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Anything by Hitchcock that I have seen so far.
I find him to be super overrated and his movies very dated and shallow. There is a world view in his movies that feels incredibly predatory and insect like and after my latest attempt to watch one of his movies with an open mind and once again being left with the exact same feelings I have been left with, with every movie of his I have seen, I looked into him a little bit because I knew nothing about him other than that he made a lot of famous horror and thriller movies in the 50s and 60s.
Oh boy, I now understand what it was about his movies that I hated so much. That thing was every bit the insect like predator I sensed in his movies.
I'm a big fan of separating the art from the artist, but what do you do when the artist uses his art to create, essentially self insert gooner content? In this case I feel perfectly fine having the art and the artist be one and the same.
Used to feel the same way about Woody Allen, btw. I was happy when he got canceled, but confused at how many people acted shocked about him being a creepy guy. His entire filmography and public personal life was already out there to confirm what kind of a guy he was.
I'm convinced the only reason Hitchcock hasn't been canceled is because he's long dead. I don't understand anyone who likes his movies or celebrate him as a genius. It's literally just fetish films from a man who has no personality underneath the facade. His movies are a reflection of that.