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Originally Posted by Dr. Eugene Felikson
Hitchcock is brilliant no doubt, but I think dudes like DePalma and Argento who learned a fair share of his tricks ultimately ended up making more enjoyable filma.
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There's a reason why Hitchcock wasn't just a darling of the critics but also a box-office hit machine. Ordinary people who could care less about film technique saw his name on a poster and knew that above all else they'd be entertained. Whereas I can't think of a single Argento film that, for all its individual moments of brilliance, doesn't have major pacing issues at some point. And I say that as an Argento fan.
And for the life of me I'll never get the fuss that's made about DePalma. I enjoy some of his films but to say he learned a fair share of tricks from Hitchcock is like saying a Rolling Stones cover band learned some tricks from Mick n Keef.