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...mention of an actor they consider to be inferior. Mention of these actors is tantamount to violating a sacred taboo. When I mentioned Jim Carrey's name in one conversation, for example, the shaman of the tribe spit three times and walked away. It took many gifts of Alfred Hitchcock video-tapes and props from old Hepburn-Tracy movies to appease him. I was forced to flee the community for good when I inadvertently mentioned the films of Jerry Lewis...
...this adaptation of the Alfred Hitchcock film, an ocean liner is shipwrecked, and the passengers wiggle on their stomachs and climb into the lifeboat. What follows is an unpredictable set of instances testing bravado and intellect. The lucky passengers are a pathetic bunch, each one more unlikable than the next...
...seem promising: a multigenre film--serious with social commentary, seductive with sexual entanglements--I was prepared to laud novice filmmaker, Howard Davies, as a potential Hitchcock for our time...
Along with this duo, Hitchcock has assembled notables such as the famous character actress Thelma Ritter as Stella, the savvy insurance nurse who tries to set Jeffries' mind straight about Lisa, and Raymond Burr as the sinister murder suspect, Mr. Lars Thorwald. Stella quips after she removes the thermometer from Jeffries' mouth, "You've got a hormone deficiency...Those bathing beauties you've been watching ["Miss Torso," the ballet dancer across the courtyard who flits around in her brassiere and panties] haven't raised your temperature in a month," When Jeffries continues to debate with her about marrying Lisa, Stella...
These conflicting methodologies epitomize the battle of the sexes, 1950s style. As usual, Hitchcock centers this subplot around a mysterious, gruesome murder. Just be sure to catch Hitchcock's cameo as the composer/neighbor's butler. The big screen does not do this film justice with its unusual shadows and angles. And besides, who wouldn't want to see Grace Kelly ten feet high, with her arching eyebrows, beautifully curving lips, VO5 commercial rich hair...