I've seen a bunch of Hitchcock pictures in the last coupel years, but I don't think I've seen that one yet. I liked Psycho, Strangers On A Train, Rear Window, Vertigo, Family Plot, and...oh, dammit, which was the one with Carey Grant as the retired cat burglar? Oh yeah, and The Man Who Knew Too Much.
It's only when you see some ofthose pictures that you realize how influential Hitch was. Things like the "zoom in, dolly out" (or is it zoom out, dolly in) shot in Vertigo (which got reused in lot sof other movies, probably most famously in Jaws) or the appropriation of plot elements. Throw Mama From The Train is essentially a comedic remake of Strangters On A Train (they even admit it inside the movie!), whiel Body Doble is effectively a mashup of Vertigo and Rear Window.
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