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Topic History of: Rear Window Max. showing the last 5 posts - (Last post first)
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Agit-Prop
Looking back in our rear view mirror "Vertigo" (La Novak was cracker) is parodied in magnifico Mel Brooks' 1977, "High Anxiety" pricking plump Hitch's obsession with cool blondes, and emotional disorders.
The darkly humourous Hitch sent Brooks a case containing six magnums of 1961 Château Haut-Brion wine, to show his appreciation.
Incredible to think Hitchcock never won an Oscar, he was a real craftsman, disguised by the fact he was such a populist... this was in his experimental phase of deliberately limiting himself, by filming a single set from a set point-of-view (Rear Window), or filming in supposed real time (Rope), or making a film in a few weeks with his TV crew (Psycho)... all great movies.
JK2006
Avoided the Reeve version though I really admired him.
I see at the end of the film it's been RESTORED which may account for the quality of the picture. Also my HD TV.
steveimp
Have you seen the version JK with Christopher Reeve? It's actually a lot better than you would think.
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