Siskel & Ebert Review The Films of...Alfred Hitchcock

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5 ай бұрын

A compilation of Siskel & Ebert reviewing the films of Alfred Hitchcock
Since Hitchcock's career was ending just as Siskel & Ebert's television career was just getting started, they obviously didn't get a chance to review that many of his films on their show. They found ways to insert his work into their program, though, and this is a collection of the ones I could find.
I also included some Hitchcock-adjacent bonus reviews for fun that are relevant inclusions, despite not being directed by him
Primarily for educational purposes, but enjoy however you see fit!
For more of this series:
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@alexsandell8260 4 ай бұрын

Rear Window is a masterpiece. I've watched it at least a couple dozen times and it never gets old (even though I do).

@sandrashevey8252 4 ай бұрын

Hitchcock`s favourite along with `Shadow of a Doubt`. Loathe the film. Think it is pretentius and over-produced; not a patch on Powell Pressburger.

@mikeb3176785 4 ай бұрын

Rear Window is a Masterpiece

@hblanche 4 ай бұрын

Imagine how they would have felt if they got to see the wonderfully restored 4K versions of these films.

@cliffbeavers6158 4 ай бұрын

My personal fav is Strangers on a Train.

@sandrashevey8252 4 ай бұрын

Hitchcock at his auto-erotic best.

@tylerstadt9957 3 ай бұрын

I'd have to agree. Vertigo is good but I find the story a lil confusing at first. What with the whole painting n everything

@ghostlightx9005 2 ай бұрын

'Frenzy' for me. Criminally under-rated.

@aysada 4 ай бұрын

I love rope I think it’s so beautifully shot, and I think the story is thrilling. Also,because it plays like a theatrical play that appeals to me as a theater lover. But I think notorious is my favorite of his movies as well.

@cosmicjazzman4817 4 ай бұрын

North By Northwest

@jonasmeier417 4 ай бұрын

Hitchcock's "Rear Window" & "Psycho" are perfect movies.

@frankwells377 4 ай бұрын

This was great--thank you for doing it. Boy, do I miss Roger Ebert.

@lonamarilyn1755 3 ай бұрын

Notorious fabulous and that KISS! Nothing today , in 2024, in film, compares with emotion, love and class🥰

@ChubbyChecker182 4 ай бұрын

That Frenzy trailer with Hitch is SO twisted and dark, wouldnt be made today. Love that movie though, so dark yet funny, and Very "Old School" British style but with very heavy 1970s subject matter. Very underrated.

@satori03 4 ай бұрын

REALLY good movie

@davidfox5383 4 ай бұрын

Siskel is wrong about at least two when he says that those five are not the greatest Hitchcock films ever made. Vertigo and Rear Window are two the greatest films of any sort, Hitchcock or not.

@autolykus1230 4 ай бұрын

He's referring to The Man Who Knew Too Much not being amongst Hitchcock's best 5 films.

@PerfidiousAdrian 4 ай бұрын

Grace Kelly was a 20 out of 10. An absolute stunner

@pattimaeda6097 4 ай бұрын

Best looking female ever to walk the earth without exception

@robinfereday6562 3 ай бұрын

Without doubt the most beautiful women ever created

@dubliners0999 4 ай бұрын

I love Siskel and Ebert's review of 5 Hitchcock's films. Brilliant! I love this compilation! BTW, Hitchcock's 1934 version of "The Man Who Knew Too Much" was fabulous, too.

@cliffbeavers6158 4 ай бұрын

I dont like Trouble with Harry, but the cinematography is beautiful.

@rhwinner 4 ай бұрын

Not mentioned is Hitch's Catholicism which seeps into many of his films but most conspicuously in Vertigo.

@ttintagel 4 ай бұрын

I remember reading that he thought the reason I Confess didn't do better is that Protestant audiences didn't understand it.

@bucksdiaryfan 4 ай бұрын

I always say the same thing about Spielberg and Scorcese movies -- even if they suck, you always get the feeling THEY TRIED to make it great or visually interesting. I noticed that even as a kid when I saw Close Encounters but didn't understand a thing yet was somehow entertained.

@Fanfanbalibar 4 ай бұрын

Can you cite movies by Spielberg and Scorsese that "suck" as you so elegantly put it??????

@bucksdiaryfan 4 ай бұрын

"New York, New York" "The King of Comedy" and I thought "Casino" was "Goodfellas Redux" though that is controversial. I was not a fan of the "Last Temptation of Christ" either... Spielberg's "1941" was a swing and a GIANT miss... I hated that stupid Tom Hanks airport movie... The last Indiana Jones movie was awful -- hey, even the best swing and miss -- oh and "The Age of Innocence" and "Color of Money" for Scorcese, though I blame Paul Newman for phoning that one in but "Age" was brutal@@Fanfanbalibar

@sophiejurfest6243 4 ай бұрын

I remember discovering thse 5 films on screen , I think end of the 70ies ; what a pleasure and my favourite was rearwindow

@franceselizabethwilliams3651 4 ай бұрын

My favorite is “Dial M for Murder”

@ianharrison5958 4 ай бұрын

I'm a huge fan of Hitchcock, but I also adore Psycho II, a true homage to the Master that planted itself within the burgeoning slasher film craze that the original film inspired, a truly chilling re-visitation into the character of Norman Bates. It's one of the few times I've had to call Ebert to the carpet to ask him, 'Why did you consider the second film to be unnecessary and non-sensical, and yet give a thumb up to the third?'

