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 other. The films the hosts said they were tied to, which the two lists below run through too: Gone Girl (2014); (comparison). Count them as director (15 films) instead.

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.

A Simple Plan (1998): 1 line

  1. lineage (adaptation model) · through Gone Girl (2014), which they were tied to as the 'Hitchcock blonde' reference point Fincher cited for Amy: A Simple Plan ⇒ Gone Girl (the maker said so). Flynn used A Simple Plan as her model for adapting her own novel, then worried she could not match it.
    “And she said, so I tried to use that as a model and then I freaked myself out because I was like, well, this is too good. I won't do this well.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Gone Girl with Esther Zuckerman (Ad-Free) · 0:36:35 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Alex Cross: 1 line

  1. people (led to casting) · through Gone Girl (2014), which they were tied to as the 'Hitchcock blonde' reference point Fincher cited for Amy: Alex Cross ⇒ Gone Girl (the host's read). Perry's turn in Alex Cross is given as the reason Fincher cast him as Tanner Bolt.
    “Well, that's why Fisher cast him in this.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Gone Girl with Esther Zuckerman (Ad-Free) · 2:09:35 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Gone Girl (Gillian Flynn novel): 1 line

  1. lineage (adaptation) · through Gone Girl (2014), which they were tied to as the 'Hitchcock blonde' reference point Fincher cited for Amy: Gone Girl (Gillian Flynn novel) ⇒ Gone Girl (the host's read). The film adapts Flynn's novel, and the first-person diary trickery was the open question about how it would work on screen.
    “Because it is such like a little fun piece of 1st person narration trickery.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Gone Girl with Esther Zuckerman (Ad-Free) · 0:34:23 · Esther Zuckerman (0.70 sure it was them)

Lolita (1962): 1 line

  1. theme (character type (Desi)) · through Gone Girl (2014), which they were tied to as the 'Hitchcock blonde' reference point Fincher cited for Amy: Lolita ⇒ Gone Girl (the maker said so: In the commentary). On the commentary Fincher says he wanted a Claire Quilty type for Desi and found it in Neil Patrick Harris.
    “Fincher said he wanted a Claire quilty type and he's like, what's a modern Claire quilty type?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Gone Girl with Esther Zuckerman (Ad-Free) · 2:18:15 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Reese Witherspoon: 1 line

  1. lineage (originated the project) · through Gone Girl (2014), which they were tied to as the 'Hitchcock blonde' reference point Fincher cited for Amy: Reese Witherspoon ⇒ Gone Girl (the host's read). Witherspoon took the book and had the idea of bringing Fincher on board.
    “takes this book, has the smart idea, bring Fincher on board.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Gone Girl with Esther Zuckerman (Ad-Free) · 0:20:39 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Steven Soderbergh: 1 line

  1. unmapped (nod to a friend) · through Gone Girl (2014), which they were tied to as the 'Hitchcock blonde' reference point Fincher cited for Amy: Steven Soderbergh ⇒ Gone Girl (the maker said so). Fincher put Soderbergh's Singani 63 in the film as a nod to his buddy and let him pick the scene.
    “Fincher wanted to put it in the movie, as a nod to his buddy, Sudi, and said, uh, you can pick the scene where you want it applied.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Gone Girl with Esther Zuckerman (Ad-Free) · 2:25:53 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011): 1 line

  1. people (casting approach) · through Gone Girl (2014), which they were tied to as the 'Hitchcock blonde' reference point Fincher cited for Amy: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo ⇒ Gone Girl (the host's read). The speaker thinks Fincher's exhaustive casting search on Dragon Tattoo informed how he cast Amy with someone new to the audience.
    “that exhaustive casting search, which I do think informs the way he approaches Amy going into this movie as well”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Gone Girl with Esther Zuckerman (Ad-Free) · 0:55:22 · Griffin Newman (0.40 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)

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016): 1 line

  1. people (led to casting) · through Gone Girl (2014), which they were tied to as the 'Hitchcock blonde' reference point Fincher cited for Amy: Gone Girl ⇒ Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (the host's read). While making Gone Girl, Affleck reportedly joked to his agent that he needed a heroic-chin movie after the evil-chin one.
    “the joke was the chin things in the script, he calls up his agent, while making Gone Girl, and says, like, I'm doing the evil chin movie now, you got to find me a heroic chin movie.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Gone Girl with Esther Zuckerman (Ad-Free) · 1:06:28 · unknown (0.30 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)

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)

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)

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

  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)

Fun items about them

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