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...technical problem solving, which was absorbing but not emotionally demanding. Best of all, an animated cartoon constituted a little world all its own--something that, unlike life, a man could utterly control. "If he didn't like an actor, he could just tear him up," an envious Alfred Hitchcock would later remark...
...beginning, God did not create "high" and "low" movies. For filmmakers from Chaplin to Hitchcock, "unpopular" was not a badge of pride for movies but rather a sign that they were somehow flawed. Now, of course, we have two contenders: in that corner, weighing in at $100 or $200 million, are "blockbusters" like Armageddon; and in this corner are the 98-pound weaklings of the film industry, "independent" movies like Gods and Monsters. From the former we can expect special effects, saccharine plots and Bruce Willis; while from the latter we can expect intellectual affects, subtle plots and a British...
...Suspicion (1941). Cary Grant is the upper crust?s most eligible gold-digger ? and maybe a murderer to boot. The Hitchcock classic throws Joan Fontaine into Cary?s arms and watches the love turn to fear. If you don?t like the ending, blame the studios for being overly protective of Grant?s image...
Rebecca (1940). Another Hitchcock, with Fontaine again as the innocent. Lawrence Olivier marries a live beauty but longs for a dead one. A superb romantic haunter from the author of The Birds...
This update of the Hitchcock classic presents Christopher Reeve in his first leading role since his accident. He plays a newly paralyzed architect who passes time by watching his neighbors across a courtyard, eventually coming to believe that one is a murderer. Reeve is touching, in part, because the role echoes his own story, but his talents seem undiminished, and his performance is very appealing in its own right. Unfortunately the movie itself is a disappointment, with a suspenseful set-up but flat climax...