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#88122

JK2006

Rear Window 12 Years, 9 Months ago
A superb Hitchcock film with the extraordinary Grace Kelly (the most beautiful woman ever?) and terrific plot, well written, Jimmy Stewart brilliant and something I never noticed before; incredible skin tones from the early days of Technicolor; much better than modern movies. Enter code here Please note: although no board code and smiley buttons are shown, they are still usable.

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#88128

Hedda

Re:Rear Window 12 Years, 9 Months ago
a great film and you are correct about Technicolour. Just wonderful Grace Kelly- a true beauty. Enter code here Please note: although no board code and smiley buttons are shown, they are still usable.

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#88129

steveimp

Re:Rear Window 12 Years, 9 Months ago
Have you seen the version JK with Christopher Reeve? It's actually a lot better than you would think. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rear_Window_(1998_film) Enter code here Please note: although no board code and smiley buttons are shown, they are still usable.

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#88130

JK2006

Re:Rear Window 12 Years, 9 Months ago
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. Enter code here Please note: although no board code and smiley buttons are shown, they are still usable.

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#88134

Metal Mickey

Re:Rear Window 12 Years, 9 Months ago

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.

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#88135

Agit-Prop

Re:Rear Window 12 Years, 9 Months ago

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.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vertigo_film

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Anxiety

'High Anxiety', very very nervous opening scene

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