Alfred Hitchcock

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q7374: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by Wikidata joins them to Rear Window, which ‘The Killer’ Is Cold-Blooded Genius. And Something More credits them on.

Counted as director, the making department they hold the most credits in. The films the hosts said they directed, which the two lists below run through too: The Lady Vanishes (1938); Strangers on a Train (1951); I Confess (1953); Rear Window (1954); To Catch a Thief (1955); Vertigo (1958); North by Northwest (1959); Psycho (1960); The Birds (1963); Mission: Impossible (1996); The Truman Show (1998); Hitchcock's North by Northwest / Psycho / The Birds / Rear Window; Shadow of a Doubt; The Man Who Knew Too Much; wrongly-accused thrillers (invoked).

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

Alfred Hitchcock: 1 line, within their own work

  1. lineage (lineage) · through The Truman Show (1998), which they directed: Alfred Hitchcock ⇒ The Truman Show (the host's read). Same line: the premise is Frank Capra crossed with Hitchcock.
    “you basically take Frank Capra and Alpha Hitchcock and you put it together, and that's what this movie is.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 0:29:43 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Frank Capra: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through The Truman Show (1998), which they directed: Frank Capra ⇒ The Truman Show (the host's read). Nichol's idea is described as Capra plus Hitchcock combined.
    “you basically take Frank Capra and Alpha Hitchcock and you put it together, and that's what this movie is.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 0:29:43 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Jules Dassin: 1 line

  1. lineage (homage source) · through Mission: Impossible (1996), which they directed: Jules Dassin ⇒ Mission: Impossible (the host's read). Dassin's heist classics are the model for the Langley break-in.
    “the Langley heist is an homage to the Jewel Statsen classics”
    The Rewatchables · 'Mission: Impossible' With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Jason Concepcion · 0:49:53 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

Psycho (1960): 1 line, within their own work

  1. lineage (Hitchcock structural homage) · through Mission: Impossible (1996), which they directed: Psycho ⇒ Mission: Impossible (the host's read). Killing off Kristin Scott Thomas's star-billed character early mirrors Psycho killing Janet Leigh.
    “it's completely Hitchcocky and it's killing Janet Lee after 40 minutes.”
    The Rewatchables · 'Mission: Impossible' With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Jason Concepcion · 0:29:57 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)

Rififi (1955): 1 line

  1. lineage (heist homage) · through Mission: Impossible (1996), which they directed: Rififi ⇒ Mission: Impossible (the host's read). The silent Langley vault heist echoes the Rififi heist where an alarm is triggered by sound.
    “my favorite heist movies were Fifi, which has a heist uh, portion where they very similar, they drill through the roof and it's all in silence”
    The Rewatchables · 'Mission: Impossible' With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Jason Concepcion · 0:24:41 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)

The Fast and the Furious (2001): 1 line

  1. lineage (franchise influence) · through Mission: Impossible (1996), which they directed: The Fast and the Furious ⇒ Mission: Impossible (the host's read). The modern MI films combine Bourne-style hand-to-hand combat with Fast and the Furious over-the-top action.
    “the 2 biggest influences on Mission Impossible are born in the Fast and the Furious.”
    The Rewatchables · 'Mission: Impossible' With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Jason Concepcion · 0:18:47 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)

The Fugitive (1993): 1 line

  1. unmapped (TV-to-film precedent) · through Mission: Impossible (1996), which they directed: The Fugitive ⇒ Mission: Impossible (the host's read). The Fugitive proved a classic TV property could be a big-screen box-office hit, which opened the door for Mission: Impossible.
    “the fugitive proved that there was box office potential and television IP on the big screen.”
    The Rewatchables · 'Mission: Impossible' With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Jason Concepcion · 0:02:32 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

The Lady Vanishes (1938): 1 line, within their own work

  1. lineage (Hitchcock homage) · through Mission: Impossible (1996), which they directed: The Lady Vanishes ⇒ Mission: Impossible (the host's read). The European mystery shades of the film recall The Lady Vanishes and Shadow of a Doubt.
    “Lady Vanishes or, or, uh, even like Shadow of a Doubt in some respects”
    The Rewatchables · 'Mission: Impossible' With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Jason Concepcion · 1:06:25 · Jason Concepcion (0.40 sure it was them)

Topkapi (1964): 1 line

  1. lineage (heist homage) · through Mission: Impossible (1996), which they directed: Topkapi ⇒ Mission: Impossible (the host's read). Langley heist is an homage to the Jules Dassin heist classics Topkapi and Rififi.
    “the Langley heist is an homage to the Jewel Statsen classics of uh, top copy and uh, Rafifi.”
    The Rewatchables · 'Mission: Impossible' With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Jason Concepcion · 0:49:53 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

