The father of all peeping toms, lurker extraordinaire, is James Stewart in Rear Window.
His character was ‘wheel chaired up’, camping out in his apartment with some hot women coming about his quarters to feed him and pleasure him whenever he wanted. But he was much more interested in the ongoings of the plebs across the street. He took to his binoculars and began a campaign of being the biggest creep who had ever lived.
This is an absolute classic, a genre maker, game changer for the cinema industry.
Also, it’s worth noting the lead actress in this, Grace Kelly, was the hottest female commodity in Hollywood at the time. She retired, at her peak, when she married the Prince of Monaco. Yes, she literally became the Princess of Monaco, like in a fairy tale, and served for decades in that capacity until death. Her children continue to live and serve there, as royalty of course.
I am going to wrap up Hitch next week and then begin to throw out random films at you, all of distinguishable worthiness for your liking.
Mixing two themes together with this post, here is a ‘roast’, more like tribute, given by Orsen Welles for James Stewart.
Opening clip from Rear Window
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“…Yes, she literally became the Princess of Monaco…” – you have to work too hard in these parts Monsieur le Fly. Truly, you do God’s work. {doffing beret}
Hi Fly,
Any chance you do a book review segment?
Maybe
Great. Something simple that could help us become more cultured and provide us some titles to put on our reading list would be very helpful.
Yes, that was and is a great flick.
By the way I believe you meant to write “wheeled chaired up”.
With all due respect…the well deserved tribute to Jimmy doesn’t do enough justice to Hitch…You should go to the AFI website and look up the tributes to him…I also believe that you should segue (no homo) to Billy Wilder as Hitchcock once said after viewing “Double Indemnity”…”The two most important words in Hollywood are “Billy Wilder”.” “The Apartment”, “Some Like It Hot”, “Lost Weekend”, Sunset Boulevard”…I enourage all to visit this site: {http://www.avclub.com/article/where-start-films-billy-wilder-218396}.
Watched ‘Dallas Buyers Club’ the other night. There is scene in the film where the outrageous price of medication comes up. Granted it was the early ’80s. Could not help but factor a few Aids patients back then versus millions of boomers today. The new drugs today are priced higher than a unicorn humping a rainbow. Buyer beware in biotech.
A game. Investors be aware. The coming deluge of really old people has just started.
ironbird-
Point taken. Aside from the trading angle…
In a way drugs for the aging and their cost is like a virus. It cannot kill it’s host.
The wealthy will always pay and have the best medical care and prescription drugs. The vast general public of old people cannot be priced out of basic survival, in order to keep the game going for the drug manufacturers
Medical care is one area where it is abundantly clear that “life isn’t fair”. Poorer people die every day of conditions the wealthy get cared for at their convenience by the best in the business.
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its, not it’s A-game matters.
Orson Welles is exceptional in the You Tube clip, not only in his tribute to Stewart, but also his delivery of it.
Mr. Welles is a superb voice talent, hampered only by the fact he is instantly recognizable.
that fucker should of minded his own damn business
and he’s a pussy. only 1 week left in the cast and he sat there and watched his woman get beat
This little gem may be a good random selection. Dubbed the best movie never made, it deals with characters like mik jagger, orson Welles , Salvador dali in ways you would not expect. Had it been made it would have changed movie history as we know it http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/jodorowskys_dune/