Alfred Hitchcock seemed to have had an obsession with stairs. Staircases are featured prominently in many of his films, which stands out because a person going upstairs or downstairs, or just generally moving from one place to another, is the kind of thing that most filmmakers would skip to save time. For Hitchcock, it may have been an excuse to film actors from strange angles. Or maybe it represents the character's journey. Or maybe it was a way to build tension. When asked about those scenes, Hitch said, "Stairs are very photogenic."
Max Tohline compiled 39 staircase sequences from 39 Hitchcock films and named it Alfred Hitchcock’s 39 Stairs. Yes, the movie The 39 Steps is in there. The films used in this supercut are listed at the vimeo page. This video is less than three minutes long, because the compilation is shown twice.
Tohline points out that Hitchcock's very first film, The Pleasure Garden from 1925, opened with a staircase scene, and his final film, Family Plot from 1976, ends with a shot of a staircase. -via Kottke
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"So, do you want to leave by the window or the stairs?" Quote from 'I'm gonna git you, sucka"
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i get nervous every time i go up and down stairs, even if its seemingly very good stairs. I guess that makes it worse, because if you fall on steel stairs that's brutal.
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