David Fincher: 3 lines

  1. lineage (influence) · them, directly: Alfred Hitchcock ⇒ David Fincher (the maker said so). Fincher obviously cites Hitchcock (the speaker adds so do many people).
    “he obviously cites Hitchcock, so massively”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Zodiac with Leslye Headland (Ad-Free) · 1:14:57 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. unmapped (heir) · them, directly: Alfred Hitchcock ⇒ David Fincher (the host's read). Sean says Fincher has been a reasonable heir to Hitchcock, so a Hitchcock remake bores him.
    “he's been doing a great job of being a reasonable heir to Hitchcock”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Mank with Sean Fennessey (Ad-Free) · 0:26:18 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)
  3. lineage (influence) · them, directly: Alfred Hitchcock ⇒ David Fincher (the host's read). Fincher loves Hitchcock, who made conventionally entertaining movies carrying deep, confused emotional themes, the dual-entertainment mode Fincher pursues.
    “he also knows that he loves Alfred Hitchcock, and what does Alfred Hitchcock do? He makes conventionally entertaining movies that have deep, confused, emotional themes”
    The Big Picture · ‘The Killer’ Is Cold-Blooded Genius. And Something More · 1:12:33 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)

After Hours (1985): 2 lines

  1. lineage (influence) · through North by Northwest (1959), which they directed: North by Northwest ⇒ After Hours (the maker said so: Scorsese's own account of his influences on the film). The world-against-him framed-man structure of North by Northwest was an influence.
    “That's sort of like the world is against him. He's been framed.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · After Hours with Alison Sivitz · 0:51:28 · unknown host (0.35 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (stealth homage) · through Rear Window (1954), which they directed: Rear Window ⇒ After Hours (the host's read). The neighborhood shooting seen through a window is a Hitchcock rear-window moment never mentioned again; Hitchcock and Fritz Lang noir are influences.
    “there's Hitchcock and Fritz Lange Noir movies are a huge influence on this movie, and that's like such a perfect rear window moment”
    The Rewatchables · ‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey · 0:58:09 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)

Mission: Impossible (1996): 2 lines, within their own work

  1. lineage (Hitchcock structural homage) · through Psycho (1960), which they directed: Psycho ⇒ Mission: Impossible (the host's read). Killing off Kristin Scott Thomas's star-billed character early mirrors Psycho killing Janet Leigh.
    “it's completely Hitchcocky and it's killing Janet Lee after 40 minutes.”
    The Rewatchables · 'Mission: Impossible' With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Jason Concepcion · 0:29:57 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (Hitchcock homage) · through The Lady Vanishes (1938), which they directed: The Lady Vanishes ⇒ Mission: Impossible (the host's read). The European mystery shades of the film recall The Lady Vanishes and Shadow of a Doubt.
    “Lady Vanishes or, or, uh, even like Shadow of a Doubt in some respects”
    The Rewatchables · 'Mission: Impossible' With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Jason Concepcion · 1:06:25 · Jason Concepcion (0.40 sure it was them)

Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018): 2 lines

  1. lineage (callback) · through Mission: Impossible (1996), which they directed: Mission: Impossible ⇒ Mission: Impossible – Fallout (the host's read). Every later MI film calls back to the Langley drop as a hallmark.
    “I realized that they call back to that specific moment every time”
    The Rewatchables · 'Mission: Impossible' With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Jason Concepcion · 0:06:37 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. industry (franchise template) · through Mission: Impossible (1996), which they directed: Mission: Impossible ⇒ Mission: Impossible – Fallout (the host's read). Every MI film reuses the same three-set-piece structure plus a McGuffin, which is why the franchise is elastic.
    “they used the same exact structure in every single movie that came forward.”
    The Rewatchables · 'Mission: Impossible' With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Jason Concepcion · 0:11:13 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

Alien 3 (1992): 1 line

  1. lineage (homage (scene)) · through Psycho (1960), which they directed: Psycho ⇒ Alien 3 (the host's read). Charles Dance's shower-curtain death is read as Fincher's own 'Hitchcock moment', after a cast member said Fincher called it that; the Psycho identification is the speaker's.
    “Fincher would talk to him about his influence and be like, well, this is my Hitchcock moment.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien³ with Matt Singer (Ad-Free) · 1:18:07 · Matt Singer (0.35 sure it was them)

