I wanted to post a topic on one of the greatest directors in cinema history to see what everyone on the GBB thinks of him...

One of the greatest directors and some of my fav. movies by him are vertigo, the rear window, psycho, the birds, etc.

Favorites

1. Rear Window
2. Psycho
3, Vertigo
4. The Birds

Alfred Hitchcock is the best director in cinema ever, IMO.

My top 5 favorites:
1. Vertigo
2. Rear Window
3. Psycho
4. The Birds
5. North By Northwest

I'll be seeing Rope soon, hopefully. -Pat

Without a doubt one of the best directors ever, the master of suspense.

My Favorites

1. Rear Window
2. Psycho
3. North By Northwest
4. Vertigo

I will probably be seeing The Birds soon, and then I would like to see Rope (along with the rest of his work I haven't seen )

Has anyone seen 'The Lady Vanishes?'

WOW! I was just over on Amazon and they have OOP Hitchcock Criterions. I'm not talking about buying ones from users. Why would Amazon still have them? -Pat

Because of the amount of true classics he's done (more than anybody else no doubt), it's entirely subjective as to what is his best. It all comes down to personal favourites:

1. Rear Window (****)
2. Psycho (****)
3. Foreign Correspondent (****)
4. Rope (****)
5. Shadow of a Doubt (****)
6. Rebecca (****)
7. Vertigo (***)
8. The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934) (***)

Mick

The Lady Vanishes is a brilliant early film from Hitchcock, and his second best British film besides, what I consider to be his third best, The 39 Steps (though I need to see Foriegn Correspondent, which I taped from TCM a long time ago...).

Amazon most likely bought a lot from Criterion right before they went OOP, knowing that they could make a lot of money of off the sales.

Thug

I have and I enjoyed it very much. Hitch's second best from his British Period, the first being "The Thirty Nine Steps.

Capo, North By Northwest not being on your list suprises me. Is it safe to asume you haven't seen it yet?

My List Of all the Hitchcock films I've seen ordered from best to worst.

1. Vertigo (1958)
2. North By Northwest (1959)
3. Spellbound (1945)
4. Rope! (1948)
5. Psycho (1960)
6. Rebecca (1940)
7. The Thirty Nine Steps (1935)
8. Rear Window (1954)
9. Sabateur (1942)
10. The Lady Vanishes (1938)
11. The Birds (1963)
12. Torn Curtain (1966)
13.

I have and I enjoyed it very much. Hitch's second best from his British Period, the first being "The Thirty Nine Steps.

Capo, North By Northwest not being on your list suprises me. Is it safe to asume you haven't seen it yet?

My List Of all the Hitchcock films I've seen ordered from best to worst.

1. Vertigo (1958)
2. North By Northwest (1959)
3. Spellbound (1945)
4. Rope! (1948)
5. Psycho (1960)
6. Rebecca (1940)
7. The Thirty Nine Steps (1935)
8. Rear Window (1954)
9. Sabateur (1942)
10. Suspicion (1941)
11. The Lady Vanishes (1938)
12. The Birds (1963)
13. Torn Curtain (1966)[/b][/quote]

I love Alfred Hithcock movies. Among my favorites, which have been mentioned are: Psycho and The Birds. One maybe not as known that I found interesting was "Strangers On A Train".

I liked his tv show as well and used to watch it every Sunday night.


TIS

I've seen several episodes and enjoyed how Hitch would always make an aperance on EVER SHOW. And he'd always say things that were quite funny but they were also very... dark...

No, haven't seen Norht By Northwest, but I assure you, ANYthing of his that I can get my hands on, I do not hesitate to do so!

Mick

I do hope that that film story you buy films from has a copy of NBNW...

One of the greatest directors ever and one of my favourite. A genius, an artist.

My fav movies (no order):

Psycho
Notorius
The birds
Vertigo
The suspicion
Rebecca
To catch a thief
Rear window
The Paradine case (with one of the most beautiful Italian classical actresses, Alida Valli, in a dark lady role)

and, of course, the TV series.

I just viewed "The Man Who Knew Too Much" and thought it was really entertaining.

just to test if I am able to put a picture in a message!

..billed as "Valli" in "The Third Man." She was great!

Not seen many of his films but he is a legend,

Think i have only seen The birds

In a league of his own.Old School

Out of all I've seen, The Birds is his second worst film.

1 Vertigo (1958)
2 Rear Window (1954)
3 Psycho (1960)
4 North by Northwest (1959)
5 Strangers on a Train (1951) (British version)
6 The Birds (1963)
7 The Wrong Man (1956)

I'm awaiting the Criterion boxset with 39 Steps, Rebecca, Notorious, etc.

