# Hitchcock Film Festival At Quasi's Place......

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitchcock-film-festival-at-quasis-place/88593>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 20, 2001, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitchcock-film-festival-at-quasis-place/88593 "2001-10-20T16:30:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2001, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitchcock-film-festival-at-quasis-place/88593/1 "2001-10-20T16:30:57Z")

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Oh, you can’t make it? What a shame!

Well, since you can’t, you can be with me in spirit by way of some recommendations as to which films I should watch.

I’m very picky, though… I’ve _seen_ all the popular ones and I want some really **old** stuff, like from the 40’s. Everything else is “strictly for the boids”.

“Do you still say that in America? ‘For the boids’?”

😉

Quasi

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**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2001, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitchcock-film-festival-at-quasis-place/88593/2 "2001-10-20T17:45:25Z")

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Who says I can’t make it? I don’t see why I couldn’t.

I recommend _Rebecca_ and the original voision, er, version of _The Man Who Knew Too Much._

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**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2001, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitchcock-film-festival-at-quasis-place/88593/3 "2001-10-20T18:03:49Z")

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I’d go with “The 39 Steps,” “The Lady Vanishes,” “Notorious,” and “Strangers on a Train.” (I know, “Strangers” was made in 1951, but you **can’t** see it too many times!)

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**Author:** ![Wumpus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8c91f0/32.png) [@Wumpus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wumpus)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2001, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitchcock-film-festival-at-quasis-place/88593/4 "2001-10-20T19:53:13Z")

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If you like North By Northwest, try Foreign Correspondent or Sabotage–both great adventures in a similar vein.

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**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2001, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitchcock-film-festival-at-quasis-place/88593/5 "2001-10-20T21:48:43Z")

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By all means, check out “Rope.”  
Stay away from “The Paradine Case”–unless you’re looking for an insomnia cure.

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**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2001, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitchcock-film-festival-at-quasis-place/88593/6 "2001-10-22T19:44:30Z")

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**Shadow of a Doubt** (along with _Notorious_) remains Hitch’s best film of the 40s. Written by Thornton Wilder, it’s Hitch-meets-_Our Town_, with a great performance from Joseph Cotton (though the whole cast is very good)

I’d also recommend his first sound film, _Blackmail_ and his best silent, _The Lodger_