Brian De Palma: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage / homage) · them, directly: Alfred Hitchcock ⇒ Brian De Palma (the host's read). De Palma embraces Hitchcock lineage and makes homage a point; MI draws on the 50s-60s Hitchcock films, especially in Prague.
    “I think he knows that it's good to be in a lineage.”
    The Rewatchables · 'Mission: Impossible' With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Jason Concepcion · 1:06:03 · Jason Concepcion (0.40 sure it was them)

Carter Burwell: 1 line

  1. unmapped (scoring lesson) · through The Birds (1963), which they directed: The Birds ⇒ Carter Burwell (the maker said so: the Criterion disc feature with Skip Lievsay and Carter Burwell). Burwell's first study film for learning scoring was The Birds, which has no conventional score, teaching him that sometimes the move is not to underscore.
    “And he watched the birds. And then only at the end of watching the birds, did he realize, oh, this movie has no conventional score.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Fargo with Zach Cregger · 2:30:43 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

Decision to Leave (2022): 1 line

  1. craft (plot structure) · through Strangers on a Train (1951), which they directed: Strangers on a Train ⇒ Decision to Leave (the host's read). The pills and Slappy-kills-the-husband arrangement is called a Strangers on a Train swap by the detective and the hosts.
    “I've seen my Hitchcock movies. This is some fucking strangers on a train ship.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Decision to Leave with Tatiana Maslany · 1:31:39 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

Disturbia: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Rear Window (1954), which they directed: Rear Window ⇒ Disturbia (the host's read). Disturbia, the best of the decade's thrillers in the cycle, is a Rear Window remake.
    “It's a rear window remake.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:05:44 · Sean Fennessey (0.30 sure it was them)

High Anxiety: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · them, directly: Alfred Hitchcock ⇒ High Anxiety (the host's read). High Anxiety is Mel Brooks' parody of Hitchcock, including a copied shower scene.
    “he's copying the shower scene down to the editing style”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Eraserhead (Ad-Free) · 1:54:09 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

James Gray: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · them, directly: Alfred Hitchcock ⇒ James Gray (the maker said so: Gray, the director, speaking on the show). Gray names Hitchcock, Kubrick, Scorsese and Coppola as heroes with lengthy careers.
    “all of the heroes of mine who have had lengthy and beautiful careers in the cinema, whether it's Mr. Hitchcock or Stanley Kubrick or Martin Scorsese or Francis Ford Coppola”
    The Big Picture · ‘The Lost City of Z’ Director James Gray | The Big Picture (Ep. 9) · 0:16:37 · James Gray (0.90 sure it was them)

My Cousin Vinny (1992): 1 line

  1. craft (craft) · them, directly: Alfred Hitchcock ⇒ My Cousin Vinny (the host's read). A Dutch-angle shot of James Rebhorn is called supposed to be out of Hitchcock, offered while saying the film has no truly cinematic shot.
    “I guess like there's a shot at James Rehorn that's supposed to be out of like Hitchcock or something where it's like a Dutch angle”
    The Rewatchables · ‘My Cousin Vinny’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Wesley Morris · 0:51:35 · Wesley Morris (0.40 sure it was them)

Panic Room (2002): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Rear Window (1954), which they directed: Rear Window ⇒ Panic Room (the maker said so: Fincher's quotes the host reads). Fincher saw it as a cross between Rear Window and Straw Dogs.
    “So Fitcher saw panic group as a cross between rear window and straw dogs.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:17:38 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)

Seven (1995): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · them, directly: Alfred Hitchcock ⇒ Seven (the host's read). Se7en is a Hitchcock movie in its pulling-your-chain structure of mystery, reveal and anxiety, and Hitchcock is Fincher's biggest influence.
    “I think as much as this seems like a modern movie, it's also just completely a Hitchcock movie in so many ways.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Se7en’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:14:30 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)

Survivor: 1 line

  1. industry (industry) · through The Truman Show (1998), which they directed: The Truman Show ⇒ Survivor (the host's read). Truman Show weirdly kicked off reality TV, predating Survivor by a year or two.
    “This kind of weirdly kicked it off, like this predated by a year or two.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 0:12:44 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

The Killer (2023): 1 line

  1. lineage (homage) · through Rear Window (1954), which they directed: Rear Window ⇒ The Killer (the host's read). The Paris hit sequence is a clear homage built on watching rooms across the street.
    “it is a kind of rear window monkey. You know, it is like an attempt to recreate the across the street path, vision of what is happening in rooms in another building, and clear homage to that film.”
    The Big Picture · ‘The Killer’ Is Cold-Blooded Genius. And Something More · 0:20:19 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)