I don't think that "The Birds" is one of his worst. It is an inventive film with great acting cinematography and direction. It just isn't his best. I'm dying to see Marnie.

Ranked Films:

1. Vertigo (1958) - 10/10
2. North By Northwest (1959) - 10/10
3. Rope! (1948) - 10/10
4. Lifeboat (1943) - 10/10
5. Spellbound (1945) - 10/10
6. Psycho (1960) - 10/10
7. The 39 Steps (1935) - 10/10
8. Rebecca (1940) - 9.75/10
9. The Birds (1963) - 9.75/10
10. Rear Window (1954) - 9.5/10
11. The Lady Vannishes (1938) - 9/10

Of course, worst-case Hitchcock is better than best-case most other directors. That's the auteur theory for you.

Mick

I just watched another of his for the first time the otehr night, Notorious. Another fine masterpiece. Brilliant!

Mick

I just received my set of Hitchcock's films that I bought on EBay from a Chinese seller. The set has 34 of his major films (see list below) and it cost only $39.99!!

The boxed set is titled in Chinese, but all the films are in English, and the picture quality is as good as any single Hitchcock DVDs that I already have. All the individual disks are labelled in English.

Here's a pic of the boxed set:




The movies included are:

1:Dial M for Murder ( 1954 ) 01:44:49 Color
2:Foreign Correspondent ( 1940 ) 01:59:53 B/W
3:I confess ( 1953 ) 01:34:13 B/W
4:Jamaica Inn (1939) 01:29:43 B/W
5:Lady Vanishes, The (1938) 01:34:18 B/W
6:Lifeboat (1944) 01:36:07 B/W
7:Man Who Knew Too Much, The (1934), presented by Leslie Banks & Edna Best 01:15:08 B/W
8:Man Who Knew Too Much, The (1951), presented by James Steward & Doris Day 01:59:09 Color
9:Marnie (1964) 02:09:48 Color
10:Murder (1930) 01:32:10 B/W
11:North by Northwest ( 1959 ) 02:16:14 Color
12:Notorious Hitchcock ( 1946 ) 01:41:10 B/W
13:Paradine Case, The (1947) 01:53:57 B/W
14:Psycho (1960) 01:48:08 B/W
15:Rear Window (1954) 01:52:11 Color
16:Rebecca (1940) 02:10:03 B/W
17:Rich and Strange (1932) 01:22:34 B/W
18:Rope (1948) 01:19:47 Color
19:Sabotage (1936) 01:16:07 B/W
20:Saboteur (1942) 01:48:35 B/W
21:Secret Agent (1936) 01:25:50 B/W
22:Shadow of a Doubt (1943) 01:46:58 B/W
23:Skin Game, The (1931) 01:18:24 B/W
24:Spellbound (1945) 01:57:49 B/W
25:Stage Fright ( 1950 ) 01:49:00 B/W
26:Strangers on a train ( 1951 ) 01:40:01 B/W
27:Suspicion ( 1941 ) 01:38:32 Color
28:The 39 Steps(1935) 01:22:17 B/W
29:The Birds (1963) 01:58:42 Color
30:To Catch a Thief (1955) 01:45:43 Color
31:Trouble with Harry, The (1955) 01:38:46 Color
32:Vertigo (1958) 02:08:47 Color
33:Wrong Man, the ( 1956 ) 01:44:49 B/W
34:Young and Innocent (1937) 01:17:30 B/W

The seller charged an additional $25 for shipping, but it came via DHL and arrived in only two business days!!

This may be the best bargain I've ever had from EBay!

Jeez, great deal, SC!

That should keep you busy for a while...

Great buy, SC. Is anything like that even available in the West? Which films from the list haven't you seen yet?

Mick

Mick -

I've never seen anything like this being offered before. I already owned about 5 or 6 Hitchcock films, and wanted to buy another 3 or 4, but when I saw this offer I just jumped at it.

I've yet to see:

The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)
Rich and Strange
The Skin Game
Murder
Young and Innocent
The Paradine Case

I just re-watched "Rebecca".... what an AWESOME movie!!

Rebecca is Hitchcock's masterpiece that I liked the least, if that makes sense. I have it, and will be watching it again soon; it's also showing on the big screen at my local cinema next month.

Of the films you haven't seen, I've only seen The Man Who Knew Too Much. Haven't seen the remake so I can't compare, but it would take some doing to beaet the 1934 effort. Top-notch stuff.

Enjoy!
Mick

I just found a 2 DVD set containing 4 Hitchcock folms (2 sided DVDs)for only $5.99 at Blockbuster.

The 4 films are The Secret Agent, The Lady Vanishes, Sabotage, and The Man Who Knew Too Much (the first version). All are in b&w.

Just thought I'd give you all a heads up. $5.99 is a great deal for 4 Hitchcock films.