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They don't make movies like this anymore..


This movie is an art form. No one can possibly make a movie as good as this these days, there will probably never ever be any film maker as talented as Alfred Hitchcock. It's the way it's shot, the camera movements, the atmosphere that make it great. These days all you have is explosions and unrealistic action with split second camera movements.

I am very grateful to have access to films like this, because I literally cannot stand to sit through any new movie, and as a 22 year old, that's really saying something about the quality of new movies!

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Well, that's just not the case at all is it. Plenty of modern films don't contain a single superhero or OTT action sequences. Some are beautifully shot and up there with the all time greats.

As for this film, it's good, certainly not one of Hitchcoks very best and doesn't stand out as a truly visionary piece of golden era cinema aesthetically.

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