Siskel & Ebert Review The Films of...Alfred Hitchcock

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  • @alexsandell8260
    @alexsandell8260 10 місяців тому +35

    Rear Window is a masterpiece. I've watched it at least a couple dozen times and it never gets old (even though I do).

    • @sandrashevey8252
      @sandrashevey8252 9 місяців тому

      Hitchcock`s favourite along with `Shadow of a Doubt`. Loathe the film. Think it is pretentius and over-produced; not a patch on Powell Pressburger.

  • @mikeb3176785
    @mikeb3176785 10 місяців тому +46

    Rear Window is a Masterpiece

  • @frankwells377
    @frankwells377 9 місяців тому +24

    This was great--thank you for doing it. Boy, do I miss Roger Ebert.

  • @aysada
    @aysada 9 місяців тому +6

    I love rope I think it’s so beautifully shot, and I think the story is thrilling. Also,because it plays like a theatrical play that appeals to me as a theater lover. But I think notorious is my favorite of his movies as well.

  • @hblanche
    @hblanche 9 місяців тому +11

    Imagine how they would have felt if they got to see the wonderfully restored 4K versions of these films.

  • @cliffbeavers6158
    @cliffbeavers6158 9 місяців тому +30

    My personal fav is Strangers on a Train.

    • @sandrashevey8252
      @sandrashevey8252 9 місяців тому +1

      Hitchcock at his auto-erotic best.

    • @tylerstadt9957
      @tylerstadt9957 9 місяців тому +1

      I'd have to agree. Vertigo is good but I find the story a lil confusing at first. What with the whole painting n everything

    • @ghostlightx9005
      @ghostlightx9005 7 місяців тому +1

      'Frenzy' for me. Criminally under-rated.

    • @alzo7891
      @alzo7891 4 місяці тому +1

      Agreed. ‘Strangers’ has its flaws, but it’s massively entertaining.

  • @dubliners0999
    @dubliners0999 9 місяців тому +13

    I love Siskel and Ebert's review of 5 Hitchcock's films. Brilliant! I love this compilation! BTW, Hitchcock's 1934 version of "The Man Who Knew Too Much" was fabulous, too.

  • @jonasmeier417
    @jonasmeier417 9 місяців тому +5

    Hitchcock's "Rear Window" & "Psycho" are perfect movies.

  • @lonamarilyn1755
    @lonamarilyn1755 9 місяців тому +2

    Notorious fabulous and that KISS! Nothing today , in 2024, in film, compares with emotion, love and class🥰

  • @ChubbyChecker182
    @ChubbyChecker182 9 місяців тому +7

    That Frenzy trailer with Hitch is SO twisted and dark, wouldnt be made today.
    Love that movie though, so dark yet funny, and Very "Old School" British style but with very heavy 1970s subject matter. Very underrated.

    • @satori03
      @satori03 9 місяців тому +1

      REALLY good movie

  • @cosmicjazzman4817
    @cosmicjazzman4817 10 місяців тому +19

    North By Northwest

  • @Bigger-Than-Jesus
    @Bigger-Than-Jesus 9 місяців тому +1

    WOW Siskel and Ebert!! this is great!!

  • @franceselizabethwilliams3651
    @franceselizabethwilliams3651 9 місяців тому +4

    My favorite is “Dial M for Murder”

  • @snoman5618
    @snoman5618 9 місяців тому +3

    Thank you very much for doing this video, I loved it

  • @Pensadordosceus
    @Pensadordosceus 10 місяців тому +6

    Thanks! I didn’t know I needed this

  • @davidfox5383
    @davidfox5383 9 місяців тому +20

    Siskel is wrong about at least two when he says that those five are not the greatest Hitchcock films ever made. Vertigo and Rear Window are two the greatest films of any sort, Hitchcock or not.

    • @autolykus1230
      @autolykus1230 9 місяців тому +3

      He's referring to The Man Who Knew Too Much not being amongst Hitchcock's best 5 films.

