[kj] [OT] Movies

[Bette Dillinger]

"M" is such a brilliant film.  So horrible to see what Peter Lorre was morphed into when he reached Hollywood.

 

That balloon caught in the trees is one of the most brilliant moments on film to me.  So many writers and directors would have been excessive.  Incredible.
 


From: dpeace at bigfoot.com
To: jimharper666 at yahoo.co.uk; gathering at misera.net
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2009 22:03:38 +0000
Subject: Re: [kj] [OT] Movies





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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