The Lady Vanishes
Suspicion
Rebecca
why should North by Northwest or Birds or Rear Window be considered best films? i see…the canon.
for my part, most of his films from the British period, including Glemaud’s suggestion, his U.S. period is quite inferior to be honest.
but we’ve had so many threads on that topic, we don’t need another thread to get ugly.
his U.S. period is quite inferior to be honest.
Why is that?
Either The Thirty-Nine Steps or The Man Who Knew Too Much.
“Why is that?”
check the other threads, i’m tired to contradict again a Hitchcock issue, especially with you.
Shadow of a Doubt
Now, wait, what did I miss? What is the point of this exercise?
For the record, I agree with Blue, it’s Rebecca . . .
“his U.S. period is quite inferior to be honest.”
You say that like its a fact.
My favourite Hitchcock is perhaps Rope.
I could sing praises of SHADOW OF A DOUBT all evening, but I wonder if we would say
that STRANGERS ON A TRAIN is the better film because it is more “Hitchcockian.”
By the way, Charles Degaulle, don’t bother yourself over “his U.S. period is quite inferior.”
No rational case can be made for that silly position. Period.
Rope and Rebecca, too.
rope
“No rational case can be made for that silly position”
it can, check other threads, just because Hitchcock turned more “serious” in the States, doesn’t mean he’s better, PERIOD.
Lifeboat. Ever since the first time I had seen it, it has always been my favorite.
Shadow of a Doubt or Strangers on a Train
just because Hitchcock turned more “serious” in the States, doesn’t mean he’s better, PERIOD.
As usual, you have it backwards. Hitchcock was ridiculed by the creaky Euro critics for becoming less serious in Hollywood.
STRANGERS ON A TRAIN= Freakin’ Amazing!!!
Runner up: SHADOW OF A DOUBT
“his U.S. period is quite inferior to be honest.”
wouldn’t that include the so-so stuff like Skin Game, Jamaica Inn, etc.
Hitchcock has alot of old stuff (silents too) that most people have never seen that isnt as good as his later stuff IMO. really the best thing he probably could do was start doing stuff in the states, i dont know how else he could have had the resources to make something like The Birds
100% Agree with those who picked Shadow of a Doubt.
Strangers on a Train
Jamaica Inn
Marnie or The Lady Vanishes or Strangers on a Train or Rebecca or Saboteur
His career is just wall to wall genius.
I’ll go ahead and throw in a vote for Frenzy. Don’t hurt me, please.
His career is just wall to wall genius.
I’ll go ahead and throw in a vote for Frenzy. Don’t hurt me, please.
Rope
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Either Strangers on a Train, or Dial M for Murder.
All his films we cannot include (Vertigo, Rear Window, Psycho, North by Northwest, Notorious & The Birds) have a special place in my heart… those were the films that really turned me on to filmmaking.
However, of his other films (and I haven’t seen all), I cast my vote for REBECCA. And in his British career, I really enjoy, THE 39 STEPS.
Charlesdegaulle
Vertigo, Rear Window, Psycho, North by Northwest, Notorious, and I’ll throw in The Birds as well.