Directors DIRECTOR FILMOGRAPHY - The Films of ALFRED HITCHCOCK (1 Viewer)

[Jim_K]

Yep, caught it on TCM Rob. I'm not really big into silents anyway, in fact I can count the number I own on one hand & they're all German (mostly by Fritz Lang). But that out of place whimsical piano score really was a detriment to building any type of suspense IMO.

 

[Rob Tomlin]

Yep, caught it on TCM Rob. I'm not really big into silents anyway, in fact I can count the number I own on one hand & they're all German (mostly by Fritz Lang). But that out of place whimsical piano score really was a detriment to building any type of suspense IMO.

I agree about the piano score. And that started right from the beginning! Seemed somewhat contradictory at times to what was happening on screen.

 

[Jim_K]

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[Jim_K]

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[Jim_K]

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[Jim_K]

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[Joe Karlosi]

Update:
Psycho :star: :star: :star: :star:
The Birds :star: :star: :star: :star:
Frenzy :star: :star: :star:
The 39 Steps :star: :star: :star:
Rear Window :star: :star: (need another view)
Strangers on a Train :star: :star: (need another view)
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) :star: :star: :star: :star:
Rope :star: :star: :star:

 

[Jim_K]

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[Steve Christou]

Whoa Jim, you've really steamed thru the Hitch filmography, and [gasps] you've seen more films than Kaplan!

 

[george kaplan]

Yep, he's been watching the missing films in my viewing, though I do have some of those tivo'd. I've been on a business trip, so I haven't had a chance to watch anything this week. :frowning:

 

[Jim_K]

Oy Steve! This'll be my last Hitch for a while. I can't seem to track down the rest.
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[Steve Christou]

50? That's amazing! How many left Jim, 3? Must be your favorite director, or is it Kurosawa? Hitch is definitely my favorite but I've only seen 31 and own 28. I need to catch up.

 

[Jim_K]

Yep Steve, Hitch is one of my favorites. Even the less than stellar films usually have something going for it to make it worthwhile.
Didn't care much for the Silent Melodrama's in his oeuvre though. Pantomime and flailing arms just aren't my cup 'o tea.

 

[Steve Christou]

Earliest Hitchcock film I really like is The Lady Vanishes (1938), I've watched it countless times, love the characters, the setting, the dialogue, could never get tired of it. Jamaica Inn (1939) is one I've picked up recently, haven't seen it in ages, not one of his best but I like Charles Laughton.
Hitchcock on directing Laughton:
"You can't direct a Laughton picture. The best you can hope for is to referee."

 

[george kaplan]

The Skin Game
Why is it that the vast majority of Hitchcock's mysteries are magical films, among the very best ever made, while his dramas are just...bland and lukewarm? Not horrible, just not very good? I have no idea, but it sure seems that way.
Unfortunately, the Skin Game is a drama, and while it's got a few Hitchcock touches, it's nothing I'll be buying on dvd.

 

[george kaplan]

Aventure Malgache
No great Hitchcock certainly, but I actually kind of enjoyed it.

 

[Brook K]

I like The Skin Game quite a bit. I've always been very interested in "class" issues and few make better class films than the British. Plus it's a melodramatic tragedy, what's not to like?

 

[george kaplan]

An ideal exemplar of "answering your own question".

 

[george kaplan]

Bon Voyage
About on par with Aventure Malgache --- I think. Once again the TCM print cut off half the subtitles. This time I decided to go ahead and watch it anyway, and I got the gist of things, if not all the subtleties.

 

[Dale MA]

Family Plot (1976) :star::star::star::star::star:
Frenzy (1972) :star::star::star::star::star:
Topaz (1969) :star::star::star:
Torn Curtain (1966) :star::star:
Marnie (1964) :star::star::star:
The Birds (1963) :star::star::star::star::star:
Psycho (1960) :star::star::star::star::star:
North by Northwest (1959) :star::star::star::star::star:
Vertigo (1958) :star::star::star::star::star::star:
The Wrong Man (1956) :star::star::star::star:
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) :star::star::star::star:
The Trouble with Harry (1955) :star::star::star::star:
To Catch a Thief (1955) :star::star::star::star::star:
Rear Window (1954) :star::star::star::star::star:
Dial M for Murder (1954) :star::star::star::star::star:
I Confess (1953) :star::star::star::star:
Strangers on a Train (1951) :star::star::star::star::star:
Stage Fright (1950) :star::star::star::star:
Rope (1948) :star::star::star::star:
The Paradine Case (1947) :star::star::star:
Notorious (1946) :star::star::star::star:
Shadow of a Doubt (1943) :star::star::star::star::star:
Saboteur (1942) :star::star::star::star::star:
Suspicion (1941) :star::star::star::star:
Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941) :star::star:
Foreign Correspondent (1940) :star::star::star:
The Lady Vanishes (1938) :star::star::star::star::star:
The 39 Steps (1935) :star::star::star::star::star:
Yet to be watched:
Young and Innocent (1937)
Sabotage (1936)
Secret Agent (1936)
Rebecca (1940)
Jamaica Inn (1939)
Spellbound (1945)
Lifeboat (1944)
Aventure malgache (1944)
Bon Voyage (1944)
Under Capricorn (1949)
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)
Waltzes from Vienna (1933)
Number Seventeen (1932)
Rich and Strange (1931)
Mary (1931)
The Skin Game (1931)
Murder! (1930)
Juno and the Paycock (1930)
An Elastic Affair (1930)
The Manxman (1929)
Blackmail (1929)
Sound Test for Blackmail (1929)
The Farmer's Wife (1928)
Easy Virtue (1928)
Champagne (1928)
Downhill (1927)
The Ring (1927)
The Lodger (1927)
The Mountain Eagle (1926) (Considered a lost film)
The Pleasure Garden (1925)