A quote from the book by Truffaut: "…we can predict that before the end of this century, there will be as many books written about [Hitchcock] as there are now about Marcel Proust."

Jeez… If you have to bring up du Maurier… I have to recommend Dont Look Now. No not Made by Hitchcock into a film, this was Roeg at his peak… But if there was ever an equal to movie and story from this author, it is this one.

Not having seen the documentary… I'm pretty sure it is about his technique, not a spoiler for any particular film. I'm sure they will show the standard Great Clips… Cary Grant in the cornfield… The straight ahead stare during the tennis match in Strangers on a Train… The Shower Scene… But all these are, are clips,…

New Biographical Dictionary of Film - David Thomson.

I always thought the carousel scene was great. That shot of the old guy crawling under it was not faked. Learned that from… This very book!

I do not think you are alone in your assessment… I do think 'terrible' is too strong! To me, any scene involving a bird attack was astonishingly well done, and imprinted on my young mind when I first saw this, around 12 or so, and they still hold up. The gas station scene for example is amazing. Lots of subtext…

My daughter has said to me when I ask her to get off the video games, 'I'm sorry Dave I'm afraid I can't do that…' And my name is not Dave…

Interestingly enough I checked out 2 Lovecraft books last week, a collection of short stories and In the Mountains of Madness. Halfway thru both. The short stories are very evocative but have these BWA HAH HAH endings which reveal the big secret you've probably already guessed that really don't hold up today. I'm…

My daughter came home from high school in September and asked me who this Hitchcock guy was, a teacher made a comment on The 39 Steps, its origins as a book and how it turned into a Broadway show.

Ebert Great Movies. They are all on line or at your library.

Susan Sontag wrote an indispensable article on 50s sci fi called The Imagination of Disaster. Google it. I would argue this article alone legitamitized the genre, while strengthening its cult status.

Call out to Dog Train by Sandra Boynton. Songs are fun and funny. Especially the one about broccoli and Theme to 2001 sung by dogs, chickens, cows, ducks, etc. get the one with the illustrated book, has lyrics and music too. Seeing the 16 musical lines of 2001 for ducks, etc, split out makes it all the more…

My geek in training 14 year old daughter is a huge fan of the LotR movies, yes we have the extended editions, and in the past year has become a huge Doctor fan. Watching this video made her head explode … with joy.

Lots of Duracell hate here! Why? Look at it this way… This is a sign of AV Club success that a large electronics brand has identified this site as having the demographic they want to … Build brand awareness with… Suck up to… Beg for their money… Whatever, but it is you my fine fellow geeks that Duracell wants,…

Spoiler—sport…

Haha- my pleasure. I got into all kinds of trouble during thanksgiving dinner, couldn't even be anonymous.

Wait til you get your own. Their greasy snotty hands will destroy everything you love. And you will love them more. Once you get their baby fingers out of your nose….

Chaplin. Gold Rush. Makes me want a snack of sole and spaghetti right now.

Elevator scene…. Die Hard 3.

Who would play games during this holiday of family communion? People can should and must avoid these trivial distractions to focus on what really matters.