Vertigo was also great, but something about the way Jimmy Stewart acts when he’s trying to be romantic or whatever felt so unbelievable to me, that it immediately convinced me that he was probably gay. Could be wrong though, it just seemed so unnatural for him to act sexy with a lady lol
MANY people think Vertigo is his best, including my son, who is an encyclopedic film connoisseur. I think it’s great, but it’s not even close to my favorite. I find it too perfect looking, almost sanitized. I’m also not thrilled with Kim Novak in it. Grace Kelly would have been much better. Hitch probably thought so, too.
Frankly, of the films on my list, that might be my least favorite, but I get it. It’s a beautiful looking film, and I love how he slow burns through the story until he finally reveals all in the very final scene. If you quit even a little bit too early, you won’t get it. You have to stick around to The End, or Finis, or whatever he does, I don’t remember.
It’s not so much that I don’t like it, it’s just that I like all those others more. Vertigo is still an 8/10 for me. It’s just that most of the others are 9s and 10s.
As for Jimmy Stewart’s manliness, he was considered a really hot dude in his day. There’s a famous scene in Rear Window when Grace Kelly reveals the negligee she intends to wear that evening, and his eyes nearly pop out. Unfortunately, we never got to see her in that get up.
I found him a little more convincing in Rear Window… Maybe he just had better chemistry with Grace Kelly.
I just remember laughing out loud the first time he tries to act sexy in Vertigo. I had to rewind and watch it again
Edit: it might also have to do with the fact that I can’t hear him speak anymore without thinking of Dana Carvey"s hysterical impression of him being his version of “kinky” where he’s like “ok now look at it… Ok n-n-now look away”
If you haven’t heard it you need to look it up it’s so good.
Vertigo was also great, but something about the way Jimmy Stewart acts when he’s trying to be romantic or whatever felt so unbelievable to me, that it immediately convinced me that he was probably gay. Could be wrong though, it just seemed so unnatural for him to act sexy with a lady lol
MANY people think Vertigo is his best, including my son, who is an encyclopedic film connoisseur. I think it’s great, but it’s not even close to my favorite. I find it too perfect looking, almost sanitized. I’m also not thrilled with Kim Novak in it. Grace Kelly would have been much better. Hitch probably thought so, too.
Frankly, of the films on my list, that might be my least favorite, but I get it. It’s a beautiful looking film, and I love how he slow burns through the story until he finally reveals all in the very final scene. If you quit even a little bit too early, you won’t get it. You have to stick around to The End, or Finis, or whatever he does, I don’t remember.
It’s not so much that I don’t like it, it’s just that I like all those others more. Vertigo is still an 8/10 for me. It’s just that most of the others are 9s and 10s.
As for Jimmy Stewart’s manliness, he was considered a really hot dude in his day. There’s a famous scene in Rear Window when Grace Kelly reveals the negligee she intends to wear that evening, and his eyes nearly pop out. Unfortunately, we never got to see her in that get up.
I found him a little more convincing in Rear Window… Maybe he just had better chemistry with Grace Kelly.
I just remember laughing out loud the first time he tries to act sexy in Vertigo. I had to rewind and watch it again
Edit: it might also have to do with the fact that I can’t hear him speak anymore without thinking of Dana Carvey"s hysterical impression of him being his version of “kinky” where he’s like “ok now look at it… Ok n-n-now look away”
If you haven’t heard it you need to look it up it’s so good.
Edit 2: https://teamcoco.com/video/dana-carvey-1-pt-4-06-23-21
I’m on it.
Edited to add a link if you can’t find it. He does it a couple times on various episodes of Conan’s podcast.