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Have you seen Spellbound with Gregory Peck? I watched it years ago and thought he was sooo hot in that movie. Studly.
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Yes, of course. It's not my favorite Hitchcock film, but still not bad. I guess Gregory Peck didn't have the same effect on me. But Ingrid Bergman was yummy.
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<Giggling.> Yeah, I liked it a lot storywise (from what I recall). Tell you what, you can have Ingrid Bergman, and I'll take Gregory Peck.

Hitchcock is awesome. I have seen a handful of his movies--none recently--and I enjoyed them. I think I've seen North by Northwest, Vertigo, The Birds (and I regret watching that one), Spellbound, and I'm not sure what else...
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Well, you may have just pushed a button that turns me into an annoying chatterbox. Haha, I can talk about this subject all day. I'll try to restrain myself.

Among my favorite Hitchcock films are Psycho and Notorious. I also like Vertigo (although it lags a little in the middle), To Catch a Thief, Strangers on a Train, Rebecca. But there are some films of his that I think are just mediocre (Spellbound - although the dream sequence is fantastically weird - Suspicion, Rear Window, Dial M for Murder, North by Northwest), and a few I don't care for at all, such as Rope, The Birds, and Marnie.

These are all American films. He made quite a few films in Britain before he started working in Hollywood and those films, IMO, are of lesser quality. But I think this has more to do with production values/budget restrictions in Britain during the 1930s. In general, Brirish films from that era look a bit primitive, at least ten years behind what Hollywood was putting out during the same time.
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Oh no, I pushed Pasha's chatterbox button! :happy-smileyinthebox:

No, don't hold back! The only problem here is that I haven't seen any of these in ages, so I don't have much to add.

I have read the book Rebecca and loved it, and I have seen the movie, but it was decades ago.

The Birds--goodness. Do you remember that scene where the woman says, "I'd better check the attic." And like an idiot, she goes up there, opens the door, and then closes herself into the attic with all the attack birds?? Who is ever that stupid?? I can understand why that one's not on your fave list. Other than Psycho and Vertigo and Rebecca, I have not seen your other favorites.

I recall Rope. I think I enjoyed it, but again, it was forever ago.

Yeah, our country has always been ahead of the game in the pop culture dept!!
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zeldas_lullaby wrote:Yeah, our country has always been ahead of the game in the pop culture dept!!
Pushed my button again. Or it's still pushed from before.

During the silent era, France, Italy, Germany, and Sweden were putting out some fantastic films. In fact, the big Hollywood studios at the time were scrambling to get European directors because those films had a certain look and style that Hollywood films didn't. I've seen a bunch of pre-1930 foreign films, and some of them are absolutely fantastic.

As far as pop culture, I would use the word "ahead" with regard to popularity, but not necessarily quality. The drivel that is passed off as entertainment, and that the Great Unwashed gulp down without even thinking about how insipid it is (think Kanye West, Beyoncé, Lady Gaga, every Will Farrell movie, prime time TV, reality TV, etc.), doesn't do much to recommend America as the guiding light of art and creativity, IMO.
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No, I agree with that. But I've never heard the term "the Great Unwashed?"

You're right--in fact, I've lost interest in everything currently on the air, except for an occasional real-life murder investigation. I used to watch prime-time TV every single night; now, practically never.
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"The Great Unwashed" is a phrase that's been around for a long time, used to refer to the general populace as uncultured, plebeian, and lowbrow.
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Wow, thanks for the education!

Well, some things are considered "lowbrow" at the time, but now they're considered academic (more or less): Gilbert and Sullivan's operettas, the music of Gershwin, etc.
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Haha, so do you think in 50 or 100 years American Gladiator or Baby Got Back will be looked at as high art?
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I walked into that one.

I seriously hope not!!
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What you two are talking about brings to mind an incident that happened to me a long time ago on the job. I worked in an old dump of a warehouse that had this one restroom that had all kinds of bathroom grafitti all over the walls. You know the kind I mean, pretty raunchy stuff. I was in there with this old German guy and we were looking at some of this stuff and he said maybe in a thousand years or so archaeologists will dig this place up and think they have come across a temple with holy writings on the walls. Maybe some of the stuff they dug up from way back is nothing but bathroom grafitti. Who knows for sure?
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Oh wow... Interesting thought, Bighuey!! I've never even thought about that. Yeah, like maybe those cave drawings were profane, or who knows what??
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So you mean in 2000 years, "For a good h*ad call Sherri 555-8975," Sherri will be interpreted as the goddess of heads, which means intellect, and this civilization will be one respected and esteemed for its elevation of knowledge above all else? Those darn numbers, though, what do they mean? 555-8975. Hmmm. Must have something to do with a longitude/latitude reading, or a lost grid of the stars which was used by the ancients.

In 2000 years, they will postulate: One thing is for sure, though, the great goddess Sherri was highly esteemed, and must have been quite popular among men. In other places she is named Trixie, LaFonda, Lily, or Jennifer. Each region must have had its own name for this goddess, but in each case she seems to be female, and seems to be the "good head" goddess. The numbers aren't always the same, either. But it's always seven digits. Maybe some kind of advanced mathematical formula used by that civilization. We're still searching for a connection. Maybe it will never be found. But thanks to brilliant archaeologists with advanced degrees, we have already learned much about this long-lost people.

And now you know what I think of modern-day archaeology and some of the ridiculous theories that are proposed. :roll:
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They also discovered the goddess of head instead of having her worshippers bow to her, she got on her knees before them. That must have a religious significance. There is evidence that some of her worshippers would exclaim Oh my God!

Back to my hobbies. Making up silly nonsense.
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