The Player (1992): 1 line

  1. craft (craft) · them, directly: Alfred Hitchcock ⇒ The Player (the host's read). Wesley notes the Hitchcock-like touches in the rattlesnake and police station scenes.
    “Little Hitchcock homage, I feel like.”
    The Rewatchables · 'The Player' With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Wesley Morris · 1:05:45 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

The Truman Show (1998): 1 line, within their own work

  1. lineage (lineage) · them, directly: Alfred Hitchcock ⇒ The Truman Show (the host's read). Same line: the premise is Frank Capra crossed with Hitchcock.
    “you basically take Frank Capra and Alpha Hitchcock and you put it together, and that's what this movie is.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 0:29:43 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Directing (25) everyone in directing

Other (6) everyone in other

What was said about them, by kind

career (1)

  1. career (career): Vertigo → Alfred Hitchcock. Vertigo, now rated the greatest film ever, was a failure for Hitchcock in its day, so audiences have to catch up.
    “It was a big failure for Hitchcock.”
    The Big Picture · ‘The Lost City of Z’ Director James Gray | The Big Picture (Ep. 9) · 0:14:10 · James Gray (0.90 sure it was them)

craft (3)

  1. craft (craft): My Cousin Vinny → Alfred Hitchcock. A Dutch-angle shot of James Rebhorn is called supposed to be out of Hitchcock, offered while saying the film has no truly cinematic shot.
    “I guess like there's a shot at James Rehorn that's supposed to be out of like Hitchcock or something where it's like a Dutch angle”
    The Rewatchables · ‘My Cousin Vinny’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Wesley Morris · 0:51:35 · Wesley Morris (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. craft (craft): The Player → Alfred Hitchcock. Wesley notes the Hitchcock-like touches in the rattlesnake and police station scenes.
    “Little Hitchcock homage, I feel like.”
    The Rewatchables · 'The Player' With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Wesley Morris · 1:05:45 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  3. craft (craft): Seven → Alfred Hitchcock. A host says Se7en's score feels very Hitchcock, a comparison of sound rather than a claim of derivation.
    “but the score feels very Hitchcock.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Se7en’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:15:50 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)

lineage (9)

  1. lineage (lineage): The Truman Show → Alfred Hitchcock. Same line: the premise is Frank Capra crossed with Hitchcock.
    “you basically take Frank Capra and Alpha Hitchcock and you put it together, and that's what this movie is.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 0:29:43 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (lineage): Seven → Alfred Hitchcock. Se7en is a Hitchcock movie in its pulling-your-chain structure of mystery, reveal and anxiety, and Hitchcock is Fincher's biggest influence.
    “I think as much as this seems like a modern movie, it's also just completely a Hitchcock movie in so many ways.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Se7en’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:14:30 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)
  3. lineage (lineage / homage): Brian De Palma → Alfred Hitchcock. De Palma embraces Hitchcock lineage and makes homage a point; MI draws on the 50s-60s Hitchcock films, especially in Prague.
    “I think he knows that it's good to be in a lineage.”
    The Rewatchables · 'Mission: Impossible' With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Jason Concepcion · 1:06:03 · Jason Concepcion (0.40 sure it was them)
  4. lineage (lineage): Mercy → Alfred Hitchcock. Wrongly-accused-man plots are Hitchcock territory; the plot is not the objection.
    “Alfred Hitchcock made tons of movies like this.”
    The Big Picture · The 10 Most Misused Stars in Hollywood and the Gnarly Magic of ‘Send Help’ · 0:27:35 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)
  5. lineage (influence): David Fincher → Alfred Hitchcock. Fincher loves Hitchcock, who made conventionally entertaining movies carrying deep, confused emotional themes, the dual-entertainment mode Fincher pursues.
    “he also knows that he loves Alfred Hitchcock, and what does Alfred Hitchcock do? He makes conventionally entertaining movies that have deep, confused, emotional themes”
    The Big Picture · ‘The Killer’ Is Cold-Blooded Genius. And Something More · 1:12:33 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  6. lineage (lineage): James Gray → Alfred Hitchcock. Gray names Hitchcock, Kubrick, Scorsese and Coppola as heroes with lengthy careers.
    “all of the heroes of mine who have had lengthy and beautiful careers in the cinema, whether it's Mr. Hitchcock or Stanley Kubrick or Martin Scorsese or Francis Ford Coppola”
    The Big Picture · ‘The Lost City of Z’ Director James Gray | The Big Picture (Ep. 9) · 0:16:37 · James Gray (0.90 sure it was them)
  7. lineage (lineage): High Anxiety → Alfred Hitchcock. High Anxiety is Mel Brooks' parody of Hitchcock, including a copied shower scene.
    “he's copying the shower scene down to the editing style”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Eraserhead (Ad-Free) · 1:54:09 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  8. lineage (influence): Alfred Hitchcock → David Fincher. Fincher obviously cites Hitchcock (the speaker adds so do many people).
    “he obviously cites Hitchcock, so massively”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Zodiac with Leslye Headland (Ad-Free) · 1:14:57 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  9. lineage (lineage): Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation → Alfred Hitchcock. The opera sequence is Hitchcock-like, with wordless tension in a physical space.
    “Yes, it's very Hitchcocky.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation · 0:44:24 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