@jj80808 4 ай бұрын

One of the best sequels ever imo

@swordblaster2596 4 ай бұрын

Psycho II was waaaaaaaay better than any expectation might have reasonably had.

@ChubbyChecker182 4 ай бұрын

Even the way he says "Cuuuttlery" is rather brilliant 😊. Haven't watched the Psycho movies in years, will watch soon.

@charlesvannice8279 4 ай бұрын

Psycho 2 is one of the most underrated movies ever.

@ThePiratemachine 4 ай бұрын

I 'm sorry. I thought it was a mistake to kill off Vera Miles Lila the sister. She sort of established herself in Psycho as a survivor. As I have that perception of Lila I was disappointed with the decision to knock her off. IMO

@peterpellechia5985 4 ай бұрын

The original man who knew too much in 1934 is the superior version to the 1956 version!!!!

@Fanfanbalibar 4 ай бұрын

I disagree !

@ricardocantoral7672 4 ай бұрын

I agree. I like the 30's version better because of Peter Lorre.

@ChubbyChecker182 4 ай бұрын

Disagree, both great in their own ways though

@airmark02 4 ай бұрын

the Hitchcock formula of the 50's & 60's were very entertaining but the older films are my favorites.

@QueenOfTheNorth65 4 ай бұрын

I agree.

@user-oe6yn7vi3k 4 ай бұрын

What a marvelous effect Hitchcock had on us baby boomers (this group in particular) by releasing these five movies as he did - films he intentionally shelved - well after his status had been achieved. To watch Vertigo for the first time (for us second-half baby boomers) was nothing short of spectacular and true wonderment. It simply extended and elevated his reputation in a way that no one had ever before seen.

@carlorizzo827 4 ай бұрын

I don't see how we can rank them. All have greatness. I recently watched a lesser known one, The Paradine Case, OMFG!! Alida Valli! Louis Jourdan! Electric

@bucksdiaryfan 4 ай бұрын

When we played Scategories in the mid 80s there was a Hitchcock question and I was surprised how many Hitch movies all the Baby Boomers could name because none of them were film buffs. Then my mom told a story of how her parents wanted to play cards so they sent her and her little cousin to the movies in her grandma's small town and it was "Rear Window" and scared her shitless

@fringelilyfringelily391 4 ай бұрын

Doris's number in "The Man Who Knew Too Much" is not the only musical number that Hitchcock placed in his films.There is a wonderful scene of Marlene Dietrich singing "The Laziest Girl In Town" in his film "Stage Fright".

@raymondm.9954 4 ай бұрын

"*Stage* Fright," you mean. I don't remember the Dietrich song, but the Day song was key to the end of the movie, in Stewart rescuing their son.

@fringelilyfringelily391 4 ай бұрын

My typing is famously crap@@raymondm.9954

@postscript67 4 ай бұрын

He was also co-director of "Elstree Calling" a comedy musical review, but I don't know how responsible he was for the musical numbers.

@ttintagel 4 ай бұрын

Also, the reprise of "Que Sera Sera" is where the real tension comes in.

@reymansd 4 ай бұрын

The Marlene Dietrich song is what Madeline Kahn was parodying in her "I'm Tired" number from Blazing Saddles.

@alp-1960 4 ай бұрын

I miss these guys so much. Thank you. ❤

@ER1CwC 4 ай бұрын

Amazing that all five of these were out of circulation. I was expecting reviews of Torn Curtain, Topaz, etc.

@Mary0614 4 ай бұрын

I never missed an episode of these guys, they were fun to watch!

@ThomasNewman-xe2ig 3 ай бұрын

My favorite goes WAY back. It is a silent picture and the humor is timeless. The Farmer's Wife. One of Hitchcock's earliest. The ORIGINAL The Man Who Knew Too Much, was every bit as good as the Jimmy Stewart/Doris Day remake. While the "remake" was in color, it was cleaned up to make the plot tighter and the humor more contemporary. I love both versions.

@Pensadordosceus 4 ай бұрын

Thanks! I didn’t know I needed this

@nata3467 4 ай бұрын

I have these on VHS and they are one of the reasons I keep a VHS player . LOVE THIS

@snoman5618 4 ай бұрын

Thank you very much for doing this video, I loved it

@Winnipegger 3 ай бұрын

Alfred has made so many great films! My favorites are the Birds, Rear Window, Rope (one of the master's most underrated), and of course...Psycho!

@thomasrichmond2413 3 ай бұрын

During Covid, spending ( wasting ) so much time in KZfaq hell, I’ve become a big fan of his early British film. The acting is really very good.

@jameskamp2977 4 ай бұрын

Check out Young And Innocent, which you can watch free on KZfaq. That's my favorite Hitchcock film!

