I am also a big Hitchcock fan. I also prefer "Rear Window" to "Vertigo" for the sheer drama, but then again I am a big Jimmy Stewart fan. Do not ignore his early works. I watched "The 39 Steps" last year, the best of his many British films before he hit Hollywood. It is a great international intrigue movie mystery.
Be sure to watch the film "Hitchcock" where Anthony Hopkins plays Alfred Hitchcock and Helen Mirren plays his wife. The film surrounds the time period just before he decided to direct "Psycho," where most critics thought that his best days as a director were behind him and that he was absurd for making such a pedestrian film.
My favorite scene in the movie: Hitchcock secretly waiting and watching the reaction of the audience during the "Psycho" shower scene:
I also like the way that he always managed to obtain the most striking blonde actresses of the day for his films.
Be sure to watch the film "Hitchcock" where Anthony Hopkins plays Alfred Hitchcock and Helen Mirren plays his wife. The film surrounds the time period just before he decided to direct "Psycho," where most critics thought that his best days as a director were behind him and that he was absurd for making such a pedestrian film.
My favorite scene in the movie: Hitchcock secretly waiting and watching the reaction of the audience during the "Psycho" shower scene:
I also like the way that he always managed to obtain the most striking blonde actresses of the day for his films.