tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8214297712303916286.post1567199653110846870..comments2009-01-22T15:11:54.429-05:00T.S.noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8214297712303916286.post-47581732312544311452009-01-22T15:11:00.000-05:002009-01-22T15:11:00.000-05:00I absolutely agree that this is the most underrated Hitchcock movie. Maybe that's because its low-key documentary-like style is so unlike anything else Hitchcock ever did. People have such a specific idea of a "Hitchcock movie" that they forget he sometimes liked to experiment with other styles, in movies like this one and "Rope." In some ways "Psycho" was intended as an atypical, experimental movie. Also, the bleak situation of being ensnared in a really hopeless situation was truly different from the pretend-dilemmas of other Hitchcock movies, where you knew that it was all just a harmless tease and the bad dream would soon be over. In "The Wrong Man" Fonda (who gives one of his wonderful understated performances) is exonerated by chance, but his life is pretty much destroyed. A lot more disturbing than the typical Hitchcock concoction.R. D. Finchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05045080274131718843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8214297712303916286.post-85600499466976170082009-01-19T21:39:00.000-05:002009-01-19T21:39:00.000-05:00Dean - Wow, thanks! That's awfully nice of you to say. <BR/><BR/>The Dame - Thanks for the kind words and the supplemental information. I'll have to look into Spencer Selby. Since we agree, I already like him. Ha ha.T.S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00945932279787919282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8214297712303916286.post-87630176753219132492009-01-16T07:58:00.000-05:002009-01-16T07:58:00.000-05:00Hi! T.S.<BR/>I have to agree with you (and author Spencer Selby,) this is considered one of director Alfred Hitchcock's "darkest" and "bleakest" film(s).(With all the "noirish" element presence.)<BR/>I have to second (the motion)and agree with (Dean's comment) about your most excellant review<BR/>of this "classic" 1956 film by director Alfred Hitchcock. <BR/>Tks,<BR/>The "dame" ;-oNoirishCity....http://www.blogger.com/profile/06369967577590947967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8214297712303916286.post-5357250933886980862009-01-15T21:33:00.000-05:002009-01-15T21:33:00.000-05:00I have to say: you are my new idol. In short succinctness, you have epitomized one of Hitch's greatest movies. You put my words to shame, and I love you for it.Dean Treadwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02106829300132326368noreply@blogger.com