Capo
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Post by Capo on Jul 22, 2007 22:12:49 GMT
Family Plot Alfred Hitchcock 1976 USA A conartist couple decide to track down a missing person, who happens to be a jewel thief acting under the pretence of a jewel dealer. Patchy - probably due to length - but still very interesting, a comic thriller (it seems too bloated and verbose to be lastingly funny or thrilling, though) all about doubling and facades, capped with a wink to camera at the end. Some scenes are great in and of themselves - the tampered-with car going down the hill reminds one of Duel - and some of the shots are cleverly composed to have symmetrical colour coordination and there are always mirrors present too. Good stuff, and it would be reductive and perhaps obvious to say "not his best".
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