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Of course, Psycho was a great movie too

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Chris from Lafayette

In Reply to: RE: What's your favorite Hitchcock film and why?.... posted by halfnote on August 01, 2020 at 13:48:55

Not least because of its genius-level musical score by Bernard Herrmann. But the instrumentation throughout was strings only - no trombones. I believe I read an interview with Herrmann where he mentioned that he consciously restricted himself to string sonorities (no wind or brass colorings) - it was meant as a sonic parallel to the use of black-and-white in the film itself.

Anyway, yes, a truly great film!

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RE: Of course, Psycho was a great movie too - halfnote 05:30:21 08/02/20 (0)
You GOT me!
It was, if I am correct now, deep bass violins, one short stroke, one long .. repeated, right?
Thanks for the correction!
"a great movie too"?
I still like some of the earlier ones, FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT and SABATEUR probably don't get too many votes for best ever, but I admire them both greatly.
Then, of course, there's LIFEBOAT with its unique camera work.
But I would still put PSYCHO at the top, then perhaps NORTH BY NORTHWEST, VERTIGO and REAR WINDOW.
But let me think about it, so I can change my mind.

Edits: 08/02/20 08/02/20

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