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The Director's Chair => The Director's Chair => Topic started by: cowboykurtis on January 25, 2005, 03:06:04 PM

Title: hitchcock forum
Post by: cowboykurtis on January 25, 2005, 03:06:04 PM
i apologize in advance if this has been adressed before -- my search funtion does not work.

when taking into consideration the body of work as well the stature/legacy that hitchcock has left behind, I think he should have his own forum. I think it's a tragedy that cameron crowe has one and alfred does not.

thoughts?
Title: hitchcock forum
Post by: ono on January 25, 2005, 04:44:43 PM
http://www.xixax.com/viewtopic.php?t=3&highlight=directors+forum
http://www.xixax.com/viewtopic.php?t=6304&highlight=directors+forum

I think it's a tragedy that Woody Allen and Robert Altman don't have forums, either, and Cameron Crowe does.  But we've sung this song before.
Title: hitchcock forum
Post by: cowboykurtis on January 25, 2005, 06:04:21 PM
Quote from: wantautopia?http://www.xixax.com/viewtopic.php?t=3&highlight=directors+forum
http://www.xixax.com/viewtopic.php?t=6304&highlight=directors+forum

I think it's a tragedy that Woody Allen and Robert Altman don't have forums, either, and Cameron Crowe does.  But we've sung this song before.

agreed - crowe should be ditched for altman at the least -- but as you said this road has been traveled and it seemed to have led to nowhere.
Title: hitchcock forum
Post by: soixante on January 25, 2005, 07:05:42 PM
How about a forum for "Classic Directors" or "Dead Directors," to focus on Hitchcock, Ford, D.W. Griffith, Chaplin, Renoir, Welles, Hawks, Wilder, and so forth.

There could also be a forum called "Easy Riders Raging Bulls" focusing on 70's directors like Altman, Malick, Coppola, Cimino and others who aren't covered by other forums.
Title: hitchcock forum
Post by: ono on January 25, 2005, 07:20:58 PM
We have threads on all those directors except Griffith (!).  The argument is that they wouldn't really generate that much traffic alone.  Altman and Allen are noteworthy because of their body of work which is still growing, and the fact that all their films are so rich.  Those forums, I believe, would generate traffic, but again, the song has been sung.

http://www.xixax.com/viewtopic.php?t=5696&highlight=john+ford
http://www.xixax.com/viewtopic.php?t=811&highlight=alfred+hitchcock
http://www.xixax.com/viewtopic.php?t=649&highlight=chaplin
http://www.xixax.com/viewtopic.php?t=5542&highlight=jean+renoir
http://www.xixax.com/viewtopic.php?t=2042&highlight=orson+welles
http://www.xixax.com/viewtopic.php?t=2079&highlight=howard+hawks
http://www.xixax.com/viewtopic.php?t=1410&highlight=billy+wilder
http://www.xixax.com/viewtopic.php?t=4510&highlight=robert+altman
http://www.xixax.com/viewtopic.php?t=1195&highlight=terence+malick
http://www.xixax.com/viewtopic.php?t=386&highlight=francis+ford+coppola
http://www.xixax.com/viewtopic.php?t=1971&highlight=cimino
Title: hitchcock forum
Post by: RegularKarate on January 25, 2005, 07:33:56 PM
I love Hitchcock, but you three would post there for about a week then it would just sit there, I guarantee.

Let's talk about him though.
Title: hitchcock forum
Post by: modage on January 25, 2005, 09:48:01 PM
a lot of older directors of american movies get ignored around here.  like, if its not foriegn and old its not worth talking about.  hitchcock possibly being an exception...
Title: hitchcock forum
Post by: MacGuffin on January 25, 2005, 09:53:14 PM
Never heard of him.
Title: hitchcock forum
Post by: cowboykurtis on January 25, 2005, 09:53:43 PM
what's your favorite hitchcock.

vertigo is a give in.

im a big fan of the second attempt at the man who knew too much -- the last scene is captivating.

love spellbound -- if you havent seen the criterion theres an intersting doc on the dali involvement -- i think that dream sequence is still impressive in todays standards.
Title: hitchcock forum
Post by: Two Lane Blacktop on January 25, 2005, 10:26:34 PM
Quote from: cowboykurtiswhat's your favorite hitchcock.

Can't pick just one....

Lifeboat, Rear Window, and Rope.  All single-location movies, which I found fascinating.  I got to see Rear Window on a big screen in college, and it was wonderful.

2LB
Title: hitchcock forum
Post by: cine on January 25, 2005, 11:09:05 PM
Quote from: cowboykurtiswhat's your favorite hitchcock.

vertigo is a give in.

im a big fan of the second attempt at the man who knew too much -- the last scene is captivating.

love spellbound -- if you havent seen the criterion theres an intersting doc on the dali involvement -- i think that dream sequence is still impressive in todays standards.
what the hell, are we discussing hitchcock in this thread now? cause its already been established that we HAVE a thread to talk about him. so here it is again: http://www.xixax.com/viewtopic.php?t=811&highlight=alfred+hitchcock