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LoathedVermin72 wrote:

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durdencommatyler wrote:His face, his eyes, in that scene. *Shivers* Fucking haunts my nights.

Oh, Perkins is great. But so many people just seem to ignore that the scene right before that final moment is a clinical, expository, uninteresting dissection of the film's preceding events that systematically explains away all nuance and subtlety in order to cater to dullards.

I suppose I can see what you're getting at. It certainly isn't enough to taint an otherwise extraordinary film, for me.

Yeah, if I were more passionate about the rest of the film, I'd probably agree (Bigger Than Life has a similar ending problem, but I still adore that film despite it). But while there are many elements of it I like (the falling-down-the-stairs sequence), I never felt very strongly about any of it. My relationship with Hitchcock is often a little bumpy.

Have you officially ranked Hitchcock films around here yet? I'd be interested in the list.

I don't think I have. I still have a lot left to see.

North by Northwest
The Trouble with Harry
To Catch a Thief
Vertigo
Saboteur
Strangers on a Train
Rebecca
Foreign Correspondent
Rope
Rear Window
Psycho
Spellbound
The Birds
The Lady Vanishes

I'm surprised Vertigo isn't higher. What's your deal with that one?

It's #4! That's pretty high. I like Vertigo a lot. I just really love the top three.

durdencommatyler wrote:

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durdencommatyler wrote:

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LoathedVermin72 wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:His face, his eyes, in that scene. *Shivers* Fucking haunts my nights.

Oh, Perkins is great. But so many people just seem to ignore that the scene right before that final moment is a clinical, expository, uninteresting dissection of the film's preceding events that systematically explains away all nuance and subtlety in order to cater to dullards.

I suppose I can see what you're getting at. It certainly isn't enough to taint an otherwise extraordinary film, for me.

Yeah, if I were more passionate about the rest of the film, I'd probably agree (Bigger Than Life has a similar ending problem, but I still adore that film despite it). But while there are many elements of it I like (the falling-down-the-stairs sequence), I never felt very strongly about any of it. My relationship with Hitchcock is often a little bumpy.

Have you officially ranked Hitchcock films around here yet? I'd be interested in the list.

I don't think I have. I still have a lot left to see.

North by Northwest
The Trouble with Harry
To Catch a Thief
Vertigo
Saboteur
Strangers on a Train
Rebecca
Foreign Correspondent
Rope
Rear Window
Psycho
Spellbound
The Birds
The Lady Vanishes

I'm surprised Vertigo isn't higher. What's your deal with that one?

It's #4! That's pretty high. I like Vertigo a lot. I just really love the top three.

I haven't seen your #2 or #3. I'll have to check those out. I have this weird thing with Hitchcock movies. I have to hear about one specifically several times in a row from various sources coincidentally before I watch the movie. That's why I've seen so few of them. I let the universe demand the next one.

durdencommatyler wrote:That's one.

durdencommatyler in 2014 wrote:I've had this long term thing with Hitchock: I only watch a new Hitchcock movie if it shows up on my radar frequently in a short time span. It's a dumb game, I know. But if The Trouble With Harry comes up one more time in the next week or so, I'll make that the next one I see.

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durdencommatyler wrote:That's one.

Two.

durdencommatyler in 2014 wrote:I've had this long term thing with Hitchock: I only watch a new Hitchcock movie if it shows up on my radar frequently in a short time span. It's a dumb game, I know. But if The Trouble With Harry comes up one more time in the next week or so, I'll make that the next one I see.

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tragabigzanda wrote:Random thought: LV mostly loves movies with rich, vibrant colors.

Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.