[kj] [OT] Movies

[Jim Harper]

Hitchcock is a director I admire greatly but I don't actually *like* many of his films. At his best- Psycho, Vertigo and The Lodger for me- he's truly incredible, but I've been disappointed by him a number of times. Frenzy is okay but it plays like a film-school graduate directing a broad parody of classic-era Hitchcock; Marnie is so dated now the impact is almost entirely lost; Topaz and Torn Curtain just weak. He does deserve most of the acclaim he's received, but I'll never be a big fan.
 
I don't mind Lang either, particularly the two sound versions of Dr Mabuse and Metropolis.
 
I do like a number of Hitchcock- and Lang-inspired movies though- things like Richard Franklin's Roadgames and Psycho II (both excellent); Brian De Palma's Sisters and Dressed to Kill (back before De Palma's talent dribbled out of his ears); and then some of my all-time favourites: Dario Argento's The Bird With The Crystal Plumage and Suspiria. Everyone who loves film *must* see those two movies, milestones both of them.

Jim.

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