Hitchcock in 4K UHD (1 Viewer)

[Robert Crawford]

Would add To Catch a Thief and The Lady Vanishes to your list. Hitch peaked with NNW and then went into decline. I think he made more films in VistaVision (5) than anyone else.

Actually, Hitchcock peaked with Psycho which came the year after NNW.

 

[Lord Dalek]

Would add To Catch a Thief and The Lady Vanishes to your list. Hitch peaked with NNW and then went into decline. I think he made more films in VistaVision (5) than anyone else.

While NbyNW may be his "peak" (tell that to Vertigo), Hitch didn't go into decline until Marnie IMO.

 

[TravisR]

While NbyNW may be his "peak" (tell that to Vertigo), Hitch didn't go into decline until Marnie IMO.

For me, Torn Curtain and Topaz are average at best and would be totally forgotten today if they hadn't been made by Hitchcock but I thought Frenzy was a good rebound from those. And while Family Plot isn't a masterpiece, it's a fun movie.

 

[Lord Dalek]

For me, Torn Curtain and Topaz are average at best and would be totally forgotten today if they hadn't been made by Hitchcock but I thought Frenzy was a good rebound from those. And while Family Plot isn't a masterpiece, it's a fun movie.

I have found Hitchcock's cinema is made up entirely of peaks and valleys. For every stretch of masterpieces, there's an equally long one of not so great films.

 

[Garysb]

The period between Notorious and Strangers on A Train is certainly a valley.
The Paradine Case
Rope
Under Capricorn
Stage Fright

Though I like Stage Fright and will get the Warner Archive release.

Not a big fan of I Confess or Dial M for Murder, which came after Strangers On A Train.

 

[TravisR]

The period between Notorious and Strangers on A Train is certainly a valley.
The Paradine Case
Rope
Under Capricorn
Stage Fright

Once he came to the U.S., that time period (and I even enjoy Rope) and when he made Torn Curtain and Topaz are his only really creative down points in my mind. Not that every movie is great but I find the rest to range from entertaining to basically perfect.

 

[AnthonyClarke]

Those projected Spanish releases are tantalising. I'd be in for 'To Catch a Thief' if the current transfer problems are rectified .. though I enjoy 'The Man Who Knew Too Much' I don't think that little B & W masterpiece would warrant 4k much as I grab anything featuring Peter Lorre. I certainly wouldn't bother about the remake, even though one of my best friends can be seen prominently in the orchestra .. french horn player Barry Tuckwell, now sadly no longer with us except on film, vinyl and cds.

 

[Osato]

May. From the bits:

Nightmare Alley, Monster From Green Hell, and Hitchcock 4K, plus a look back at Dirty Harry, new Blu-ray reviews & more

We’ve got a brand new History, Legacy & Showmanship column from our own Michael Coate for you to enjoy today, and it’s another bonus column originally meant to be posted late last year, but that took longer to complete than expected. In this installment, Michael looks back at Don Seigel’s Dirty...

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In a bit of unofficial release news, it appears from retail sources that Universal has targeted 5/10 as the street date for their The Alfred Hitchcock Classics Collection: Volume 2 4K/Blu-ray box set, which—as we first mentioned here at The Bits last week—will include Saboteur (1942), Shadow of a Doubt (1943), Marnie (1964), The Trouble with Harry (1955), and Family Plot (1976).

 

[Keith Cobby]

Volume 2 is an easy pass, fortunately I don't have to buy this for To Catch a Thief and North by Northwest. Might buy the two b & w films as singles in due course.

 

[dukiejosh54]

May. From the bits:

Nightmare Alley, Monster From Green Hell, and Hitchcock 4K, plus a look back at Dirty Harry, new Blu-ray reviews & more

We’ve got a brand new History, Legacy & Showmanship column from our own Michael Coate for you to enjoy today, and it’s another bonus column originally meant to be posted late last year, but that took longer to complete than expected. In this installment, Michael looks back at Don Seigel’s Dirty...

thedigitalbits.com

In a bit of unofficial release news, it appears from retail sources that Universal has targeted 5/10 as the street date for their The Alfred Hitchcock Classics Collection: Volume 2 4K/Blu-ray box set, which—as we first mentioned here at The Bits last week—will include Saboteur (1942), Shadow of a Doubt (1943), Marnie (1964), The Trouble with Harry (1955), and Family Plot (1976).

Hopefully this means we will finally get a good looking transfer of Marnie.

 

[Keith Cobby]

I don't much like sets of unrelated films. Still waiting for LoA to be released as a single.

 

[Robert Crawford]

I don't much like sets of unrelated films. Still waiting for LoA to be released as a single.

How you spend your monies is your personal business. However, this isn't an unrelated set of films since it has the same director.

 

[jayembee]

I suspect that Keith means "unrelated" in that they aren't part of a series.

 

[Keith Cobby]

I suspect that Keith means "unrelated" in that they aren't part of a series.

That's right. Big fan of Hitch but don't care for Harry or his post Psycho films.

 

[Robert Crawford]

I suspect that Keith means "unrelated" in that they aren't part of a series.

That's right. Big fan of Hitch but don't care for Harry or his post Psycho films.

I guess you never bought any DVD or Blu-ray non-series boxset beforehand, right?

 

[TravisR]

There aren't too many Universal Hitchcock movies left so I guess there will be a third volume with Rope, The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956), Torn Curtain, Topaz and Frenzy.

 

[Lord Dalek]

Oook...

Saboteur and Shadow of a Doubt - filtered and duped to death
Marnie - Heavily filtered
Harry - IF its a scan from a 8-perf this might be worth it alone. If not...
Family Plot - Probably the most to be gained.

Yeah not a set screaming "BUY ME!" at first glance. I'll wait for the reviews.

 

[Osato]

Oook...

Saboteur and Shadow of a Doubt - filtered and duped to death
Marnie - Heavily filtered
Harry - IF its a scan from a 8-perf this might be worth it alone. If not...
Family Plot - Probably the most to be gained.

Yeah not a set screaming "BUY ME!" at first glance. I'll wait for the reviews.

I bought the universal set on iTunes. Enjoying the free 4k upgrades.

 

[Josh Steinberg]

Once he came to the U.S., that time period (and I even enjoy Rope) and when he made Torn Curtain and Topaz are his only really creative down points in my mind. Not that every movie is great but I find the rest to range from entertaining to basically perfect.

For me, Rope may be my favorite film of his - it’s probably the one I revisit the most often.

 

[TravisR]

For me, Rope may be my favorite film of his - it’s probably the one I revisit the most often.

I like Rope and The Man Who Knew Too Much quite a bit, I'm a big fan of Frenzy and the completist in me will buy Torn Curtain and Topaz.