Nov 28, 2015I've only seen Rope, Psycho, and Rear Window.
Rope is pretty much a stageplay put to the screen with all the pros and cons to boot. I like how bare bones it is. A constant source of tension and a moral conflict. Perfectly embodies Hitchcock's whole "bomb under the table" dogma.
Psycho is expertly directed, uses the camera better than either of the others, and is probably more iconic as well. The drain shot, the false open, the quirks of Norman Bates. I just saw it earlier this year and was kind of bummed that I already knew so much about it. A classic for a reason.
Rear Window was my first Hitchcock picture and one of my favorites to that point. It's a bottled pic like Rope with the advantage of being set in one of the coolest locations put to film instead of a boring a--- apartment. It's a murder thriller without some of the drawbacks that Norman Bates had suffered over the years, especially that horrendous monologue at the end. The protagonist is the archetypal noir man's man with the twist of being helpless and reliant on a woman. It's just a well oiled machine. The only one I own a physical copy of.
