Hitchcock
Wayne Johnson
austin-ghetto-list@pairlist.net
Fri Jun 4 22:10:44 2004
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Give N x NW a try. Always a pleasure to see Grant plus James Mason work =
together.
wj
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From: Jon Ford=20
To: austin-ghetto-list@pairlist.net=20
Sent: Friday, June 04, 2004 12:25 PM
Subject: RE: Hitchcock
Wayne-- I'm not so sure it was Hitch's best, but "Verigo" is a treat =
to the eye and ear. I still haven't seen "North by Northwest."
Jon
>From: "Wayne Johnson" <cadaobh@shentel.net>=20
>Reply-To: austin-ghetto-list@pairlist.net=20
>To: "Ghetto List" <austin-ghetto-list@pairlist.net>=20
>Subject: Hitchcock=20
>Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2004 11:47:28 -0400=20
>=20
>Trying to recover from the latest, uh, problems, we checked out North =
x Northwest and Vertigo from the local shop and watched both last night. =
Then we watched the world's best, and possibly only, pooka movie, again =
with Jimmy Stewart.=20
>=20
>This is probably an old, old thread but I do believe that, for all =
kinds of reasons, Vertigo was Hitchcock's best. Shooting in SF, Marin =
and San Juan Batista, of course, contributed a lot. Recognize soooo =
many places. (Oh, boo hoo, the homesickness done got me again, sniff, =
dribble). Originally Vera Miles was to play the Kim Novak role, =
happily she became pregnant before it was to be shot and the part went =
to Novak. Whew! Close call. Miles was, perhaps, prettier in a =
Kathrine Hepburn sort of way, but Novak was much the better fit for the =
part.=20
>=20
>And again, Barnard Hermann's wonderful and melancholy music, superbly =
re-inforced the mood and the slow change in Stewart's personality shift. =
A truly classic film.=20
>=20
>That's all for now from the old Film Meister in the Old Dominetrix.=20
>=20
>wj=20
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<P>Wayne-- I'm not so sure it was Hitch's best, but "Verigo" is a =
treat to the=20
eye and ear. I still haven't seen "North by Northwest."</P>
<P>Jon<BR><BR></P></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>From: "Wayne Johnson" <<A=20
href=3D"mailto:cadaobh@shentel.net">cadaobh@shentel.net</A>>=20
<DIV></DIV>>Reply-To: <A=20
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st.net</A>=20
<DIV></DIV>>To: "Ghetto List" <<A=20
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href=3D"mailto:austin-ghetto-list@pairlist.net">austin-ghetto-list@pairli=
st.net</A>>=20
<DIV></DIV>>Subject: Hitchcock=20
<DIV></DIV>>Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2004 11:47:28 -0400=20
<DIV></DIV>>=20
<DIV></DIV>>Trying to recover from the latest, uh, problems, we =
checked out=20
North x Northwest and Vertigo from the local shop and watched both =
last=20
night. Then we watched the world's best, and possibly only, =
pooka=20
movie, again with Jimmy Stewart.=20
<DIV></DIV>>=20
<DIV></DIV>>This is probably an old, old thread but I do believe =
that, for=20
all kinds of reasons, Vertigo was Hitchcock's =
best. Shooting in SF,=20
Marin and San Juan Batista, of course, contributed a =
lot. Recognize=20
soooo many places. (Oh, boo hoo, the homesickness done got =
me=20
again, sniff, dribble). Originally Vera Miles was to play =
the Kim=20
Novak role, happily she became pregnant before it was to be shot and =
the part=20
went to Novak. Whew! Close =
call. Miles was,=20
perhaps, prettier in a Kathrine Hepburn sort of way, but Novak was =
much the=20
better fit for the part.=20
<DIV></DIV>>=20
<DIV></DIV>>And again, Barnard Hermann's wonderful and melancholy =
music,=20
superbly re-inforced the mood and the slow change in Stewart's =
personality=20
shift. A truly classic film.=20
<DIV></DIV>>=20
<DIV></DIV>>That's all for now from the old Film Meister in the Old =
Dominetrix.=20
<DIV></DIV>>=20
<DIV></DIV>>wj=20
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