people (1)

  1. people (director comparison): Stanley Kubrick → Alfred Hitchcock. Kubrick is compared to Hitchcock on precision of vision, but Kubrick sought discovery while Hitchcock had the movie in his head.
    “he's compared so much to Hitchcock and the precision of the vision and everything like that.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Dr. Strangelove... with Sean Fennessey (Ad-Free) · 1:08:28 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)

programming (1)

  1. programming (programming): Nancy Meyers → Alfred Hitchcock. Director-filmography episodes (Hitchcock, every Meyers movie) dictate what the hosts have to watch.
    “we talked about every single Nancy Myers movie”
    The Big Picture · 300th Episode Ask-Us-Anything Mailbag Spectacular · 0:18:08 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)

theme (3)

  1. theme (theme): Ari Aster → Alfred Hitchcock. Aster, Eggers and Peele use horror as a portal in a Hitchcock or Bergman vein, not as lifelong genre men like Carpenter.
    “They're all kind of Hitchcockian or Bergmanian.”
    The Big Picture · The 10 Best Horror Movies of the Decade | The Big Picture · 0:07:27 · unknown (Alexander or Karaszewski) (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. theme (stylistic comparison): Alfred Hitchcock → Zodiac. Leslye says Fincher uses full Hitchcock in the Fleischer basement scene, which is wholly subjective.
    “No, Fincher is using full Hitchcock to do a scene that is entirely subjective.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Zodiac with Leslye Headland (Ad-Free) · 2:07:42 · Leslye Headland (0.50 sure it was them)
  3. theme (comparison): Stanley Kubrick → Alfred Hitchcock. Kubrick or Hitchcock as the most legendary director.
    “It's either him or Hitchcock is like the most sort of like legendary director of all time, I guess.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Fear & Desire / Killer's Kiss (Ad-Free) · 0:15:22 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

unmapped (3)

  1. unmapped (heir): Alfred Hitchcock → David Fincher. Sean says Fincher has been a reasonable heir to Hitchcock, so a Hitchcock remake bores him.
    “he's been doing a great job of being a reasonable heir to Hitchcock”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Mank with Sean Fennessey (Ad-Free) · 0:26:18 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)
  2. unmapped (Hitchcock blonde): Alfred Hitchcock → Gone Girl. Fincher says he read the book and felt Amy had to be a Hitchcock blonde, which is not Witherspoon's type.
    “I read this and I immediately felt in need to be a Hitchcock blonde, which is just not who Reese is as a type.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Gone Girl with Esther Zuckerman (Ad-Free) · 0:40:31 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  3. unmapped (long takes): Stanley Kubrick → Alfred Hitchcock. Kubrick's ten-minute takes are tied to the early-60s moment when Hitchcock was pushing that too.
    “which I feel like is a thing in the early six, because that's when Hitchcock's fucking with that the most, too.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Lolita with Fran Hoepfner (Ad-Free) · 1:27:57 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)

verdict (1)

  1. verdict (verdict): David Lean → Alfred Hitchcock. Lean beating Hitchcock in the Sweet 16 was the first big surprise of the round.
    “I mean, I think the 1st huge surprise was David Lean beating Alfred Hitchcock.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2022 MARCH MADNESS UPDATE 2 PRESENTED BY THE CHIP REPORT · 0:10:51 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

what-if (1)

  1. what-if (what-if): Alfred Hitchcock → Brian De Palma. De Palma would make a good sister filmography episode to Hitchcock.
    “I think he's a good kind of like sister episode to Hitchcock”
    The Big Picture · 300th Episode Ask-Us-Anything Mailbag Spectacular · 0:18:37 · Sean Fennessey (0.90 sure it was them)

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