funniculee is prepared

Watch all of Alfred Hitchcock's movies (read all 6 entries…)
My roommate and I both want to do this.

And I needed more goals that were fun and not all about total self-improvement. We are truly enamored with his talent for suspense. It’s amazing. You would think that after all the flashy movie-making I’ve been exposed to, I would find these films boring. Nope. Not at all. The writing is just too good. And the actors can…actually ACT.

My favorite thing about Hitchcock is his use of silence to make the audience uncomfortable. Often there is no music for long stretches as the suspense builds. Makes everything a lot more creepy.

To date, I have seen:

Psycho (“Mother?!” Great film. Just great. Don’t bother seeing the remake. This is the only one you need.)

Vertigo (eh, not so much. More mystery than suspense. Kim Novak sure is purty, tho.)

Rope (Love that apartment. Interesting camera work. Jimmy Stewart is now tied with Gregory Peck as my favorite classic actor.)

The Birds (most effective low-tech sound design ever. I liked the schoolteacher character. Too bad she gets her eyes pecked out! and Jessica Tandy is wonderful as always.)

We just found out that our favorite video store has the complete Hitchcock box set. We’ll be working our way through that in the next weeks.

May 31, 2005, 03:50PM PDT | 3 cheers


Comments:

DoubleN

What a great idea! I’ve always loved Hitchcock too, and find some of his stuff scarier than the hacker movies that are more in vogue these days. BTW, you should be a movie critic – you have some good observations, and obviously love cinema.

Feb 02, 2007, 07:27AM PST | Respond to this

funniculee is prepared

Wow, that's very flattering!

Thanks. I do love film, although I think I would find it harder to write about most current movies (because so many of them are just not that good/interesting).

I agree, Hitchcock is DEFINITELY a master of terror and suspense. What most directors these days have forgotten is that what is left to the imagination is often a lot scarier than the most frightening special effects.

Feb 04, 2007, 01:23PM PST | Thread | Respond to this

Max

You could fill a niche

Start another blog entitled “The Film Curmudgeon” and spend much of your time talking about why a lot of the current movies are not that good/interesting. :)

I’d read it anyway.

Feb 10, 2007, 07:49PM PST | Thread | Respond to this

funniculee is prepared

Heh.

Thanks for the vote of confidence; I’ll think about it. Maybe someday. Right now, I already have two blogs that I barely update, so a third seems…unwise? If only I had more time and energy.

Feb 12, 2007, 01:34PM PST | Respond to this


 

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