  • @bucksdiaryfan
    @bucksdiaryfan 9 місяців тому +8

    I always say the same thing about Spielberg and Scorcese movies -- even if they suck, you always get the feeling THEY TRIED to make it great or visually interesting. I noticed that even as a kid when I saw Close Encounters but didn't understand a thing yet was somehow entertained.

    • @Fanfanbalibar
      @Fanfanbalibar 9 місяців тому

      Can you cite movies by Spielberg and Scorsese that "suck" as you so elegantly put it??????

    • @bucksdiaryfan
      @bucksdiaryfan 9 місяців тому +4

      "New York, New York" "The King of Comedy" and I thought "Casino" was "Goodfellas Redux" though that is controversial. I was not a fan of the "Last Temptation of Christ" either... Spielberg's "1941" was a swing and a GIANT miss... I hated that stupid Tom Hanks airport movie... The last Indiana Jones movie was awful -- hey, even the best swing and miss -- oh and "The Age of Innocence" and "Color of Money" for Scorcese, though I blame Paul Newman for phoning that one in but "Age" was brutal@@Fanfanbalibar

    • @JoryBarrett
      @JoryBarrett 3 місяці тому

      Close Encounters is always a recurring disappointment to me, I always think "maybe I'll like it more this time" and the build up is great but then you get to see the aliens that were made out of pipe cleaners and children in alien Halloween costumes it loses whatever goodwill its built up. Its the difference between Kubrick and Spielberg Kubrick would have never shown the aliens and 2001 wouldn't be talked about nearly as much if he did show them vs just the monolith to represent them.

  • @sophiejurfest6243
    @sophiejurfest6243 9 місяців тому +1

    I remember discovering thse 5 films on screen , I think end of the 70ies ; what a pleasure and my favourite was rearwindow

  • @carlorizzo827
    @carlorizzo827 9 місяців тому +3

    I don't see how we can rank them. All have greatness. I recently watched a lesser known one, The Paradine Case, OMFG!! Alida Valli! Louis Jourdan! Electric

  • @cliffbeavers6158
    @cliffbeavers6158 9 місяців тому +7

    I dont like Trouble with Harry, but the cinematography is beautiful.

  • @alp-1960
    @alp-1960 9 місяців тому +4

    I miss these guys so much. Thank you. ❤

  • @DavidCarroll-t5g
    @DavidCarroll-t5g 9 місяців тому +1

    What a marvelous effect Hitchcock had on us baby boomers (this group in particular) by releasing these five movies as he did - films he intentionally shelved - well after his status had been achieved. To watch Vertigo for the first time (for us second-half baby boomers) was nothing short of spectacular and true wonderment. It simply extended and elevated his reputation in a way that no one had ever before seen.

  • @ER1CwC
    @ER1CwC 9 місяців тому +2

    Amazing that all five of these were out of circulation. I was expecting reviews of Torn Curtain, Topaz, etc.

  • @nata3467
    @nata3467 9 місяців тому +1

    I have these on VHS and they are one of the reasons I keep a VHS player . LOVE THIS

  • @fringelilyfringelily391
    @fringelilyfringelily391 10 місяців тому +5

    Doris's number in "The Man Who Knew Too Much" is not the only musical number that Hitchcock placed in his films.There is a wonderful scene of Marlene Dietrich singing "The Laziest Girl In Town" in his film "Stage Fright".

    • @raymondm.9954
      @raymondm.9954 9 місяців тому +3

      "*Stage* Fright," you mean. I don't remember the Dietrich song, but the Day song was key to the end of the movie, in Stewart rescuing their son.

    • @fringelilyfringelily391
      @fringelilyfringelily391 9 місяців тому

      My typing is famously crap@@raymondm.9954

    • @postscript67
      @postscript67 9 місяців тому

      He was also co-director of "Elstree Calling" a comedy musical review, but I don't know how responsible he was for the musical numbers.

    • @ttintagel
      @ttintagel 9 місяців тому +1

      Also, the reprise of "Que Sera Sera" is where the real tension comes in.

    • @reymansd
      @reymansd 9 місяців тому +1

      The Marlene Dietrich song is what Madeline Kahn was parodying in her "I'm Tired" number from Blazing Saddles.

