This wasn't even "ok", it was fricking awful, just complete tripe.
For those of you who love it, please tell me what you see in it. I'm just in disbelief that it could possibly be considered one of the greatest films of all time. I'm watching North by Northwest and Psycho next, since I don't want to drop Hitchwiener entirely just yet.
Yeah I don't get it honestly. I think Vertigo is a good movie but I don't see how it's being one of the "greatest". Just don't see it.
I like that Shadow of a Doubt though.
caroline konstnar is so fricking hot that I dont know what to do with myself anymore
I love her but she isn't hot imo.
Have you tried sending her dick pics? She seems like the type that would appreciate it.
she is israeli, right? i'm uncut, she wouldnt know what she was looking at
This and North By Northwest are Hitchwiener's best. Both are beautifully directed, but which one I personally prefer differs on a day.
North by Northwest is a more light comedic thriller, which is sort of a Bond parody before Bond movies even became a thing. It's also similar to "a man caught into a story bigger than him" films, The Big Lebowski being a prime example.
Vertigo on the other hand is less sharp and modernistic, and more elegant, and surreal in a different way. It's purposefully confusing and it's comedic elements are more subtle. The humor stems from disposition of somewhat outlandish stuff like the dream sequence, or the "gotcha" ending with overall elegant form, cinematography. And even if nothing excplicitly strange is happening on screen it has a really unusual allure. It's a movie that very clearly influenced David Lynch in particular. It is also similar to North By Northwest in it being a story of a man wrapped up in something bigger than him.
tl;dr, you're a tastelet
Why was it awful? It's at least top10 most influential films in history
Lots of Hitchwiener movies just grow on you and sort of 'catch up to you' days/weeks later. Don't be surprised when like 10 days from now some scene from Vertigo pops up in your head and makes you think
>wtf I like Vertigo now
Usually happens to me with his movies
As I mentioned Lynch in my post I will elaborate. Vertigo's overall dreamlike atmosphere is an influence, but what is not as often noticed is that it's dark comedy is also something Lynch clearly was fond of. Lynch is very much known for purposefully off putting and surreal not only images themselves but also general purposefully sloppy filmmaking. Especially in later career. Odd editing choices, including sound design. Highly stylized, "cut out" special effects (used extensively in The Return). And those are combined with often melancholic and quite elegant tone. This is present in Vertigo to a lesser extent, in scenes already mentioned - like the dream sequence, or the ending itself.
This influenced Lynch so hard he decided to frick Ingrid Bergman's daughter
This movie was honestly disappointing. It's overall quite conventional for Hitchwiener standards, even in that period of his career. I think Hitchwiener disliked the film himself, he wanted to have more of these sequences, but the studio didn't let him.
Honestly most 40s Hitchwiener films were disappointing for me. They are good but don't live up to what everyone says. Like Spellbound and Notorious for example are supposed to be these '10/10 all time 40s classics' but I didn't like them much
>he wanted to have more of these sequences, but the studio didn't let him.
Shame about that, it's my favorite part of the film
It's a very well shot movie with a haunting soundtrack and a theme of lost love and obsession with a fantastic performance by James Stewart. You probably didn't appreciate it on first watch because the hype around it gave you certain expectations, but you'll watch it again some day and it'll be better with every viewing
Yea I don't get it either. I saw it last week and it was one of the most boring shit I've ever seen, I mean the pacing is fricking glacier. How do so many people overrate such a tedious movie?
I've only seen 2 other Hitchwiener movies (Rope and Rear Window) and they were both hundred times better than this borefest
That's an attention span problem.
not really since I've seen plenty of super slow movies with simple plots
Name some.
I don't really keep a list, you just have to take my word for it
>Rope and Rear Window
It's crazy how he managed to make the 'one room setting' so interesting. I agree that both are miles better than Vertigo. Still wouldn't say Vertigo is a borefest though. Not the greatest movie of all time obviously but still far from being boring
>kinos where the poster is more kino than the kino
I don't get why he got obsessed with the blonde chick so hard he tried recreating her.
kino
LETTING THE DAYS GO BY
It's Hitchwiener warm up for Marnie, in which he did the same concept better.
Also never got it. Seen it twice and nothing. And I love Hitchwiener. Rear Windows and The Birds are my favorites. Also loved Frenzy, Strangers on a Train
When I was in film school we spent a whole semester deconstructing Vertigo and I never got tired of watching it. I thought Rear Window was dumb as shit.
Check out Young and Innocent if you haven't yet. One of the better and overlooked Hitchwiener films imo.
It's a movie that's ultimately about how futile it is to mold someone into your ideal. Scottie and Madeleine's love is doomed from the beginning and to watch it spiral to its inevitable end is such an emotionally draining experience. I think it resounds with anyone who's ever been in a relationship where you just wish the person could be someone you love, you try, and ultimately betray yourself forcing yourself to love an image you've created of them.
Plus
>Jimmy Stewart's acting
>hauntingly beautiful soundtrack
>the cinematography
How is the forest scene ("and here I die, you just went on living") and the hotel scene not fricking kino of the highest possible order?
As for the rest of my taste
>good
The 39 Steps
Psycho
Strangers on a Train
The Birds
Rebecca
Marnie
Dial M for Murder
Notorious
The Man Who Knew Too Much (remake)
>not good/didn't enjoy
North by Northwest
Rear Window (sorry, I got filtered)
Rope
Foreign Correspondent
The Wrong Man
The Trouble with Harry
Saboteur
Spelllbound
Why don't you say what was wrong with it if you want others to explain it for you.