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Posted by petew (i) on June 20, 2000 at 18:30:15:

In Reply to: Alfred Hitchcock Favorites for 1st time or repeat viewing posted by edta on June 18, 2000 at 17:56:48:

Howdy Friends, I'm Oedipus TEX. My friends, just call me REX! Remember, nothing seen on the screen is chance, nothing is filler, nothing is background information. Everything he shows you is of vital significance.

I recommend Brian De Palma's "Body Double". It has most of the famous Hitchcock "hooks" . Make it a game, and try and name the Hitchcock film DePalma is ripping off before your viewing partner does.

Opps, but first you'll have to watch every Hitchcock film--not a bad life goal really. Keep in mind that Hitchcock is deeply and profoundly obsessed with sexual fantasy. Every film is about YOUR sexual fantasy. He's telling everyone about you! (Shusshh! don't look at the other people in the theater--they think you won't know what a thrill they are getting by vicariously experiencing a deep inner longing--knowing all your sexual secrets!). When you become completely at one with him, and begin reading the first scripts sketched out for "Birds" (note the stuffed birds in the motel of Psycho--another timeless classic) the bit where ...oh, I won't tell you now. You have such a dirty mind! What is a bird anyway? Why birds? What is the symbolic meaning of The Bird? or the birds and the bees? Hummmm. But why Jimmy Stewart? He's such a nice man...so, civilized, and kind, and honest, and decent...and Cary Grant...a perfect gentleman...are you saying...you mean he's....OH!

Don't forget to see Mel Brooks' "High Anxiety" too. Sometimes satire will reveal things you hide from yourself.

If you could look into a film reviewer's mind, all Hitchcock films would be burned. You're not watching the film, the film is watching you. He always appears on the wrong side of the camera. Ha!
So many clues, so little time.

Remember, nothing is accidental. Because it's all in you.

"I like to watch"
--Chauncy Gardner