I don’t know why, but I only like to watch the old classic films during the winter. Maybe it’s because during the summer I am too busy drinking and eating my night’s away into a stupor. Nevertheless, I do prefer the old classics to the modern drek we are often subjected to at the box office.
Back to the topic of Hitchcock. He did several films with Cary Grant (4), and said that Grant “was the only actor I’ve ever loved.” (pause) But this one is probably my favorite, featuring an older Grant in a more modern setting. Think of this as the template for which James Bond 007 was created, which was made a few years later in 1962. Fun fact: Grant was courted to become 007; but he had retired from acting and could not commit to the franchise, as he was then dedicated to the raising of his daughter.
This film is original, exciting, and thought provoking, all classic traits of quality cinema, directed by the master himself: Alfred Hitchcock.
This is certainly one of the greatest achievements in cinematic history, selected for preservation by the Library of Congress. If you haven’t seen it by now, do yourselves a favor and watch it tonight.
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Spot on with this. Grant at his best, and he was not a big drinker but did like his LSD.
Nice! The dialogue in some of these classics make many modern movies look like they were written by 10 year olds for a school assignment, with a few exceptions…
SUCH A GREAT MOVIE!!
Grant and LSD
http://dangerousminds.net/comments/how_lsd_changed_cary_grants_life
Grant and Steve Jobs loved their Lsd. Fly tried and hated it.
My imagination is too dark, never tried it because I know it would be horrifying
It was for me
Like lots of other chemicals and activities, it’s the greatest thing for some folks and the worst for others. I wish it were legal to have more controlled experiments on it. Under controlled conditions, bad trips are fewer, because the person has support in getting through the experience more sanely.
Only a small number of experiments are allowed now. Under controlled conditions, it looks like it may be helpful for cancer patients, dying people, and many other types of problems. It still wouldn’t work for everyone with these problems though, as some would have “side effects” that would outweigh any good effects. Article below:
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/02/09/trip-treatment
” Under controlled conditions, it looks like it may be helpful for cancer patients, dying people, and many other types of problems.” I have to call BILLSHIT on that claim
LOL!! THAT’S BULLSHIT!!
Read the New Yorker article first. Then you can accuse the author of lying, if you like.
Great flick. Cary Grant at the height of being ‘Cary Grant’. Trademark catch of a dangling woman, pulling her to safety. Seen that in at least 3 other Grant films.
This is from is Autobiography….
http://www.carygrant.net/autobiography/autobiography14.html
I met a lady in Italy who knew Cary Grant through their daughters’ school. She said he participated in school functions like any other parent, including a school play in which he wore a mask until the end, taking it off as a comedic reveal and punch line for a line in the play. Don’t know all the details about his work with Hitchcock, but NxNW is one of my all time favorites. Hitchcock’s TV series, along with Rod Sterling’s, were the first “Golden Age” of TV.
I used to watch some of the Hitchcock TV series that was aired on nickelodeon back when I was a kid in the early 90’s, but Rear Window was the only Hitchcock movie i had ever watched. North by Northwest looks really good.
What are you going thru the list of auteurs?
http://www.imdb.com/list/ls008074545/
True Auteur Directors
2.
Stanley Kubrick
1.
Alfred Hitchcock
No
Hitchcock and Twilight Zone as a sprout in the sleeper of a big rig late 80’s. Delivering firewood to downtown LA with pops. Back then all you needed was a b&w tv and antenna. Tech has almost gone backwards. It was free back then. Classic entertainment.
People forget TV used to be free. Really did not not cost any money.
I had a black and white TV too. They used to sell them still in the 80s
Twilight Zone was the bomb. Most creative TV series ever written.
Yes, but you are asked to watch/hear the commercials. This is how we pay.
Commercial-free entertainment for subscription fee seems reasonable. The suckers are the ones who pay a subscription for entertainment and then sit through commercials.
I agree with your tech comment. For distribution of a single programming, the over the air broadcast model is superior. Packet delivery over IP is an inferior method of delivering broadcast entertainment to a market.
I’m sure you realize they have to periodically kill something in order to sell something new, and then later repeat the process to bring back what they killed earlier….
I hate to be a stickler for grammar, but isn’t it “boxed office” ?
Also, above my level of expertise, but “Alfred Hitchcocked” ?
wow, you’re wound a bit too tight. we’re not writing a résumé here.
Oh, this has nothing to do with Hitchcock, but I thought you might find it interesting, Fly. The guy seems to have a similar view of religion to your own.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7G1cSAivYm4
FUNNY STUFF Frog!!
Will you be featuring The Birds? With the exception of owls, I hate/slightly scared of all birds with their nasty beaks and beady eyes, courtesy of that flick.
Maybe