re: Hitchcock advice (his best films)

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I have yet to see any Hitchcock movies, but this thread has got me interested. I have a $25 Amazon gift card burning a hole in my pocket, too.

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Check my post on page 2...I got this collection from Amazon, and you can get it used for around 40 bucks. 14 of his movies, and most of the classics are there. The velvet case (and just the whole thing in general) is really nice, and that may not matter to you, but it is.

I didn't watch any of the ones I've seen in any order and didn't follow an order the time I rented them for my weekend marathon. I didn't watch the entire weekend, but I think I watched about 8 of them at once. I have no problem watching TV for long periods, though. Many times, I watch while I'm cooking or late at night since I'm a nightowl and on weekends, I can't watch until 5 or 6 am pretty easily.

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Part of me gets excited when I think about dedicating a full weekend to something like this, and then the other part of me is not sure he wants to sit in front of the TV for that long.

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Yeah I would break it up over several weekends. Really you'll get more enjoyment of them that way and the Hitchcock style will soak into you more and you'll recognize the formula in subsequent viewings.

Watching a bunch over the weekend is good to do with a tv series but I wouldn't do it with feature films where it's not serial.

I love watching TV/movies as well, so I know I'd be fine. But it is fairly intimidating to think about before I start it (I know once I decide to do it it'll prolly fly by).

I just have a wall when I'm getting tired. If I hit that wall, there is nothing I can do to stay awake. I've had to watch the last 10 minutes of Psych like 5 times before because I started it late and kept falling asleep. Ended up finally having to just give up and watch it the next day.

Finished Shadow of a Doubt a couple nights ago. Liked it, although some parts of it were kinda weird (I thought Charlie and Uncle Charlie were gonna kiss a few times).

I think next I'll move into the classics like I mentioned. Prolly start with either Psycho or The Birds. One thing I noticed is that of all the movies I want to see from him, Hitchcock never made any real "short" movies. They're all right around 100 (or more) minutes. Not that it matters, but for some reason I expected them to be shorter (because they're older I guess).

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Psycho was the next one I watched. I had forgotten a lot about it, so it was cool watching it again. Very good (obviously). I mainly forgot about how early on in the film he murders Janet Leigh.

I haven't had much time in the last week or two to watch much of anything (aside from Arrested Development here and there). Not to mention in my spare time I usually have DVR to catch up on. Hopefully that will change soon and I'll be able to do my Hitchcock weekend like I wanted.