Published at 8:07 pm on Thursday 29 October 2009. Categories: Cinema Tags: Cinema.
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Every photo a love letter from the past.
— B T Van Nostrand30 Oct 2009 10:18 am
Excellent film, which I experienced for the first time thanks to Netflix just a few weeks ago. Vastly superior to my last movie therefrom, Ice Station Zebra, which was truly awful.
— Titus30 Oct 2009 2:39 pm
I fell in love with this movie more than 40 years ago. A delight from start to finish. Although it particularly shines for the acting, the wonderful, book-length inverview of director Afred Hitchcock by Francois Truffaut reveals the complexity of many of the action scenes. Lead Joel McCrea never got that many big parts–catch him in “Ride the High Country” from 1962 for another treat.
In that “Do you believe in large families?” note, I make it 11 children followed by three exclamation points–or are they triplets bringing up the rear?
— Steve M31 Oct 2009 2:57 pm
Joel McCrea is one of my favorite actors! Yes, he’s superb in “Foreign Correspondent” as in “Ride the High Country” (his final film, a grand farewell, along with the great Randolph Scott). There’s also “Sullivan’s Travels” with a luminous Veronica Lake. Many consider it a masterpiece.
Not to forget “Stars in My Crown” and the nearly unknown “Four Faces West” in which he stars with his real-life wife, Francis Dee. “Stranger on Horseback”, “The Palm Beach Story”, “The Great Moment” . . . Ah, the list goes on.
— kd2 Nov 2009 2:19 am
One more I must mention: “The Most Dangerous Game”
— kd2 Nov 2009 2:21 am
My favorite Hitchcock movie ever! Who could forget fforbes-Fitch? Or the wonderful scene in the windmills? Terrific stuff!
One more, kd: Raoul Walsh’s “Colorado Territory,” with McCrea as an outlaw holed up in an abandoned mission in the desert Southwest. It makes incredible use of the rocky landscape around Gallup, NM, and the photography is stunning B&W by Sid Hickox.
You’re right Jacqueline, “Colorado Territory” is terrific! Thanks for the reminder. Guess I’ll add one more: Jacques Tourneur’s “Wichita” with Joel as Wyatt Erp.
My favorite Hitch was also the master’s favorite: “Shadow of A Doubt” — his masterpiece of Americana. Recently I’ve been watching some of the early British films and find them quite wonderful: “The Lodger” “The Manxman” “Murder!’ “Rich and Strange” “The Ring” and “The Skin Game”
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Every photo a love letter from the past.
Excellent film, which I experienced for the first time thanks to Netflix just a few weeks ago. Vastly superior to my last movie therefrom, Ice Station Zebra, which was truly awful.
I fell in love with this movie more than 40 years ago. A delight from start to finish. Although it particularly shines for the acting, the wonderful, book-length inverview of director Afred Hitchcock by Francois Truffaut reveals the complexity of many of the action scenes. Lead Joel McCrea never got that many big parts–catch him in “Ride the High Country” from 1962 for another treat.
In that “Do you believe in large families?” note, I make it 11 children followed by three exclamation points–or are they triplets bringing up the rear?
Joel McCrea is one of my favorite actors! Yes, he’s superb in “Foreign Correspondent” as in “Ride the High Country” (his final film, a grand farewell, along with the great Randolph Scott). There’s also “Sullivan’s Travels” with a luminous Veronica Lake. Many consider it a masterpiece.
Not to forget “Stars in My Crown” and the nearly unknown “Four Faces West” in which he stars with his real-life wife, Francis Dee. “Stranger on Horseback”, “The Palm Beach Story”, “The Great Moment” . . . Ah, the list goes on.
One more I must mention: “The Most Dangerous Game”
My favorite Hitchcock movie ever! Who could forget fforbes-Fitch? Or the wonderful scene in the windmills? Terrific stuff!
One more, kd: Raoul Walsh’s “Colorado Territory,” with McCrea as an outlaw holed up in an abandoned mission in the desert Southwest. It makes incredible use of the rocky landscape around Gallup, NM, and the photography is stunning B&W by Sid Hickox.
You’re right Jacqueline, “Colorado Territory” is terrific! Thanks for the reminder. Guess I’ll add one more: Jacques Tourneur’s “Wichita” with Joel as Wyatt Erp.
My favorite Hitch was also the master’s favorite: “Shadow of A Doubt” — his masterpiece of Americana. Recently I’ve been watching some of the early British films and find them quite wonderful: “The Lodger” “The Manxman” “Murder!’ “Rich and Strange” “The Ring” and “The Skin Game”