thelightningbugslair.com - 7/22/2009
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There are things we take for granted when we go to a movie theater. The floors will inevitably be sticky, the trailers will probably contain at least one remake, and wherever you sit the jerk with a cell phone or a baby (or both) will sit right behind you. Next time you’re there and the lights ...
Hitch on the Hump: Vertigo (1958)
thelightningbugslair.com 7/9/2009 — It could have been called Darkling I Listen , or Fear and Trembling , or From Among the Dead , but it wasn’t. Associate producer Herbert Coleman told a tale of the script’s early incarnation in the documentary Obsessed with Vertigo : “He (Maxwell ...
LE VRAI COUPABLE: Two Kinds of Criticism in Godard’s Work
jonathanrosenbaum.com 5/19/2009 — This was originally a lecture given at a conference on Godard held in Cerisy, France on August 20, 1998. It subsequently appeared in a printed form somewhat closer to that found below, in Screen magazine (vol 40, no. 3). in Autumn 1999, as part of a ...
Hitch on the Hump: Psycho (1960)-Part 3: We're All In Our Private Traps
thelightningbugslair.com 10/14/2009 — (Don't forget to check out Part 1:We All Go A Little Mad Sometimes and Part 2: Mother! Oh, God, Mother! Blood! Blood!) If some people thought, as Hitchcock said, that “the people were small, there were no characters in it” then I’m not sure what ...
Hitch's Birds: Happy Birthday Hitchcock
sunsetgun.typepad.com 8/19/2009 —
Today is Alfred Hitchcock's birthday and what better way to celebrate the master's 110th than through his women? His wounded, weird, gorgeous, sexually strange but extraordinarily erotic women -- femmes who'd drive most of us to a state of amour ...
Murder
movietrailertalk.com 8/26/2009 — Most probably won’t recognize this title at all. This film is one of Alfred Hitchcock’s very early movies, coming out in 1930. A murder has been committed and a woman has gone through trial and found guilty. Juror, Sir John Menier, not fully convinced of the verdict, takes it upon ...
Let Cary Grant Teach You How ‘To Catch a Thief’
filmschoolrejects.com 5/24/2009 —
Every week, Film School Rejects presents a movie that was made before you were born and tells you why you should like it. This week, Old Ass Movies presents:
To Catch a Thief (1955)
If there was one thing I had to work at avoiding with covering movies from before 1960, it was featuring ...
Frenzy
paracinemamag.blogspot.com 4/24/2009 — I have come across many top Hitchcock lists. 1972's Frenzy seems to be a popular choice among fans. I have found myself immersed in his films from the 50's (D ial M For Murder, The Man How Knew Too Much, Vertigo ) and snidely thinking to myself that this 72 flick would have nothing to offer ...
The Hitchcock Extravaganza
paracinemamag.blogspot.com 4/4/2009 — I have developed quite the cinematic preoccupation as of late. Over the last 2 weeks I have only watched Hitchcock films. I think it is doing something to my brain. There are roughly 15 films available for instant watch at netflix and Alfred Hitchcock Presents seasons 1-3. Most recently I have ...
Hitch on the Hump: Rear Window (1954)
thelightningbugslair.com 8/27/2009 — Benjamin Franklin once said “Love your neighbor-- but don’t pull down your hedge.” Tonight’s selection for Hitch on the Hump examines what happens to a man who could have used a hedge or two in his life. James Stewart is L.B. “Jeff” Jefferies, the ...