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Pfft. This is a silly opinion.
In my own defense, I think I was about seventeen at the time, so there are many subtleties in lots of art that I missed at the time (see: Kurt Vonnegut).
Of course Vertigo is a very weird movie that makes very little sense. But it is all about the dream logic and Hitch leaving all his creepy obsessions up on the screen.
I shall have to watch it again and see how my opinion of the film changes.
Both scenes are featured in My Best Fiend, so maybe I don't have to see it!
There's plenty of good stuff in between. I've been meaning to buy it on DVD for ages, but just hadn't thought of it when I was actively in shopping mode.
I shall have to watch it again and see how my opinion of the film changes.
Think of it as a David Lynch film instead of a plotty Hitchcock film.
Mulholland Drive owes very obvious debts to Vertigo anyway.
Of course Vertigo is a very weird movie that makes very little sense. But it is all about the dream logic and Hitch leaving all his creepy obsessions up on the screen.
It is decidedly a movie you do NOT want to see with a bunch of psych majors, I can say. Even I was mocking it, and I love it, but as a pschological profile, I think it says more about Hitch than any of the characters in the movie.
Not so surprisingly, aside from my additional love of PSYCHO and NOTORIOUS, Hec's favorites are mine for Sir Alfred.
Favorite Hitchcocks:
1.
Rear Window
2.
The Lady Vanishes
3.
Suspicion
4.
Strangers on a Train
5.
Notorious
6.
The 39 Steps
7.
Rebecca
8.
Psycho
9.
To Catch a Thief
10.
North by Northwest
I really loved Fitzcarraldo when I saw it, but I was 20 or so and not as discerning as I am now. Aguirre is an incredible movie, though. The Herzog/Kinski remake of Nosferatu isn't bad, either, but it doesn't hold a candle to the original.
Where's the Birds love? A gas station blows up!
I do love The Birds. In fact, I was very tempted to drive up to Bodega Bay this weekend.
I almost put it tied for 10, if only for the green dress. But the dialogue and acting are just so bad I think it would have to go in a special "so bad it's good" category.
I feel like it's underrated, but I don't remember much about the dialogue and acting. I just like the whole mood of it, the birds everywhere being menacing by virtue of being birds.
I will amend to note that I also really like the 39 Steps (particularly the rawther kinky handcuff scene) and Notorious.