211. Marnie (1964)

[rufustfirefly]

But I do want to go to bed, Marnie. I very much want to go to bed.

Title: Marnie
Date Watched: 4/14/2013
Original Ranking Out of 10: N/A
Revised Ranking Out of 10: 5

Synopsis: A man catches a kleptomaniac, marries her, and uncovers her deep dark secrets.

The Good: The reveal at the end is awesome. There are a few good sequences on the way to the

Comments

[perfectscore]

Because of the Bates Motel bandwagon I jumped on, I felt it was a necessity to go back to the original Hitchcock "scary" movies.
The things I will discuss in this comment.
1.) Psycho 1960
2.) The Birds and the Tippi Hedren Controversy
3.) Anthony Perkins and his tragic life
4.) Recent biographical movies dealing with Hitchcock: "Hitchcock" and "The Girl" <--HBO
5.) Not last but the first thing.. my knowledge of Hitchcock.

pt 2

[perfectscore]

5.) I have a very basic understanding of Hitchcock. I always thought he was the grandfather of horror movies when actually he refined suspense from what I understand

[perfectscore]

2.) Little is really told about Hitch's followup from the research. I know he was under extreme pressure, self-inflicted, to bring something to the screen that would equal the impact of Psycho. After the resounding success of Psycho, a film he had to split the bill for by getting another morgage on his house... the studio was ready to support him no matter what. He had so much clout for taking a film that everyone passed up and making it a huge box office hit

[rufustfirefly]

As you may have noticed, I really like Hitchcock's movies. Psycho's great and, though I admire a lot about The Birds, I don't think I like it as much as you do. If I had to pick my favorites, I'd probably go with Rear Window, North By Northwest, Shadow of a Doubt, The 39 Steps, and maybe Rope (though I'm sure I'm forgetting a bunch

[perfectscore]

When I watch Psycho or The Birds it is almost other-worldly. I mean, the way the film stock kind of blurs the picture just enough to make the actors not look completely real. Do you know what I mean? Both Tippi and Janet move and speak in such a... I call is cosmos way. They just don't make movies with that aesthetic anymore. And actually, some of the movies that are older that those don't have that feel

[perfectscore]

I was going to watch To Catch a Thief next.. my third Hitchcock film.. but I think I will watch the ones you listed.. and Marnie, as well