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Better than Vertigo, Rear Window or North by Northwest.


So shoot me.

If only you could see what I have seen with your eyes.

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It's a strange film done in a strange style. For Hitchcock fans it gets better with time, for others it probably just seems very strange. In his interview with the french director Francois Truffaut, Hitchcock admitted he was not really comfortable with the material, and supporting actress Diane Baker said she wished an additional scene with her and Hedren had been left in the film. So it was not a perfect production, it could have been better. The first time I saw it I wondered why characters like "Cousin Bob" were even it for just s minute, why Lil would want to put them all in danger (seemed very odd), and why Mark was acting so weird, like buying her that very expensive ring, seemed very strange. Might have more...

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Just saw it for the second time after many years in a Hitchcock binge and was greatly moved by it this time; the psychology is kind of mumbo jumbo and the sexual politics is problematic today, but it really hits emotionally if you go with the flow, Hedren is actually pretty great and was never lovelier and Connery has both some menace and gentleness as is suitable for the part. Not a perfect movie in any way, but perfection can be boring, and this is not boring.

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Um, wrong.

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