CockingUp – Ponderous Personal Projects

Family Plot [1976]

Family Plot
Alfred Hitchcock
4/6

And that’s the end of our Hitchcock programme. It was OK.

So what did we learn?Oh I don’t know. Anyway, here’s the shortlist:

Ok, that’s not very short. Ok, here’s the short shortlist:

Torn Curtain [1966]

Torn Curtain
Alfred Hitchcock
4/6

Very suspense. Nice to see a good one again after the streak of disappointment.

Marnie [1964]

Marnie
Alfred Hitchcock
3/6

In this movie James Bond catches Melanie Griffith’s mom in criminal shenanigans and proceeds to blackmail her into marriage so he can do teh raep.

The Birds [1963]

The Birds
Alfred Hitchcock
2/6

Really boring.

Weird that this is what went in the history books as the ultimate Hitchcock. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a good piece of work, but it’s a far cry from, say Lifeboat or Rear Window, just to pull a couple of titles at random-ish.

North by Northwest [1959]

North by Northwest
Alfred Hitchcock
6/6

2:16 and not a minute too long. He is good when he’s good.

Vertigo [1958]

Vertigo
Alfred Hitchcock
5/6

I was worried that when I finally got to the The Classics™, I’d find that they were the typical popular movies! Thankfully, this was before cinema was killed. Not only that, but Vertigo is bathed in the most glorious celluloid beauty the likes of which we haven’t seen since The Trouble With Harry. See for yourselves:

The Wrong Man [1956]

The Wrong Man
Alfred Hitchcock
3/6

They called it a “bass fiddle” in the fifties.. Huh!

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