Any Alfred Hitchcock fans out there?

  To be honest, I wasn't a big Hithcock fan, I found most of his movies predictable and irritatingly slow, and his supposed "classic" laughable, though I suppose AT THE TIME, Psycho's bathroom scene passed for "gory".

But Geri and I have started to rewatch some of the old Hithcock films, and some are actually very good.

Last night we watched The Trouble With Harry

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048750/

And one of my favorite movies of all time is still Rebecca 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032976/

Though the book by  Daphne du Maurier is still superior 

A couple of nights ago we watched a deliciously wicked but little known Hitchcock gem called The Lodger

from 1927, described by wikipedia as "the finest British production ever made” (considering the times)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lodger:_A_Story_of_the_London_Fog

Like I said earlier, not a huge Hitchcock fan but he did direct some gems, so asking:

ANY other Hitchcock fans out there?

Got any favorites? NOT so favorities?

Your overall impression of Hitchcock's style?

Didya know, also according to wikipedia, that:

Hitchcock borders themes of "the fascination with technique and problem-solving, the obsession with blondes, the fear of authority, the ambivalence towards homosexuality"

ANYWAY join in and Happy Monday.






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