From: wlah...@gmail.com
On Saturday, February 18, 2023 at 5:35:45 PM UTC-5, Bill Anderson wrote:
> moviePig wrote:
> > On 2/18/2023 3:52 PM, Bill Anderson wrote:
> >> Bill Anderson wrote:
> >>> wlah...@gmail.com wrote:
> >>>> On Saturday, February 4, 2023 at 4:08:00 PM UTC-5, moviePig wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> There I was, anticipating a truly recondite bit of trivia. (When I
> >>>>> first saw KING KONG, my mother dropped me off at a drive-in theater,
> >>>>> where I watched from a bench at the foot of the screen, under stars.)
> >>>>
> >>>> Love King Kong and still watch it once a year. Another favorite that
kid
> >>>> might like is the original "The Thing."
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> I love it too. His assessment: it was good but I did not enjoy it as
much
> >>> as “Singin’ in the Rain.”
> >>>
> >>
> >> He had never seen an Alfred Hitchcock movie so I tried to think of one
that
> >> would be a sure bet. Because of its nice mix of suspense and fun, I
settled
> >> on NORTH BY NORTHWEST and he enjoyed it of course.
> >>
> >> I saw no sign of realization on his face at the last shot of the movie so
I
> >> prompted, “the train entered the tunnel.”
> >>
> >> His expression was priceless.
> >>
> >> Final verdict: it’s still wasn’t as good as Singing in the Rain.
> >
> > A difficulty with movies like N BY NW, or PSYCHO, or even THE BIRDS is
> > that every bit of craftsmanship that they etched into our cinematic
> > vocabulary has been wrung dry by years of relentless imitation. I.e.,
> > I'd imagine that the once stunning originals seem now a bit tame/lane.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> Maybe. But I thoroughly enjoyed seeing this one again. The one thing that
> stuck out is a problem I have with almost every mid to late career
> Hitchcock: he puts his actors on a treadmill and projects moving scenery
> behind them and expects me not to notice how phony it looks.
The fox hunt in Marnie sends me laughing to the floor everytime.
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