Alfred Hitchcock
Noah’s Barks pages relating to movie/film director Alfred Hitchcock.
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Shadow of a Doubt
Shadow of a Doubt possesses some of Alfred Hitchcock‘s heaviest themes. Moments of brilliance with slices of peaceful suburbia being rotted by the growing underbelly of malicious malaise and the death of its innocence. There’s an interesting dynamic as the movie has the audience’s suspicion develop opposite to Teresa Wright’s. Unlike his greatest work, the… (read more)
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The Birds
Often considered Alfred Hitchcock‘s last great movie. At the very most, you can definitely see him running thin. The main duo of The Birds are cardboard cutouts of all Hitchcock leads before them down to the coy sarcastic exchanges and the groomed gentleman and innocent blonde woman. The rest of the cast is equally bland… (read more)
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Rope
I’m astonished that, for a director valued for his sense of suspense, Rope is not seen as his peak in that regard. The real-time single room setting combined with the illusion of a single take brings the tension to life in a way few films are capable of achieving. The stakes are so high and… (read more)
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Psycho
Yeah, everyone’s right about it: it’s astonishing how well Psycho still holds up, and that’s always a testament to how well-made it was in the first place. Psycho‘s not likely to instill fear in anyone anymore, but relative to its own time it’s in an entire, brand new league, and the thick tension and thrills… (read more)
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Rear Window
One of those movies that just has to be good. Out of all of Alfred Hitchcock‘s movies, Rear Window bears a huge advantage of still being the most unique conceptually. The cramped, single room setting and voyeuristic, gossipy take on all of the events. It’s like a story written specifically for Hitchcock, and thus it’s… (read more)