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Hitchcockian: that adjective instantly conjures dark ballads sung with a puckish lilt. The darkness--the evil that befalls beautiful people--infuses the best of the 14 films in this handsome DVD set: Shadow of a Doubt, Vertigo, Psycho, The Birds. (The package also includes nifty docs on the making of the last two films.) Viewers saw the director's impish side as host of the TV series Alfred Hitchcock Presents, the first season of which is now available in a separate set. That makes for a two-box festival of Hitch--some ephemeral, most of it seminal...
...VERTIGO, London OK, so it's more champagne bar than restaurant, but this London night spot, tel: (44-20) 7877 7842, also serves light meals (try the seared scallops). You can also feast on the stunning views from its position on top of Tower42 in the heart of the City...
...highlight. THE SKYBAR, Los Angeles With its poolside location and gorgeous views of L.A., the Skybar at the Mondrian Hotel, tel: (1-323) 650 8999, is the epitome of laidback Californian style. It's also available for private dinners, with banquet-style seating for up to 60. VERTIGO, London OK, so it's more champagne bar than restaurant, but this London night spot, tel: (44-20) 7877 7842, also serves light meals (try the seared scallops). You can also feast on the stunning views from its position on top of Tower42 in the heart of the City. PICK YOUR PANORAMA...
...Money with Jim Cramer is a raucous investor show that features vertigo-inducing camera movement and the blustery, hyperkinetic Cramer bouncing around the set howling stock-market strategy. He punctuates his advice with a battery of noise effects: "Sell! Sell! Sell!" a voice booms through the studio after Cramer hits one of 15 large red buttons on the set; another one elicits a Hallelujah Chorus...
Gibney is fond of vertigo-inducing panoramic sweeps that show off his crane. Though they might be part of the mandatory artistic cinematography implicit in films of this sort, they just take up cinematic space...