Artwork and Details for the 'North by Northwest' 50th Anniversary DVD and Blu-ray
getthebigpicture.net 7/28/2009 — Being in the upper echelon of Alfred Hitchock films is saying something, and while there might be more artistically daring and accomplished movies in his storied career, perhaps Hitch never made another film that was as big an audience favorite as North by Northwest . The 50th ...

North by Northwest
movietrailertalk.com 8/9/2009 — North By Northwest is a pure slice of of Americana, an absolute classic Hitchcock movie. For those who have yet to see this film, Roger Thornhill, a advertising executive is mistaken for a government agent and wrongfully accused of murder. Believing it is the only way to clear his name, ...

Hitch on the Hump: Psycho (1960)- Part 1: We All Go a Little Mad Sometimes
thelightningbugslair.com 10/14/2009 — “We all go a little mad sometimes.” is not only a quote from arguably Hitchcock’s finest film; it’s also one of the universal truths. Delving into a subject like Psycho , I felt like I was going a bit mad. Psycho belongs in the short list of films ...

Hitch on the Hump: Psycho (1960)-Part 3: We're All In Our Private Traps
thelightningbugslair.com 10/14/2009 — (Don't forget to check out Part 1:We All Go A Little Mad Sometimes and Part 2: Mother! Oh, God, Mother! Blood! Blood!) If some people thought, as Hitchcock said, that “the people were small, there were no characters in it” then I’m not sure what ...

LE VRAI COUPABLE: Two Kinds of Criticism in Godard’s Work
jonathanrosenbaum.com 5/19/2009 — This was originally a lecture given at a conference on Godard held in Cerisy, France on August 20, 1998. It subsequently appeared in a printed form somewhat closer to that found below, in Screen magazine (vol 40, no. 3). in Autumn 1999, as part of a ...

Hitch's Birds: Happy Birthday Hitchcock
sunsetgun.typepad.com 8/19/2009 — Today is Alfred Hitchcock's birthday and what better way to celebrate the master's 110th than through his women? His wounded, weird, gorgeous, sexually strange but extraordinarily erotic women -- femmes who'd drive most of us to a state of amour ...

Hitch on the Hump: Vertigo (1958)
thelightningbugslair.com 7/9/2009 — It could have been called Darkling I Listen , or Fear and Trembling , or From Among the Dead , but it wasn’t. Associate producer Herbert Coleman told a tale of the script’s early incarnation in the documentary Obsessed with Vertigo : “He (Maxwell ...

Hitch on the Hump: Blackmail (1929)
thelightningbugslair.com 7/22/2009 — There are things we take for granted when we go to a movie theater. The floors will inevitably be sticky, the trailers will probably contain at least one remake, and wherever you sit the jerk with a cell phone or a baby (or both) will sit right ...

50th Anniversary Award for Best Film, 1958
opalfilms.blogspot.com 2/7/2009 — Vertigo (238 points/32 votes) Even within Alfred Hitchcock's body of work, Vertigo sticks out as something of an odd duck - a slow-moving, languorous movie from a director known, at the time, for his colorful and action-packed thrillers, a ...

Murder
movietrailertalk.com 8/26/2009 — Most probably won’t recognize this title at all. This film is one of Alfred Hitchcock’s very early movies, coming out in 1930. A murder has been committed and a woman has gone through trial and found guilty. Juror, Sir John Menier, not fully convinced of the verdict, takes it upon ...