TCM has been showing both well and lesser known Alfred Hitchcock movies on Sundays for September. It's hard to pick a favorite.
I always loved North by Northwest. Cary Grant was very cool; the storyline was fun; the battle at Mt Rushmore was nicely set up, and that scene with the crop duster was very menacing. I often think this whole "Golden age of cinema" stuff is nonsense: I find the storylines silly and the acting wooden. But both North by Northwest and Psycho felt much more like modern films. Which I guess means Hitchcock should take some of the credit for the joys of modern cinema.
We are presenting "Vintage Hitchcock"a radio play this season, my wfe sings 'commercials' between plays. Greenwood Little Theatre - Greenwood, MS
Vertigo was an early favorite. Then North by NW.... his early films...are riveting...! recommended: -The lady Vanishes -Sabotage -39 Steps
I like a lot of Hitch's lesser known gems, the first ManWho Knew Too Much, Secret Agent, The Trouble With Harry, even Number 17 with the chase using miniatures.
Rebecca (1939) is actually my favorite Hitchcock film followed by; Rear Window (1954) To Catch A Thief (1955) Vertigo (1958) Regardless of what you think of Hitchcock as a film producer, etc.. he certainly had an excellent eye for beautiful leading ladies....
aw...really? Psycho IS a classic and a fun if you like Transvestite/Slasher movies...... but not my favorite Hitchcock. I do like all the bird references in Psycho....his main Victim's last name (Marion Crane).....all the pictures of birds and the stuffed birds shown in Bates hotel...(Norman's hobby was taxidermy...that's how he kept "mother" so well preserved/mummified) Here's a fun NPR article about the film with some cool trivia like the shower scene blood being chocolate syrup. And the book Psycho based on the real life mother-dressing killer from Wisconsin, Ed Gein. Norman Bates: A Most Terrifying Mama's Boy : NPR Vertigo was personally more intriguing and interesting at the time I first viewed it (re-release on big screen 1980's). Now having fun diving back into his early pre-war films.
Tonight, we had Lifeboat. Sunday, it's Number Seventeen, The Trouble With Harry, Family Plot, The Man Who Knew Too Much (remake), Vertigo, Rear Window, To Catch A Thief and The Farmer's Wife. All on TCM.
