Hitchcock Movies I Should See - Spellbound (1945) Discussion

[–] huntley_haverstock 20 years ago

you should see all his movies, but here's a few that i really liked.

the 39 steps, strangers on a train, the paradine case (it's alright, not really great), the byrds, the trouble with harry, the man who knew too much (both versions), rope (super good), and marnie is pretty good too.

i've also heard lifeboat is really good but i haven't seen it yet, i don't think it was ever released on dvd. i ordered a chinese bootleg off ebay, and so i'm waiting to recieve it.

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[–] kag-4 20 years ago

Oh, yeah. I've seen Marnie. I liked it. I just forgot to mention it.

Thanks for the information with the other movies. I'll take your advice.

Kat

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[–] Salems_Moon 20 years ago

The birds how come no1s mentioned that. Its amazing and i actually found it scary in a funnt way u should really see it.

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[–] kag-4 20 years ago

I had a friend advise me against seeing "The Birds." She said that it freaked her out. I think she freaked out a little bit too easy. I don't freak out that way at most scary movies.

Kat

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[–] Salems_Moon 20 years ago

The first time i saw this movie i saw it with a group of people and found it hilarious, but the other year i watched it alone and i was suprisingly scared!!!!!!!

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[–] huntley_haverstock 20 years ago

i did mention the birds, i just spelt it wrong. ha ha.

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[–] kag-4 20 years ago

Thanks guys! You guys rock!

I'm going to rent a couple of movies tonight. I'm going to see if I can find some of these movies at my local video store.

Keep 'em comin'!

Kat

Intercourse the Penguin!

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[–] Salems_Moon 20 years ago

SORRY

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[–] jem132 20 years ago

I'm very suprised no one has mentioned the great 'Shadow Of A Doubt'.
Made a couple of years before 'Spellbound', it's Hitchock's personal favourite of his films.
Also, 'The Wrong Man' is another worth checking out.

His early British work is very entertaining- Try 'The Lady Vanishes' and 'The Thirty-Nine Steps'

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[–] paul-howard2 20 years ago

'Number 17'. I saw this recently and thought it was great. Slow start but stick with it, it's well worth it. Actually a lot of his earlier stuff is coming out, quite cheaply, on DVD, many as 'collections'. I also recommend 'Young & Innocent' as another usually overlooked gem.

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[–] madmax-54 20 years ago

"Stagefright" is pretty good, good twist near the end

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[–] fckin_quintana 20 years ago

You should try and see "Rope". It has a great premise and you see some really good film making techniques in there. Definitely one of my favourites.

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[–] The_Sword_Slinger 20 years ago

ROPE

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[–] kag-4 20 years ago

I've never heard of those two. I'll try to find them.

By the way, you guys rock!!!!!! Thanks a million!

Kat

When was the last time you heard these exact words: You are the sunshine of my life?

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[–] kats_cradle 20 years ago

Well of course you must see "The Birds!" That was actually the first Hitchcock movie I saw, and I have to admit it was a little gruesome, but then I watched it again and noticed all the things I missed the first time I watched it. If you like Hitchcock, there's no way you can miss seeing this one. Personally, my favorite Hitchcock movie is "Rear Window," followed by "Vertigo," but of course you know those are good. The Hitchcock film I liked the least was "Notorious." I've seen it twice and I still don't remember much about it. It just wasn't as captivating as his other films.

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[–] kag-4 20 years ago

Oh, I liked "Notorious." But, I'm a big fan of Cary Grant.

Kat

When was the last time you heard these exact words: You are the sunshine of my life?

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[–] mikey16465 20 years ago

Is spellbound easy to get at a store?

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[–] kag-4 20 years ago

I don't think Wal-Mart has it, but you can get it at a big movie store fairly easily.

Kat

When was the last time you heard these exact words: You are the sunshine of my life?

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[–] pneupane 19 years ago

oh no! don't say that. Notorious is one of my favorite movies of ALL TIME. the tension and this chemistry between grant and bergman is so palpable throughout the entire movie...and the last scene is just perfect.

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[–] collin-reid 19 years ago

I would say:

Shadow Of A Doubt
The 39 Steps
The Lady Vanishes
The Lodger (It will be silent and in poor condition.)

