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From: Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org>
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Subject: Re: What Did You Watch? 2024-04-12 (Friday)
Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2024 22:48:04 -0700
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On 4/13/2024 8:04 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
> Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
>> On 4/13/2024 3:57 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
>>> Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
>>>> On 4/13/2024 8:41 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:
>>>>> What did you watch?
>>>>>
>>>>> (I am working on IMDb stuff right now, so I will follow-up to myself a
>>>>> little later...)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I watched:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Parish (AMC) Episode two of this Giancarlo Esposito crime series.  This
>>>> one mainly dealt with the fallout from the heist in the pilot not going
>>>> as planned.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Fallout (Amazon Prime) New series based on a video game about survivors
>>>> in a post-apocalyptic America.  The premier mostly focuses on a group of
>>>> survivors living in a massive underground bunker that is based on a sort
>>>> of stylized futuristic 60s vibe.  While on the surface it's more of a
>>>> Mad Max vibe, although not as bad since some of civilization has
>>>> survived.  From what I gather the two sides are vaguely aware of each
>>>> other's existence although no real interaction.  Due to spoilerish
>>>> things happening a naive young woman leaves the bunker to go on a quest.
>>>> I guess the first episode was OK.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The Birds (blu-ray) 1963 movie directed by Alfred Hitchcock about a
>>>> small town being terrorized by birds that keep attacking for no reason.
>>>> I could have sworn this movie was in black and white and was shocked
>>>> when it was in color. My best guess is the last time I watched it was
>>>> maybe 40 or so years ago on a black and white TV.  Either that or I just
>>>> flat out forgot it was in color.  Regardless, the movie holds up well
>>>> enough.  I just have one more Hitchcock movie to go, then I think I will
>>>> have watched all the ones I want to watch.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Which one do you have left to go?
>>>
>>> Perhaps more importantly, which do you intend to skip?
>>>
>>
>> I have a Hitchcock blu-ray box set.  A while back I watched: Rope, Rear
>> Window, The Man Who Knew Too Much, Vertigo, and Dial M For Murder (off
>> of TCM).  Time really flies!  I could have sworn I watched these a year
>> or less ago, but it was actually 2 years ago.  Yesterday I watched The
>> Birds and today I'm watching my Psycho 4K box set.
>>
>> In the Hitchcock blu-ray box set that I didn't watch: Marnie, Saboteur,
>> Shadow of a Doubt, The Trouble with Harry, Torn Curtain, Topaz, Frenzy,
>> and Family Plot.  I'm not sure if I've seen any of these before.  I'm
>> vaguely aware of the plot of The Trouble with Harry, but that doesn't
>> mean I seen it before.  Same goes for "Frenzy."  Although if they did a
>> remake, *maybe* I saw the remake.  I really don't know for sure.  The
>> set also includes 7 episodes of Hitchcock Presents and 3 episodes of The
>> Hitchcock Hour.  I don't know which episodes are included.
>>
> 
> Please tell me you’re going to watch NORTH BY NORTHWEST. It’s my very
> favorite Hitchcock! And it’s the source of in jokes in lots of other movies
> and TV shows that you’ll finally get :-)
> 
> 

I had to double check.  I do have that one in the box set.  I'm not sure 
how I missed listing it.  I'm not familiar enough with Hitchcock to know 
which ones to watch or not watch, other than the ones I've already seen 
before and know I like.  I think I *might* have watched it before.  But 
I don't remember it.  I know the crop duster scene is iconic which makes 
it really hard to know if it's a memory from watching the movie or the 
umpteen parodies and clips I've watched over the years.

The set isn't going anywhere.  I may get around to watching it.  What 
does it pair with?  How about "His Girl Friday?"