@QueenOfTheNorth65 4 ай бұрын

“Bad acting” in “Rope?” Blasphemy.

@meropale 3 ай бұрын

I miss the era of Siskel and Ebert.

@raulduke6105 4 ай бұрын

Live two blocks from RE boyhood home and went to his HS

@dilly1863 4 ай бұрын

I miss these guys so much. Pity you did not give the date or year this program aired as Siskel died many years ago. Was it October 1988?

@dilly1863 4 ай бұрын

Mentioned in video Jimmy Stewart Dies at 89 Thursday, July 3, 1997.

@bradroberts4202 3 ай бұрын

Got to say "To Catch A Thief" is one of my favourites. I love well-written stories. Alfred Hitchcock didn't pander to anyone. Neither did Orson Welles. These days it's more about money than love of filmmaking, or hiring idiots to direct movies that they don't give a shit about audience reaction (Yes Kathleen, hiring idiots to direct star wars movies is bloody stupid! Why are you still employed? ) In the "real" world, people that lose their company millions get fired, not hired!!!!!!!

@donbrown1284 3 ай бұрын

Just one mistake -- Cary Grant was Hitchcock's favorite actor, not James Stewart. Though they were in four pictures each for him, Stewart often said every script he got from Hitch had Cary Grant's fingerprints on them. 😂

@dulcineadurance1391 2 ай бұрын

my fav director ❤

@TWS-pd5dc 4 ай бұрын

That last part of this where they were reviewing the atrocious Psycho remake? Very sad watching Siskel, he's clearly gaunt and slurring his words since he's nearing the end of his life.

@kevinshort4829 3 ай бұрын

My favorite is North By Northwest

@freddyjefferson5164 4 ай бұрын

Frenzy…..strangulation scene is classic

@ranaldrasmussen3900 4 ай бұрын

So many great Hitchcock movies. The only one I don’t like is Torn Curtain. It has one great scene of them killing somebody with a knife

@cliffordnewell2445 4 ай бұрын

Hey boys, Hitchcock never made a movie about a guy who lived in fear of mice.

@MrFairfax40 4 ай бұрын

Robert Osborne Introduces Scrubbing Bubbles!

@margo3367 4 ай бұрын

The original ‘West Side Story’ is a masterpiece and should never have been remade. Speaking as a native San Franciscan, ‘Vertigo’ is one of my favorite movies featuring my beautiful city.

@Ferst60 2 ай бұрын

Shadow of a Doubt ❤

@rcjoker63 4 ай бұрын

My top 10 Hitchcock: 1.Shadow of a Doubt 2.Strangers on a Train 3. Frenzy 4. The Wrong Man 5. Dial M for Murder 6. North By Northwest 7. Notorious 8.Rear Window 9. Psycho 10. Vertigo ..Rebecca (Hitchcocks only Academy Award for Best Picture)put me to sleep…go figure

@emilyburton4095 4 ай бұрын

You've got Vertigo twice.

@robinfereday6562 3 ай бұрын

@@emilyburton4095 where?

@robinfereday6562 3 ай бұрын

The Birds was pure classic

@emilyburton4095 3 ай бұрын

@@robinfereday6562 I guess they fixed it.

@emilyburton4095 3 ай бұрын

@@robinfereday6562 Yes, it terrified me as a child. Yet, I became a birder.

@MrFairfax40 4 ай бұрын

Did Somebody Say Scrubbing Bubbles?

@danielstanwyck2812 4 ай бұрын

His British films were, for the most part, better than his American films.

@MrFairfax40 4 ай бұрын

Scrubbing Bubbles?

@airmark02 4 ай бұрын

I prefer Hitchcock's 30's & 40's films to the later ones ~ but whatever

@cejannuzi 4 ай бұрын

I like Vertigo and The Trouble with Harry. Most of the rest, I will have to pass on any more viewings.

@MrFairfax40 4 ай бұрын

Alfred Hitchcock’s Scrubbing Bubbles

@2msvalkyrie529 4 ай бұрын

Dial M For Murder . .....Frenzy ....??

@MrFairfax40 4 ай бұрын

Siskel & Ebert Reviews Scrubbing Bubbles

@fionafinch348 3 ай бұрын

I just can't agree that Vertigo is Alfred Hitchcock's best film & Jimmy Stewart's best film role.

@springsogourne 4 ай бұрын

I adore The Trouble With Harry 😊

@formergray 4 ай бұрын

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@rita6314 4 ай бұрын

Oh God these guys are terrible, but the Hitchcock movies a great. 😂

@fosbury68 3 ай бұрын

Vertigo has a lot of brilliant pieces (music, cinematography, location, acting) but all in the service of a totally preposterous plot that defies suspension of disbelief. A watchable, memorable and even enjoyable film but far from ‘great’.

@ebonywatch 4 ай бұрын

Who needs reviewers or critics for films, paintings, or books? It's one person's opinion of a work of art. The only critics who matter are the viewing public or the readers or the observers. Critics are self-absorbed arseholes who can't produce anything creative; they leech off the backs of others. Make up your own minds, FFS!