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In Reply to: 39 Steps. Overrated? posted by tinear on December 16, 2003 at 15:16:30:
. . . but it IS quite dated.Yes, they DID make movies differently back then. The movie feels stilted and overacted by todays standards. Typical of the times.
It's Hitchcock learning his trade, finding his feet. Bad by later Hitch standards, but better than most of his contemporaries.
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That doesn't change the fact that his worse is still better than most directors could or can do. Even a lesser Hitchcock like "The Birds" or "Marnie" is still superior entertainment.What do you think is the best Hitchcock film? My favorite, among many, has to be 1940's glorious "Rebecca."
I never tire of seeing that one...particularly notable to me is the performance of George Sanders as the unctious, despicable and charming Jack Favell. So many great scenes-the revelation of Rebecca's fate to a stunned Mrs. DeWinter in the boathouse... Mrs. Danvers encouraging her to commit suicide after the debacle of the ball....Favell's attempt to extort money from DeWinter in exchange for keeping quiet about Rebecca's fate.I may have to find time to watch it again this weekend.
"A little government and a little luck are necessary in life, but only a fool trusts either of them".
-P. J. O'Rourke
G.S is very good as he was in " the Foreign Correspondant "
ff....wonderful..
He also plays a great cad in "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir".
his turn in the classic "All About Eve." Intelligent, cynical, conniving - the quintessential George Sanders in a role that must have been written with him in mind.
A professional cad.
I like this moovie.
He was also a great cad in "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir".
Probably "North By Northwest". A classic combination of "wrong man" and road picture. Killer score by Herriman.Rebecca is great tho . . . So is "To catch a Thief". And who can forget the spectacular staged feel of "Rear Window"? Or the black humor of "The Trouble with Harry"? Being a San Francisco area native, "Vertigo" holds a special place for me too. Ugh, no way to narrow it down.
" To catch " I never did found it good, just bad Hitch vintage.
" The Trouble " is actually underrated...a so fine sense of humor..wonderful
Tough call, here, with so many competing choices but I think many would agree that Vertigo is Hitchcock's finest.
Shadow of a doubt maybe the one.
The Birds a lesser film ?
Go have a look at him.
Forget the Birds..look at the story behind.
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