Capo
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Post by Capo on Jul 22, 2007 21:21:40 GMT
Secret Agent Alfred Hitchcock 1936 UK English spies performing under the pretence of man and wife travel to Switzerland to find and kill a double agent. As good as anything Hitchcock made before hitting Hollywood, an overlooked masterpiece with a lively romance in the form of a ménage à trois, a killer wit and memorable characterisation (helped by good performances), and possibly the best sound design in any of his films: in the church, in which a corpse plays an intense organ drone, a murder scene at the top of a mountain, with the distant, almost non-diegetic wailing of a dog (it's edited over from a different strand in the narrative), and the industrial, overwhelming chugs of a chocolate factory; not to mention another climax on a train, with all the momentum and thrill of Hitchcock's best works.
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Post by ronnierocketago on Dec 9, 2007 1:53:49 GMT
Secret AgentAlfred Hitchcock 1936 UK English spies performing under the pretence of man and wife travel to Switzerland to find and kill a double agent.
As good as anything Hitchcock made before hitting Hollywood, an overlooked masterpiece with a lively romance in the form of a ménage à trois, a killer wit and memorable characterisation (helped by good performances), and possibly the best sound design in any of his films: in the church, in which a corpse plays an intense organ drone, a murder scene at the top of a mountain, with the distant, almost non-diegetic wailing of a dog (it's edited over from a different strand in the narrative), and the industrial, overwhelming chugs of a chocolate factory; not to mention another climax on a train, with all the momentum and thrill of Hitchcock's best works. I need to see that movie. Speaking of which, you have got to watch Brian DePalma's FEMME FATALE.
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Post by Capo on Dec 9, 2007 2:08:03 GMT
I need to see a lot of De Palma's films. The ones I've seen are ranked middle-ish to low in his oeuvre by those who are most familiar with him.
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Post by ronnierocketago on Dec 9, 2007 2:12:21 GMT
I need to see a lot of De Palma's films. The ones I've seen are ranked middle-ish to low in his oeuvre by those who are most familiar with him. Mate, the cream of the crop of DePalma, the 4 you should check out: OBSESSION (1976) FEMME FATALE (2002) BLOW OUT (1981) DRESSED TO KILL (1980)
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Post by RNL on Dec 9, 2007 2:27:09 GMT
I disagree about Obsession and submit Phantom of the Paradise instead.
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Post by ronnierocketago on Dec 9, 2007 2:30:39 GMT
I disagree about Obsession and submit Phantom of the Paradise instead. Which is absolutely fine with me, though I wonder how poor Capo can take a glam-rock 70s musical opera. No, seriously....a glam-rock 70s musical opera.
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