Review of Do You Like Hitchcock? (2005) by Mariana A — 22 May 2010

I caught this film in the middle of the night and it ended about an hour ago. It was interesting and held my attention well enough at the start to keep me seated through the rest of it, although, I still don't get the correlation between the opening scene, the main story, and the final scene, unless they are simply to reinforce the voyeur-like curiosity that causes Giulio to be caught up in the whole ordeal next door.

The main character reminds me a lot of Ezra Godden's Paul in Dagon... kind of a clumsy, inept, nerdy type with a knack for trouble, not to mention a super cute girlfriend.

I am not familiar with director Argento, so I had no expectations for anything, perhaps that is why some others on here gave a low score, expecting more blood and action that apparently he is known for. I actually prefer the more subtle and what I consider realistic screenplay, and thought the underlying suspense quite effective.

I'm not sure if I would call Giulio a "voyeur" per se, since he makes very little effort to conceal himself when observing others. He's either a really terrible one, or it's simply that it's difficult not to notice others putting themselves on display right outside your window, as I saw the case to be.

Anyway, interesting movie, cute girls, intriguing plot, gets a thumb's up in my book and which I plan to add to my collection at some point.