  • @bucksdiaryfan
    @bucksdiaryfan 9 місяців тому +2

    When we played Scategories in the mid 80s there was a Hitchcock question and I was surprised how many Hitch movies all the Baby Boomers could name because none of them were film buffs. Then my mom told a story of how her parents wanted to play cards so they sent her and her little cousin to the movies in her grandma's small town and it was "Rear Window" and scared her shitless

  • @ianharrison5958
    @ianharrison5958 10 місяців тому +21

    I'm a huge fan of Hitchcock, but I also adore Psycho II, a true homage to the Master that planted itself within the burgeoning slasher film craze that the original film inspired, a truly chilling re-visitation into the character of Norman Bates. It's one of the few times I've had to call Ebert to the carpet to ask him, 'Why did you consider the second film to be unnecessary and non-sensical, and yet give a thumb up to the third?'

    • @jj80808
      @jj80808 10 місяців тому +2

      One of the best sequels ever imo

    • @swordblaster2596
      @swordblaster2596 9 місяців тому +2

      Psycho II was waaaaaaaay better than any expectation might have reasonably had.

    • @ChubbyChecker182
      @ChubbyChecker182 9 місяців тому

      Even the way he says "Cuuuttlery" is rather brilliant 😊.
      Haven't watched the Psycho movies in years, will watch soon.

    • @charlesvannice8279
      @charlesvannice8279 9 місяців тому +1

      Psycho 2 is one of the most underrated movies ever.

    • @ThePiratemachine
      @ThePiratemachine 9 місяців тому +1

      I 'm sorry. I thought it was a mistake to kill off Vera Miles Lila the sister. She sort of established herself in Psycho as a survivor. As I have that perception of Lila I was disappointed with the decision to knock her off. IMO

  • @rhwinner
    @rhwinner 9 місяців тому +8

    Not mentioned is Hitch's Catholicism which seeps into many of his films but most conspicuously in Vertigo.

    • @ttintagel
      @ttintagel 9 місяців тому +4

      I remember reading that he thought the reason I Confess didn't do better is that Protestant audiences didn't understand it.

  • @peterpellechia5985
    @peterpellechia5985 10 місяців тому +12

    The original man who knew too much in 1934 is the superior version to the 1956 version!!!!

    • @Fanfanbalibar
      @Fanfanbalibar 9 місяців тому

      I disagree !

    • @ricardocantoral7672
      @ricardocantoral7672 9 місяців тому +4

      I agree. I like the 30's version better because of Peter Lorre.

    • @ChubbyChecker182
      @ChubbyChecker182 9 місяців тому +2

      Disagree, both great in their own ways though

    • @airmark02
      @airmark02 9 місяців тому +1

      the Hitchcock formula of the 50's & 60's were very entertaining but the older films are my favorites.

    • @QueenOfTheNorth65
      @QueenOfTheNorth65 9 місяців тому

      I agree.

  • @Mary0614
    @Mary0614 9 місяців тому +2

    I never missed an episode of these guys, they were fun to watch!

  • @dilly1863
    @dilly1863 9 місяців тому +1

    I miss these guys so much. Pity you did not give the date or year this program aired as Siskel died many years ago. Was it October 1988?

    • @dilly1863
      @dilly1863 9 місяців тому

      Mentioned in video Jimmy Stewart Dies at 89 Thursday, July 3, 1997.

  • @PerfidiousAdrian
    @PerfidiousAdrian 9 місяців тому +7

    Grace Kelly was a 20 out of 10. An absolute stunner

    • @pattimaeda6097
      @pattimaeda6097 9 місяців тому +2

      Best looking female ever to walk the earth without exception

    • @robinfereday6562
      @robinfereday6562 9 місяців тому

      Without doubt the most beautiful women ever created

  • @RK-rf8rc
    @RK-rf8rc 4 місяці тому +2

    Psycho II is great. So underrated.

