, and I too enjoyed Little White Lies a great deal. In fact, I need to rewatch that one soon. Been too long.Alex Withrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15887018476048271594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4784665635104956142.post-9698817973254941512014-08-26T15:55:09.460-04:002014-08-26T15:55:09.460-04:00Yeah, man, "Stoker" was pure “Hitchcocki...Yeah, man, "Stoker" was pure “Hitchcockianness”. Loved it. In regards to "Tell No One", I really star to wander sometimes which acclaimed French films of the last decade I haven't seen. French cinema rules, man, there's no doubt about that. You're not going to find someone who truly knows about cinema and tell you different. The free and creative spirit of French cinema that can produce a film like "Tell No One" feels like a paradox for American audiences. Such a shame. Canet is at his absolute best in "Tell No One" as a director. And his remake on "Les liens du sang" or "Rivals" as you probably know it, last year's "Blood ties" was not that bad either. "Little white lies" remains my second favorite film he directed. And it's like he keeps on searching projects that give him the opportunity to work again and again with François Cluzet. Can't blame him. Such an astonishing actor. Stergiosnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4784665635104956142.post-46657933434070975482014-08-26T13:20:12.548-04:002014-08-26T13:20:12.548-04:00Damn man, thanks. You always have the nicest thing...Damn man, thanks. You always have the nicest things to say! Love your comment and I adore your list. All of the ones on your list that didn't make mine were definitely considered. Stoker was such a great Hitchcockian film. Also love that you've even <i>seen</i> Tell No One. I love that damn film.Alex Withrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15887018476048271594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4784665635104956142.post-46707859759369757632014-08-25T20:28:14.386-04:002014-08-25T20:28:14.386-04:00This is easily among your greatest posts. Seriousl...This is easily among your greatest posts. Seriously, man. I'm pretty sure that Alfred Hitchcock has been among the most influential filmmakers of all time (and there are many who regard him as the most influential). He was the definition of an auteur, in the "Cahiers du cinéma" sense of the word, establishing a style so distinctive that it can be immediately recongnized throughout most of his filmography. Luckily for us cinephiles, his precious cinematic legacy lives on and is celebrated by many filmmakers even after his death, in this day and age. Your whole list of The Hitchcockian films is truly incredible and I couldn't choose any other film than Clouzot's "Les Diaboliques" as my first choice. Every frame of this masterpiece seems to pay a tribute to "The Master of Suspense" and it is said that it even inspired Hitchcock to make "Vertigo". My personal list goes like this:<br /><br />1) Les Diaboliques<br />2) Body Double<br />3) Stoker<br />4) Dressed To Kill<br />5) Cottage to let<br />6) Frantic<br />7) The Vanishing<br />8) The Game<br />9) Charade<br />10) Buried<br /><br />And the list goes on and on and on, of course, from "Tell No One" and "Wait until dark" to "Source code" and "What lies beneath". Your list fuckin' rocks, that's for sure. I've never a read a better list of Hitchcockian films and I've read a lot of them, trust me. Stergiosnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4784665635104956142.post-39391725850152471742014-08-25T13:03:02.255-04:002014-08-25T13:03:02.255-04:00Well, Lynch has admitted to being a big Hitchcock ...Well, Lynch has admitted to being a big Hitchcock fan, so that wouldn't be too great a stretch.John Hitchcockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13373653979400552490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4784665635104956142.post-59177091413972565572014-08-25T11:58:00.317-04:002014-08-25T11:58:00.317-04:00I do think Panic Room is one of his lesser efforts...I do think Panic Room is one of his lesser efforts, but I still love the visual style of it, and it definitely does play as the most Hitchcockian of his films.<br /><br />Lynch had to be drawing on Hitch for Mulholland Dr. I love that damn movie so much. Has a distinctly Hitch vibe to it.Alex Withrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15887018476048271594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4784665635104956142.post-79210467991736907182014-08-25T11:56:37.319-04:002014-08-25T11:56:37.319-04:00Thanks buddy! Stranger by the Lake is a great call...Thanks buddy! Stranger by the Lake is a great call, and definitely would've made the top 20 on this list. I think Hitch definitely could've ventured into a story similar to that one. (I LOVED that film, by the way.)<br /><br />I hated Dressed to Kill the first time I saw it. Actually turned it off then tried again about a year later. While far from my favorite De Palma, it does have a few set pieces that I quite enjoy.Alex Withrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15887018476048271594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4784665635104956142.post-81748848526783526732014-08-25T11:49:08.204-04:002014-08-25T11:49:08.204-04:00The best!The best!Alex Withrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15887018476048271594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4784665635104956142.post-53233837565957067612014-08-25T11:48:39.107-04:002014-08-25T11:48:39.107-04:00Nice man, so glad you added Tell No One to your qu...Nice man, so glad you added Tell No One to your queue. I really cannot recommend it highly enough. Probably one of my Top 20 (or 15...) of the 2000s.Alex Withrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15887018476048271594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4784665635104956142.post-74004060658268985182014-08-25T11:47:51.362-04:002014-08-25T11:47:51.362-04:00Thanks so much! I think you'll really love Les...Thanks so much! I think you'll really love Les Diaboliques. Very creepy and very effective. It fits so well into Hitchcock's world. I can't wait to hear what you think of it!Alex Withrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15887018476048271594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4784665635104956142.post-21227485101195691042014-08-25T11:46:58.814-04:002014-08-25T11:46:58.814-04:00SO glad to hear your praise for The Game. It had t...SO glad to hear your praise for The Game. It had the slight misfortune of being released between two of Fincher's genre-defining cult sensations, so I understand why some don't like it. I actually think it's one of Fincher's best psychological thrillers, very smart and very layered. Love it. <br /><br />I remember your Les Diaboliques review. LOVE that movie.Alex Withrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15887018476048271594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4784665635104956142.post-79416007154940995242014-08-25T11:44:42.350-04:002014-08-25T11:44:42.350-04:00I love High Anxiety, but it was a little too purpo...I love High Anxiety, but it was a little too purposefully, sarcastically on the nose for me to include it here. Still, it's one of my favorite Brooks films.Alex Withrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15887018476048271594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4784665635104956142.post-9675654687651048602014-08-25T11:43:42.966-04:002014-08-25T11:43:42.966-04:00Thanks man! I LOVE that scare at the end of Wait U...Thanks man! I LOVE that scare at the end of Wait Until Dark. I was so happy to have an excuse to revisit that film. Whatta gem.<br /><br />Tom at the Farm is actually the last Dolan film I have to see (along with Mother), but I'm glad to hear it has the Hitchcock tone.Alex Withrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15887018476048271594noreply@blogger.com