tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8214297712303916286.post5457406755160295485..comments2008-10-18T02:35:19.699-04:00T.S.noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8214297712303916286.post-58870021144353586192008-10-18T02:35:00.000-04:002008-10-18T02:35:00.000-04:00Hi! T.S.,<BR/>Another very detailed and very interesting review of a "wrong man accused" film by Hitchcock the 1942 film <B>"Saboteur"</B><BR/><BR/>I think this films would have almost been on the same level as Hitchcock's 1955 film <B>North by Northwest,</B>(at least when it came to the Statue of Liberty scene near the end of the 1942 film <B>"Saboteur."</B>)<BR/><BR/>If only Hitch would have left actor Robert Cummings "dangling" from the Statue of Liberty instead of, the villainous character that actor Norman Lloyd portrayed.I think the scene would have been much more interesting. <BR/><BR/>Btw, Director Alfred Hitchcock even points this out in the book Truffant/Hitchcock. <BR/>According to Hitch, "There is a serious error in this scene If we had the hero instead of, the villain hanging in mid air, the audience's anguish would have been much greater." {page 147}<BR/>I agree with Hitch, because I didn't really care what happened to the villianous character whether he "fell" to his death or survived to go to "jail" in the end.If only Hitch would have corrected this over sight, no matter how slight! before the film was released to the movie going public.<BR/><BR/>Tks,<BR/>dcd ;)darkcitydame4ehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06369967577590947967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8214297712303916286.post-59634286979576711682008-10-17T12:31:00.000-04:002008-10-17T12:31:00.000-04:00Glad we are in agreement on the circus freaks - Tod Browning would be proud. This also seems to be the film in which he embraces America. If memory recalls, Rebecca takes place in Europe and Suspicion is set at least in part abroad as well (am I mistaken?) and what's in America is very Connecticut Yankee, a milieu closer to England than, say, California or New York. And according to your review, Foreign Correspondent takes place in England too, which leaves Mr. and Mrs. Smith. From the sound of it, the setting might be American but not in any notable way.<BR/><BR/>Saboteur takes Hitch (or rather, Hitch takes Saboteur) on a cross-country voyage, from the balmy hills of SoCa to the deserts of the Southwest and the bustling metropolis of New York, climaxing atop the quintessential symbol of American exceptionalism. After this movie, it seems to me, Hitch came to embrace his adopted homeland with much more vigor and distinction and truly became an AMERICAN director.MovieMan0283http://www.blogger.com/profile/11238338958380683893noreply@blogger.com