  • @ThomasNewman-xe2ig
    @ThomasNewman-xe2ig 8 місяців тому

    My favorite goes WAY back. It is a silent picture and the humor is timeless.
    The Farmer's Wife. One of Hitchcock's earliest.
    The ORIGINAL The Man Who Knew Too Much, was every bit as good as the Jimmy Stewart/Doris Day remake.
    While the "remake" was in color, it was cleaned up to make the plot tighter and the humor more contemporary. I love both versions.

  • @Winnipegger
    @Winnipegger 8 місяців тому

    Alfred has made so many great films! My favorites are the Birds, Rear Window, Rope (one of the master's most underrated), and of course...Psycho!

  • @jameskamp2977
    @jameskamp2977 9 місяців тому +1

    Check out Young And Innocent, which you can watch free on UA-cam. That's my favorite Hitchcock film!

  • @thomasrichmond2413
    @thomasrichmond2413 9 місяців тому

    During Covid, spending ( wasting ) so much time in UA-cam hell, I’ve become a big fan of his early British film. The acting is really very good.

  • @raulduke6105
    @raulduke6105 9 місяців тому +1

    Live two blocks from RE boyhood home and went to his HS

  • @TWS-pd5dc
    @TWS-pd5dc 9 місяців тому +1

    That last part of this where they were reviewing the atrocious Psycho remake? Very sad watching Siskel, he's clearly gaunt and slurring his words since he's nearing the end of his life.

  • @dulcineadurance1391
    @dulcineadurance1391 7 місяців тому

    my fav director ❤

  • @QueenOfTheNorth65
    @QueenOfTheNorth65 9 місяців тому +2

    “Bad acting” in “Rope?” Blasphemy.

  • @donbrown1284
    @donbrown1284 9 місяців тому

    Just one mistake -- Cary Grant was Hitchcock's favorite actor, not James Stewart. Though they were in four pictures each for him, Stewart often said every script he got from Hitch had Cary Grant's fingerprints on them. 😂

  • @fionafinch348
    @fionafinch348 9 місяців тому +2

    I just can't agree that Vertigo is Alfred Hitchcock's best film & Jimmy Stewart's best film role.

  • @tonypassaretti
    @tonypassaretti 2 місяці тому

    Should cannot forget the great Bernard Herrmann music.

  • @margo3367
    @margo3367 9 місяців тому +1

    The original ‘West Side Story’ is a masterpiece and should never have been remade. Speaking as a native San Franciscan, ‘Vertigo’ is one of my favorite movies featuring my beautiful city.

    • @tonypassaretti
      @tonypassaretti 2 місяці тому

      Sadly Spielberg did not know this.

  • @cynthiaschultheis1660
    @cynthiaschultheis1660 4 місяці тому

    REAR WINDOW AND PSYCHO ARE HITCHCOCK'S BEST BY FAR!!! 👍🏼👍🏼❤❤

  • @meropale
    @meropale 9 місяців тому

    I miss the era of Siskel and Ebert.

  • @bradroberts4202
    @bradroberts4202 9 місяців тому

    Got to say "To Catch A Thief" is one of my favourites.
    I love well-written stories. Alfred Hitchcock didn't pander to anyone. Neither did Orson Welles.
    These days it's more about money than love of filmmaking, or hiring idiots to direct movies that they don't give a shit about audience reaction (Yes Kathleen, hiring idiots to direct star wars movies is bloody stupid! Why are you still employed? ) In the "real" world, people that lose their company millions get fired, not hired!!!!!!!

  • @kevinshort4829
    @kevinshort4829 8 місяців тому

    My favorite is North By Northwest

  • @davidhull1481
    @davidhull1481 28 днів тому

    What year is this from?

    • @Vanilla_Skynet
      @Vanilla_Skynet  28 днів тому +1

      The Hitch episode I pulled most of these from was from 1983
      But otherwise this video never existed before

    • @davidhull1481
      @davidhull1481 28 днів тому

      @ Thanks. Now that I’m into it further I see what you mean.

