Review of Do You Like Hitchcock? (2005) by Heather H — 01 Oct 2006

Sorry it's been such a long time between entries. We're currently experiencing monetary difficulties, so cannot afford the internet at home. It'll be back soon, and I will begin to blog every movie we watch. We've been watching a lot of movies lately, since the cable is link up with the internet.

This one was rented by my best friend, Marc (popicn on RT), who is a HUGE Dario Argento fan. He has made me a fan as well, so I was excited to see a new Argento film. And I've liked every Hitchcock movie I've seen, so how could we go wrong?

I like how the movie itself was a play on Hitchcock's [i]Rear Window[/i], and the murderer bases the murders on Hitchcock's [i]Strangers on a Train[/i]. I've never seen [i]Strangers on a Train[/i], but now I know why that Billy Crystal movie was called Throw Momma from the Train. It never made any sense to me when a train was never involved. I'm sure they explained in the movie, but that was years ago. It's basically criss-cross. You kill the person I hate, while I have a firm alibi, and I will kill the person you hate, while you have an alibi. I guess it could work if the two people who agree to do this are never linked. But our hero sees what's going on via his rear window.

I love how Argento made many layers of Hitchcock work well without feeling like he's stretching it. And, of course, the murders are beautiful. Argento has a true gift of capturing a murder so it's brutal, truthful but without any extra gore.

I loved it!!

-Heather.