Author Topic: The Films of Alfred Hitchcock: Is there a director's cut of "Psycho"?
Zaz 
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Date Posted: 4/29 8:32pm Subject: RE: The Films of Alfred Hitchcock: Now Discussing: "Jamaica Inn"
Costume pictures aren't Hitchcock's forte. His only other one, "Under Capricorn" was a flop.

I recorded "Jamaica Inn" from TCM...I still haven't watched it.

 

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Zaz 
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Date Posted: 5/3 4:18pm Subject: RE: The Films of Alfred Hitchcock: Now Discussing: "Jamaica Inn"
And..."Jamaica Inn" is on tonight on TCM along with several other Hitchcocks.

 

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Zaz 
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Date Posted: 5/4 12:26pm Subject: RE: The Films of Alfred Hitchcock: Now Discussing: "Jamaica Inn"
Hitchcock made three films from Daphne Dumaurier material--"Rebecca", "The Birds" and "Jamaica Inn". The latter is the worst. There's something wrong with the sound, for one thing, and the pace is too frenetic to catch the plot. Laughton is made up stupidly, but he's fun, and O'Hara is a stunner, even in black and white.

 

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Zaz 
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Date Posted: 5/11 12:15am Subject: RE: The Films of Alfred Hitchcock: Now Discussing: "Jamaica Inn"
I watched "Sabotage" after recording off TCM.

It's very good, indeed. Hitchcock fought constantly with Sylvia Sydney, but she's highly effective, especially in the "Who Killed Cock Robin?" sequences. Holmolka is a very effective villain.

 

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Zaz 
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Date Posted: 7/2 12:24pm Subject: RE: The Films of Alfred Hitchcock: Now Discussing: "Jamaica Inn"
The Lego version of the shower scene in "Psycho"

 

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DarthBoba 
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Date Posted: 7/2 1:51pm Subject: RE: The Films of Alfred Hitchcock: Now Discussing: The Lego Version of the Shower Scene in "Psycho"
laugh

That's great lol.

 

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Zaz 
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Date Posted: 7/4 1:44pm Subject: RE: The Films of Alfred Hitchcock: Now Discussing: The Lego Version of the Shower Scene in "Psycho"
TCM has "Vertigo", "Rear Window", "Notorious" and "Psycho" on today.

 

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JohnWesleyDowney 
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Date Posted: 7/5 12:48am Subject: RE: The Films of Alfred Hitchcock: TCM has several Hitchcock Films on Today - Date Edited: 7/5 12:49am (1 edits total) Edited By: JohnWesleyDowney
Zaz posted:
The Lego version of the shower scene in "Psycho"


Hitchcock must be rolling over in his grave. That was hilarious. Though it's even more chilling that she smiles the entire time.

Lots of great films on this weekend from the Master of Suspense. cool

 

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JohnWesleyDowney 
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Date Posted: 7/14 10:38pm Subject: RE: The Films of Alfred Hitchcock: - Date Edited: 7/14 11:00pm (1 edits total) Edited By: JohnWesleyDowney
NORTH BY NORTH was on TCM tonight and something caught my attention in the train dining car scene. Roger Thornhill's matchbook is seen and it's monographed with his initials: R O T
Yves St. Marie asks him what the "O" stands for, and he says it stands for nothing.

Question: What Hollywood Producer that Hitchcock loathed ALSO had a middle initial of "O" which stood for nothing?

David O. Selznick

I'm amazed as many times as I've seen that film that I never caught that connection before.

One more little jab from the Master of Suspense...and Subtlety.

 

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Zaz 
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Date Posted: 7/14 10:40pm Subject: RE: The Films of Alfred Hitchcock:
Oh, yeah. Hitchcock *hated* Selznick.

 

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Princess_Tina 
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Date Posted: 7/15 12:36pm Subject: RE: The Films of Alfred Hitchcock:
As much as they disagreed creatively, I still think Hitchcock should have been grateful to Selznick for bringing him to Hollywood, and setting him on the road toward becoming a very rich man.

 

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Zaz 
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Date Posted: 7/15 1:46pm Subject: RE: The Films of Alfred Hitchcock:
Hitchcock's Focus on the Wrongly Accused

 

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Zaz 
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Date Posted: 8/7 9:33pm Subject: RE: The Films of Alfred Hitchcock: - Date Edited: 8/7 9:37pm (1 edits total) Edited By: Zaz
[http://iconsoffright.com/news/2008/08/is_there_an_unseen_directors_c.html]Is there a director's cut of "Psycho"?[/link]


I very much doubt it. Hitchcock usually planned his films meticulously, with story boards, so that there was almost no extraneous footage. That way the suits could not recut it.

OTOH: He made "Psycho" independently.

 

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