tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5190627334056603500.post3223473773685095220..comments2023-10-19T05:36:56.844-07:00Comments on "Let's Not Talk About Movies": Now I've Seen Everything: Alfred Hitchcock, Part VUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5190627334056603500.post-78187774325080052762009-09-18T16:50:38.255-07:002009-09-18T16:50:38.255-07:00Thanks for stopping by, Joe, and for commenting. ...Thanks for stopping by, Joe, and for commenting. There'll be more Hitchcock next Friday.<br /><br />I find "The Birds" and "Marnie" very experimental and show Hitchcock trying to grow in both technique and story-depth. I don't think audiences at the time were quite so willing to experiment (or treat Hitchcock seriously). They were after thrills, not chills."Yojimbo_5"https://www.blogger.com/profile/12791996320278381516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5190627334056603500.post-33497679504249502592009-09-18T15:57:36.645-07:002009-09-18T15:57:36.645-07:00Two years ago, I watched a Hitchcock movie a day e...Two years ago, I watched a Hitchcock movie a day every day for the month of October. That was a lot of fun. While I can hardly claim to be an authority on the director, I can at least furbish a list of my 10 Favorite Hitches at a party.<br /><br /><em>Torn Curtain</em> is the only title from Hitchcock's later years that I find to be unwatchable. It goes to show once again what can happen when the primary consideration in making a movie is commercial.<br /><br />All the rest of the Hitches you wrote up have something genuine to recommend, particularly <em>The Birds</em> and <em>Marnie</em>, which I think are much, much better than a lot of academics want to admit. I don't think those are flawed pictures at all.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06841542735297459153noreply@blogger.com