I’m sorry if I caused you any confusion Bad Lieutenant.
Yep,GBU is not only the best western,it’s the best movie anyway
I favour “Citizen Kane”.
A milestone,too
Citizen Kane is one of the most overrated films IMO. Yes, I know it’s an important film, but I don’t know about calling it the most innovative film ever, and some people definately give the film more credit than it actually deserves.
or I’m just not THAT MUCH of a film buff to care.
[quote=“The Magnificent Gringo, post:25, topic:1861”]Citizen Kane is one of the most overrated films IMO. Yes, I know it’s an important film, but I don’t know about calling it the most innovative film ever, and some people definately give the film more credit than it actually deserves.
or I’m just not THAT MUCH of a film buff to care.[/quote] One of the first films to use & I mean really use special effects. It was a before & after film (meaning what you would see in movies before CK & after) from a very rebel of a director. The special effects are used in a way that you don’t see them most of the time. If you watch only 1 movie ever with commentary, CK should be the one as the groundbreaking effects used are explained). The use of lighting similar to stage shows, is show brilliantly as the use of deep focus. A technique rarely used today. One of the best character intros ever in a film (with Third Man probably the best).
Disagree here. I love Scarface & it is a classic but too over the top at times to take seriously. Carlito’s Way is a better Depalma & a way better performance by Pacino.
I actually think Abel Ferrara’s Bad Lieutenant may be better than Scarface, Bad Lieutenant.
Yeah, the merits of Citizen Kane are not easy to spot nowadays. Welles’ films were always visually ahead of their times.
I’ld go for that.
One of the most famous directors who ever lived, Alfred Hitchcock was often called “The Master of Suspense” as he specialised in thrillers, making some of the gratest ever made like Vertigo, Psycho and North by Northwest. He worked with some of the best actors, composers and cinematographers to produce movies that are still watched decades after they were made.
Yes.
This guy also gave the best acceptance speech ever.
[url]Alfred Hitchcock receiving the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award - YouTube
Hitchcock’s movies belong to the very few “old” movies which do entertain the younger generation today, cos they are simply entertaining and made for the cinema and a broader audience. I remember a discussion with friends when I was being told sentences like “Old movies are just boring, they dont entertain, I mean maybe except for the James-Bond-Movies and Hitchcock-Movies.” I mean a film “made by Hitchcock” is for movies like “made in Germany” for machines and cars, isn’t it? I watched “The Birds” and “Psycho” as a young child and I was totally blown away though “Vertigo” is my favourite (its also Hitchcock’s favourite by the way). The last one i watched was “To Catch a Thief”, also great stuff with some memorable quotations about irregular verbs:
[quote=“To catch a thief”]Frances (grace kelly) is kind of jealous cos John (Carry Grant) has just meet up with Danielle, some french girl with a very strong french accent, swimming in the mediterranean see by the beach:
John: (To Frances) I was asking (Danielle) about renting some water-skis. Would you like me to teach you how to water ski?
Frances: Thank you, but I was women’s champion at Sarasota, Florida last season.
John: Well, it was just an idea.
Frances: Are you sure you were talking about water-skis? From where I sat, it looked as though you were conjugating some irregular verbs.
John: Say something nice to her, Danielle.
Danielle: She looks a lot older, up close.
John: Ohhh -
Frances: To a mere child, anything over twenty might seem old.[/quote]
I was also blown away the first time I watched Psycho, I was about 12 at the time and it’s possibly the only film shown in school that I actually enjoyed. ;D
But I never got into Hitchcock until much later, when I saw Rear Window, which I love, although that possibly has more to do with Grace Kelly.
I’m actually more a fan of his less popular films, such as Suspicion, The Lady Vanishes, but my favourite is Dial M for Murder atm.
Frenzy is my favourite one.
[quote=“The Gringo, post:33, topic:1861”]I was also blown away the first time I watched Psycho, I was about 12 at the time and it’s possibly the only film shown in school that I actually enjoyed. ;D
But I never got into Hitchcock until much later, when I saw Rear Window, which I love, although that possibly has more to do with Grace Kelly.
I’m actually more a fan of his less popular films, such as Suspicion, The Lady Vanishes, but my favourite is Dial M for Murder atm.[/quote]
Dial M for Murder is also one of my favourites. Its unbelivable how many good films he has produced. The voice of Grace Kelly is so sexy. Its like she has a slight cold all the time, I can’t really explain it. The voice is not high but rather low. There is something attracting in her voice. And for an non-native speaker like me, she speaks so clearly that I can understand so much.
I´m going with North by Northwest.
Same here.
Gets my vote for all out funnest, my wife and i watch this one most of all the Hitch’s.
topics merged.
Why? This is a thread about your favorite Hitchcock films, while the other one which you merged was about Hitchcock himself and his movies.