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I love Alfred Hitchcock! When I was in grade school I read (purchased most) the series called "Alfred Hitchcock and the Three Investigators," 19 volumes (each volume a different story but same characters.) Then I purchased some old black and white movies of Hitchcock. I've seen Psycho and the Birds several times. The last movie of his I watched was Vertigo with Jimmy Stewart.

I love Rear Window, as well as Shadow of a Doubt, North by Northwest, and Vertigo.
I did not appreciate Psycho until I took a film class. We actually watch the old 35mm version in a theater. The wallpaper patterns and taxidermy birds really stand out in the background of the motel office. And the scene where the detective falls backwards down the stairs is stunning! I wish I could see all of his movies on the big screen...we miss a lot on tv, I think.

The Birds was my favorite till we moved to texas. In the fall we get flocks and flocks of annoying black birds. I had just introduced my boys to "the Birds" and we went out for dinner....they didn't want to get out of the car at the restaurant because there were birds EVERYWHERE...it was quite funny and creepy at the same time. I absolutely adored old movies like this, creepy but with little violence, no gore, and NO cussing. True film legends.

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My favorite director of all time. Make SURE you see "Marnie" (Sean Connery, Tippi Hedron) and "Notorious" (Ingrid Bergman and Cary Grant at their best).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notorious_%281946_film%29

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marnie_%28film%29

Marnie is the only Hitch film fans are strongly divided over. I love it!

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Behold, now is "THE ACCEPTABLE TIME,"
behold, now is "THE DAY OF SALVATION" --
The apostle Paul, NASB

PS
You can watch both on Youtube in segments. After a segment ends, leave full screen, check what number you just watched, and choose the continuation from the right side. If you don't follow this you may get lost....

Marnie:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCFomCJf ... 92A4CF58E5

Tippi: You don't love me. I'm just something you've caught! You think I'm some sort of animal you've trapped!
Sean Connery: That's right - you are. And I've caught something really wild this time, haven't I? I've tracked you and caught you and by God I'm going to keep you.

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Behold, now is "THE ACCEPTABLE TIME,"
behold, now is "THE DAY OF SALVATION" --
The apostle Paul, NASB

"Rear Window" and "North by Northwest" are probably my favorites. You just have to love those great Hitchcock camera angles.

I know it isn't a Hitchcock film, but I love watching "High Anxiety" and trying to pick all the Hitchcock parodies out of it.

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Marnie and Rope are the only ones of his American made films I don't own. I have not seen Marnie in so long, I have forgotten the story line. I will have to check it out!

I dreamed of Mandalay last night.....

Gotta love "Rebecca", when that old lady goes up in flames!

Talullah Bankhead, who was in Lifeboat, was my father's cousin.

I love Alfred Hitchcock

My favorites are Rear Window, Marnie, To Catch A Thief, Strangers on a Train, and I Confess.

This is fun. When they digitally remastered the archives of Vertigo and Rear Window I saw them in the theatre re- release.
I only bought one, Vertigo, on VHS. I got so lost in that film that I watched it 24/7 for weeks! I don't play computer games but I was just as pale as any couch potato gamer. The music! Has anyone noticed that, in Vertigo and Marnie, there is a woman madly in love with the protaganist, who any sane man would snatch up in a second, but who are rebuffed and end up with "the fuzzy end of the lollypop?" I'm talkin' Lil and Midge. These are fantastic girls who are swept aside in favor of an irrational obssesion. The psychology is amazing.....

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Behold, now is "THE ACCEPTABLE TIME,"
behold, now is "THE DAY OF SALVATION" --
The apostle Paul, NASB

My Hitchcock favorites are To Catch a Thief, North By Northwest, Rear Window and The Man Who Knew Too Much. I was just a kid when The Man Who Knew Too Much came out, but almost every time we went driving in the car they'd be playing Que Sera, Sera.

I totally agree! In Vertigo, he was an idiot to throw away Midge for some fluffy kook. In fact, racy, dangerous women are themed in several Hitchcock films, including The Birds.