[kj] [OT] Movies

[Darren A. Peace]

Sisters! Now you're talking. Although if you're talking the most blatant de
Palma Hitchcock rip-offs, I cite Body Double & Obsession.

 

Lang? M. It has to be M.

 

Darren

Hungerford, UK

 

From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net] On
Behalf Of Jim Harper
Sent: 19 February 2009 14:16
To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)
Subject: [kj] [OT] Movies

 


Hitchcock is a director I admire greatly but I don't actually *like* many of
his films. At his best- Psycho, Vertigo and The Lodger for me- he's truly
incredible, but I've been disappointed by him a number of times. Frenzy is
okay but it plays like a film-school graduate directing a broad parody of
classic-era Hitchcock; Marnie is so dated now the impact is almost entirely
lost; Topaz and Torn Curtain just weak. He does deserve most of the acclaim
he's received, but I'll never be a big fan.

 

I don't mind Lang either, particularly the two sound versions of Dr Mabuse
and Metropolis.

 

I do like a number of Hitchcock- and Lang-inspired movies though- things
like Richard Franklin's Roadgames and Psycho II (both excellent); Brian De
Palma's Sisters and Dressed to Kill (back before De Palma's talent dribbled
out of his ears); and then some of my all-time favourites: Dario Argento's
The Bird With The Crystal Plumage and Suspiria. Everyone who loves film
*must* see those two movies, milestones both of them.

Jim.


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