  • @freddyjefferson5164
    @freddyjefferson5164 9 місяців тому +1

    Frenzy…..strangulation scene is classic

  • @ranaldrasmussen3900
    @ranaldrasmussen3900 9 місяців тому

    So many great Hitchcock movies. The only one I don’t like is Torn Curtain. It has one great scene of them killing somebody with a knife

  • @rcjoker63
    @rcjoker63 9 місяців тому

    My top 10 Hitchcock:
    1.Shadow of a Doubt
    2.Strangers on a Train
    3. Frenzy
    4. The Wrong Man
    5. Dial M for Murder
    6. North By Northwest
    7. Notorious
    8.Rear Window
    9. Psycho
    10. Vertigo
    ..Rebecca (Hitchcocks only Academy Award for Best Picture)put me to sleep…go figure

    • @emilyburton4095
      @emilyburton4095 9 місяців тому

      You've got Vertigo twice.

    • @robinfereday6562
      @robinfereday6562 9 місяців тому

      @@emilyburton4095 where?

    • @robinfereday6562
      @robinfereday6562 9 місяців тому +2

      The Birds was pure classic

    • @emilyburton4095
      @emilyburton4095 9 місяців тому +1

      @@robinfereday6562 I guess they fixed it.

    • @emilyburton4095
      @emilyburton4095 9 місяців тому +1

      @@robinfereday6562 Yes, it terrified me as a child. Yet, I became a birder.

  • @springsogourne
    @springsogourne 9 місяців тому +1

    I adore The Trouble With Harry 😊

  • @cliffordnewell2445
    @cliffordnewell2445 9 місяців тому +1

    Hey boys, Hitchcock never made a movie about a guy who lived in fear of mice.

  • @Ferst60
    @Ferst60 7 місяців тому

    Shadow of a Doubt ❤

  • @MrFairfax40
    @MrFairfax40 9 місяців тому

    Robert Osborne Introduces Scrubbing Bubbles!

  • @danielstanwyck2812
    @danielstanwyck2812 9 місяців тому

    His British films were, for the most part, better than his American films.

  • @MrFairfax40
    @MrFairfax40 9 місяців тому

    Did Somebody Say Scrubbing Bubbles?

  • @airmark02
    @airmark02 9 місяців тому

    I prefer Hitchcock's 30's & 40's films to the later ones ~ but whatever

  • @tyrannozilla
    @tyrannozilla 3 місяці тому

    "The Birds" is my personal favorite of Hitchcock's films.

  • @cejannuzi
    @cejannuzi 9 місяців тому

    I like Vertigo and The Trouble with Harry. Most of the rest, I will have to pass on any more viewings.

  • @MrFairfax40
    @MrFairfax40 9 місяців тому

    Scrubbing Bubbles?

  • @MrFairfax40
    @MrFairfax40 9 місяців тому

    Alfred Hitchcock’s Scrubbing Bubbles

  • @MrFairfax40
    @MrFairfax40 9 місяців тому

    Siskel & Ebert Reviews Scrubbing Bubbles

  • @2msvalkyrie529
    @2msvalkyrie529 9 місяців тому

    Dial M For Murder . .....Frenzy ....??

  • @rita6314
    @rita6314 9 місяців тому

    Oh God these guys are terrible, but the Hitchcock movies a great. 😂

  • @formergray
    @formergray 9 місяців тому

    kwi kwi kwi kwi fooooom

  • @ebonywatch
    @ebonywatch 9 місяців тому +1

    Who needs reviewers or critics for films, paintings, or books? It's one person's opinion of a work of art. The only critics who matter are the viewing public or the readers or the observers. Critics are self-absorbed arseholes who can't produce anything creative; they leech off the backs of others. Make up your own minds, FFS!

  • @fosbury68
    @fosbury68 9 місяців тому +1

    Vertigo has a lot of brilliant pieces (music, cinematography, location, acting) but all in the service of a totally preposterous plot that defies suspension of disbelief. A watchable, memorable and even enjoyable film but far from ‘great’.

  • @JoryBarrett
    @JoryBarrett 3 місяці тому

    That singing scene with Doris Day was cringe the first time and still is anytime I go back and watch it, and watching that little mini Oedipus sitting there lovingly staring at her making the bed gives me the creeps for some reason.