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Originally Posted by GhostDog
I originally thought I would find Rear Window boring when I first went to watch it but it ended up being one of if not my favorite of his. I find it very well crafted with great leads in the always likable Jimmy Stewart and the always very lovable Grace Kelly.
Admittedly I only find one of his films on the overrated side and that is Vertigo, now this is not to say it is a bad movie which it is really hard to find one in Hitch's Golden Age but it is rather lower on my list personally.
I too am a huge De Palma fan from his crime epics in the 80's to his Hitchcock influenced thrillers he's really a great director with a very diverse agenda of great films who wasn't afraid to do genre movies which is always up my alley.
I was just re-watching Blow Out the other night and it's definitely one of his best. Trying to list them all would be a thread all on it's own really.
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What did you think of Dressed to Kill (film)? I saw an edited-for-TV version when I was a kid, and the "lighting flashes" scenes gave me a good scare.
Like you, I thought Vertigo was good, but not one of his best. Some of the scenes feel a bit slow and overkill; but then again I didn't see them in a theatre.