Hitchcock, SpoilSport, Party Pooper
Byron Black
austin-ghetto-list@pairlist.net
Fri Jun 4 19:57:34 2004
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Uh, er, should I keep my trap shut?
Oh well.
A couple of years ago I went and plunked down hard-earned cash for a VHS =
of North by Northwest. What a colossal disappointment.
The acting looked like one of those gigantic Swiss cuckoo clocks where =
the figures trundle out, pirouette and then wobble back inside again. =
Remember Hitch's comment about them being, what, 'dolls' or 'robots'?=20
The pace was excruciatingly slow and the story barely believable. All =
that business about the two of them 'accidently' meeting on the train.
All in all a large annoyance, but kind of confirming the feeling I had =
of the contempt H. held life in: audiences, casts, the industry.=20
The only nice thing was seeing an astonishingly young Martin Landau as =
the baddy.
Oh well. Am I wrong? It's 5.00 in the morning.
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Trying to recover from the latest, uh, problems, we checked out North =
x Northwest and Vertigo from the local shop and watched both last night. =
Then we watched the world's best, and possibly only, pooka movie, again =
with Jimmy Stewart. =20
This is probably an old, old thread but I do believe that, for all =
kinds of reasons, Vertigo was Hitchcock's best. Shooting in SF, Marin =
and San Juan Batista, of course, contributed a lot. Recognize soooo =
many places. (Oh, boo hoo, the homesickness done got me again, sniff, =
dribble). Originally Vera Miles was to play the Kim Novak role, =
happily she became pregnant before it was to be shot and the part went =
to Novak. Whew! Close call. Miles was, perhaps, prettier in a =
Kathrine Hepburn sort of way, but Novak was much the better fit for the =
part. =20
And again, Barnard Hermann's wonderful and melancholy music, superbly =
re-inforced the mood and the slow change in Stewart's personality shift. =
A truly classic film.
That's all for now from the old Film Meister in the Old Dominetrix.
wj
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Uh, er, should I keep my trap =
shut?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Oh well.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>A couple of years ago I went and =
plunked down=20
hard-earned cash for a VHS of North by Northwest. What a colossal=20
disappointment.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The acting looked like one of those =
gigantic Swiss=20
cuckoo clocks where the figures trundle out, pirouette and then wobble =
back=20
inside again. Remember Hitch's comment about them being, what, 'dolls' =
or=20
'robots'? </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The pace was excruciatingly slow and =
the story=20
barely believable. All that business about the two of them 'accidently' =
meeting=20
on the train.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>All in all a large annoyance, but kind =
of=20
confirming the feeling I had of the contempt H. held life in: audiences, =
casts,=20
the industry. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The only nice thing was seeing an =
astonishingly=20
young Martin Landau as the baddy.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Oh well. Am I wrong? It's 5.00 in the=20
morning.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Trying to recover from the latest, =
uh, problems,=20
we checked out North x Northwest and Vertigo from the local shop and =
watched=20
both last night. Then we watched the world's best, and possibly=20
only, pooka movie, again with Jimmy Stewart. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>This is probably an old, old thread =
but I do=20
believe that, for all kinds of reasons, Vertigo was Hitchcock's =
best. =20
Shooting in SF, Marin and San Juan Batista, of course, contributed a=20
lot. Recognize soooo many places. (Oh, boo hoo, the =
homesickness=20
done got me again, sniff, dribble). Originally Vera Miles =
was to=20
play the Kim Novak role, happily she became pregnant before it was to =
be shot=20
and the part went to Novak. Whew! Close call. Miles =
was,=20
perhaps, prettier in a Kathrine Hepburn sort of way, but Novak was =
much the=20
better fit for the part. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>And again, Barnard Hermann's =
wonderful and=20
melancholy music, superbly re-inforced the mood and the slow change in =
Stewart's personality shift. A truly classic film.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>That's all for now from the old Film =
Meister in=20
the Old Dominetrix.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
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size=3D2>wj</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>
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