A to Z Blogging Challenge: Movie Memories
Blogging about the movies that made an impact on my life
Alfred Hitchcock is in a category all by himself.
Psycho (1960): "They may have fooled me, but they didn't fool my mother."
Rear Window (1954): Trapped in a wheelchair and your only weapon is a camera.
North by Northwest (1959): "I didn't realize you were an art collector. I thought you just collected corpses."
The Birds (1963): Birds attack Bodega Bay -- blowing up cars, burning down buildings, and mutilating every human within pecking distance. Rambo has nothing on them.
The Birds (1963): Birds attack Bodega Bay -- blowing up cars, burning down buildings, and mutilating every human within pecking distance. Rambo has nothing on them.
Vertigo (1958): Will the real Madeleine please stand up?
Strangers on a Train (1951): "I have the perfect weapon right here: these two hands."
18 comments:
Loved Rear Window and Vertigo. Never watched Psycho, thank goodness. I do enjoy taking showers!
I have been waiting for this name to come up today. After seeing the Birds a long time ago, I am still freeking out over it. M. Night Shyamalan is a big Hitchcock fan, that is why he always makes cameo appearances in his films :) Nice post as usual.
Rear Window.
Not just one of Hitchcock's best but in the running for all-time best movie.
Lisa, Siv, Huntress: I'm a huge Hitchcock fan. I agree, Rear Window is absolutely brilliant!
I love so many of these movies. Hitchcock was pretty much awesome!
I am old enough to boast that I used to watch The Hitchcock Hour on TV every week. It was great. Nothing like them any more. I can hear the music running through my head right now.
Nice to meet you through the A-Z challenge! Hope to see you around!
Jennee, Jeanne, Barbara: Hitch was a genius. I remember the TV show, too. I loved the theme song: March of the Marionettes.
I watched Vertigo by myself at two in the morning one time. Totally screwed me up for a while :)
Sarah Allen
(my creative writing blog)
Hi, Sarah: I hear you! The first time I saw Psycho was alone in my house on the late late late show.
Loved Hitchcock's work. So glad you featured him!
Alison: What would a "movie" theme be without our friend Alfred?
I ducked low when a bird flew over my head after watching The Birds. I hadn't realised until recently it was a novel by Daphne Du Maurier. Hitcock films are classics. :O)
Such a great director! I used to watch his TV show when it came on right before Twilight Zone--or was it after. No matter--it was some great television viewing when I was a kid.
Lee
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Madeleine: Du Mariere also wrote the novel, Rebecca, another Hitch film...his only Academy Award winner (1940). He really knew where to look for good stories.
Arlee: The TV show was great. I like that he made cameo appearances in his movies. It's fun to find him...like "Where's Waldo?"
Boy howdy! Hitch was the Master of Suspense - His films are guaranteed to give you thrills chills and spills! You definitely hit the high points even lesser Hitchcock is always worth a look. Thanks for acknowledging him!
Hi, Craig: I am a HUGE Hitchcock fan! One of the great filmmakers of all time.
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