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[–] silverrocket75 19 years ago

If you like Montgomery Clift (which, really, who wouldn't?) then you should definitely seek out the less-acclaimed but still totally awesome "I Confess."

"Strangers on a Train" is definitely prime Hitchcock, with lots of iconic scenes and great dialogue.

I really enjoyed "Frenzy" as well, and "Saboteur" which no one else seemed to mention.

Oh, and "Foreign Correspondent" and "Lifeboat" are both excellent as well.

And these are in addition to the gazillion adored movies he made that EVERYONE loves. Man, you're in for a treat if you're still in the beginning stages of discovering Hitchcock...I went through that when I was eighteen, and it was a total blast.

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[–] amber98765 19 years ago

This week on turner classic movies is Alfred Hitchcock week. You should check it out i believe they are playing 30 some of his movies. It started Monday and goes to I think Saturday. I've seen a few and im excited to get the chance to check out some more of his movies

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[–] amber98765 19 years ago

I think everyone with cable gets this channel. If you want to see the schedule of the movies coming up go to Turnerclassicmovies.com

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[–] richard-III 19 years ago

Collin-reid wrote "The Lodger (It will be silent and in poor condition.)"

I actually own a videotape of the restored and tinted version, which looks wonderful (much better than the available dvd version). It's from the 1990s.
In that period, let's say after the restoration of Abel Gance's Napoleon, lots of classic silent films were restored and tinted where necessary (tinting or toning only happened when historical sources say the original films were showed in colors).
Lon Chaney's Phantom Of The Opera, Murnau's Nosferatu and Wiene's Cabinet Of Dr. Caligari are other realized restoration projects from the 1990s.

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the Bread will walk the Earth."

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[–] ssgoten104 19 years ago

frenzy is worth seeing

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[–] Irene-08 19 years ago

Hey, what about Rebecca and Suspicion.

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[–] conace21 19 years ago

Saboteur

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[–] alzonts3 19 years ago

I'm in a film class at school, and in the Hitchcock unit we saw:
-Rebecca
-Notorious
-Spellbound
-Rope
-Read Window
-The Man Who Knew Too Much
-North by Northwest
-Psycho
-Frenzy
-Vertigo

I highly recommend The Man Who Knew Too Much.

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[–] pastabake-1 19 years ago

I think that in that period psychology was ridiculous, actually much psychoanalysis these days is complete hokum, so it's pretty good considering. especially as that moron Freud was still all the rage back then.

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[–] phatkronikblunt 19 years ago

Only a moron would call Freud a moron. Moron.

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[–] bubley_girl 19 years ago

I suggest "I Confess." I love that movie sooooo much. Even if you're not Catholic, it's still an awesome film. Really Suspenseful

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[–] PowerToTheFlower 19 years ago

I've seen Vertigo, The birds, Notorious, The Paradine case, Spellbound and To catch a thief.
I reccomend them all, I'm becoming a real Hitchcock fan but Spellbound and Vertigo are my personal favorites. I found The Birds very creepy and The Paradine Case not so good.

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[–] nutsberryfarm 10 years ago

the trouble with harry is funny.

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[–] BLacKsaD87 19 years ago

Hi my name is Phil and Hitchcock is one of the best directors ever. The movies that ive seen and own are:

Shadow of a doubt
North by Northwest
Strangers on a train
dial m for murder
i confess
vertigo
the man who knew too much(both versions)
stage fright
wrong man
suspicion
mr. and mrs.smith
rear window
rebecca
foreign correspondent
rope
psycho
to catch a thief
Notorious
Spellbound
the 39 steps
under capricorn
the birds

My top favorite Hitchcock movies are Strangers on a train, vertigo, rope, rebecca, shadow of a doubt, north by northwest, foreign correspondent and dial m for murder.

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[–] gayspiritwarrior 18 years ago

In "Rope" Hitchcock set himself the goal of shooting a completely non-edited movie. The only breaks come between reels of film. He has the camera zoom into someone's back, for instance, when a reel is coming to the end, and he backs away from it at the beginning of the next reel. The movie was shot completely in "real time," and had to be choreographed so everyone would know where the camera would be and where they would be at any given time during the reel, since any mistake would necessitate starting the whole reel over again. He always said the experiment was only partly successful, as he felt constrained by the limits he set, and that the true essence of Cinema, in any case, is editing and cutting from one image to another.

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