Sorry, bit of a newbie question. What's the Hitchcock movie where the big reveal comes via a sloooowww zoom from the theater balcony to the hands of a musician in an orchestra?

The fly convinced me. Death things and symbolism. Insert more stuff here.

hi friends, I’m shopping for a holiday gift for my dad who is a lifelong Hitchcock fan but now in the early-mid stages of dementia.

can anyone recommend a coffee table style book on hitchcock preferably with lots of pictures?

I don’t think he’d be able to read a whole book but photos with captions he’d love.

thank you!!

I’m posting this in the Twilight Zone and Hitchcock forums. I’m curious which show is more popular.

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Are you even a Hitchcock fan if you don’t make everything in your life Hitchcock related? I got a puppy this year and named her after Alma Reville. Her formal name is Lady Reville Hitchcock. She’s a great addition to my Hitchcock mask, don’t you think?! Haha

Episode 72 of Al Sjoerdsma's Presenting Alfred Hitchcock Presents podcast (with the Ann Arbor District Library).

In this installment, young Hildegarde Fell tells the story of her friendship with Mr. Anderson, who may or may not be a famous retired judge. Then, Al uncoils a bit of Rope.

Download the episode wherever you get your podcasts or at https://aadl.org/ahp72

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In Rear Window, Jeff, Lisa and Stella need to get suspected murderer Lars Thorwald out of his apartment. Where did he tell them to meet?

Are there any streaming services that have a large collection of movies? Specifically from the 40s to early 50s. Where’s the best place to watch?

First time watcher of Presents. Almost done with season 4. I’m confused about an episode I watched tonight.

A True Account (season 4, ep 34)

Why did the nurse ever go to a lawyer if she killed the sick elderly woman? What did she gain by doing that?

Was she trying to get her husband to go to jail so she could divorce and get his money? When that failed, she killed him? Why did he re enact killing the first wife while sleepwalking if he didn’t do it?

Some of these episodes are confusing and I dislike the ending of some. I’m like, “that’s it?!”

Overall I love the show. They’re like condensed Hitchcock films.

I just watched the film Psycho and I came across this. Is it on purpose that the Mother’s teeth / skull are to be seen here? Just before it cuts to the car getting pulled out of the mud. I’d find it an amazing detail if it was intentional like this. Can’t really find anything on it online

Hi,

I suppose this question has been asked many times. It is well known that Fincher was influenced by Hitchcock…

Which movies would you recommend in that regard?

Thanks

Notorious vs North by Northest

While there's no denying the latter is more visually stunning. I've always felt the former is the more complex film and has the better plot. I also preferred the villains in Notorious.

This is all just personal preference of course. What brought this up was seeing an old list of Dick Cavett's favorite films of all time , which included Notorious. And I'm not suggesting North by Northwest is a bad film. It's good light hearted fun with a great chase scene at the end.

While there's no denying the latter is more visually stunning. I've always felt the former is the more complex film and has the better plot. I also preferred the villains in Notorious.

This is all just personal preference of course. What brought this up was seeing an old list of Dick Cavett's favorite films of all time , which included Notorious. And I'm not suggesting North by Northwest is a bad film. It's good light hearted fun with a great chase scene at the end.

I just re-watched Dial M for Murder and was thinking…how did they get away with Margot having an extramarital affair and ending up with her lover at the end?! And to have the role played by the classy and innocent Grace Kelly, and the other man the friendly Bob Cummings! I looked up the trivia for the movie on IMDb and the only reference to the code was about censoring the word “cocaine.” Anyone know if the cheating plot caused any problems at the time?

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The podcast Screen Drafts is currently doing a 3 part series where they draft the top 30 best Hitchcock films! It’s a lot of fun and I’ve learned so much more about his filmography through the discussions. Thought some might be interested- big recommend!

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/screen-drafts/id1431963108?i=1000675416274

I read this story in High School; been looking for it ever since. It's a prose short story version of the 1773 ballad of Leonore, and it appeared in an Alfred Hitchcock short story collection, the cover had an artistic version of Isabelle Adjani circa Nosferatu 1979. (I could be wrong about Hitchcock but it's a short story collection with Adjani on the cover) anyone know the title, PLEASE and THANK YOU.

i like to give it as a birthday present to my mother.

my mother as old as she is, remembered the black and white version from her youth, so she likes a black and white version to watch. now the colored one i can buy everywhere.

anybody any idea if that ever was in circulation or where i could buy it online in Europe / American or Asia? must have english subtitles at least.

thanks.

When I was a kid, my mother had a subscription to Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine for a while. I remember there was one story about a fog or something moving up a high-rise building, and screams or something like that coming from within the fog. I remember liking the story, but I really can't remember anything else about it, and what I do remember might be wrong. Does anyone else remember this. I think about it every-so-often, and I'd like to read it again if I could find it. It would probably have been in the magazine in the late 80s, early 90s.

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Or you could also pick the film that felt “darkest” to you if that makes sense.

I’m going with “Rope.”

Happy Halloween fellow fanatics.