tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8453503290491393866.post1206541864030296049..comments2023-06-15T19:46:44.549+05:30Comments on <i>Onlyne</i>: Torn CurtainS. M. Ranahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11186829793949408897noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8453503290491393866.post-41560787536035170052010-10-14T18:17:10.634+05:302010-10-14T18:17:10.634+05:30Seems a bit unfair to say Hitchcock is not as good...Seems a bit unfair to say Hitchcock is not as good as Hitchcock.S. M. Ranahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11186829793949408897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8453503290491393866.post-58884851918563830952010-10-14T16:18:04.001+05:302010-10-14T16:18:04.001+05:30During the production, Hitchcock fired one of his ...During the production, Hitchcock fired one of his key collaboraters Bernard Herrmann, the legendary Hollywood composer, for not providing "right" music he wanted. I listened to his rejected score; I think his brooding and savage score could have infused some tension into this disappointment. <br /><br /> After "The Birds", the works of Hitchcock were sort of mixed bag, and "Torn Curtain" was certainly low point in his career. But, as you pointed out, it's still a Hitchcok movie.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8453503290491393866.post-65641105510062304682010-10-13T10:14:46.637+05:302010-10-13T10:14:46.637+05:30This movie resembles Topaz, but Topaz is a superio...This movie resembles Topaz, but Topaz is a superior film. Both films resemble the Bond series in a superficial way, but the Hitchcock hand is clearly visible in terms of the execution. The camera constantly delights and you can just forget about the theme and see it as a sequence of superbly framed shots.<br /><br />Psycho, Rear Window and Vertigo are three movies in which Hitchcock explores pathological aspects or at least sub-terrains of human nature. But I think Hitchcock is essentially more fun loving and affirmative than morbidly introverted (he is famously wicked) and in his later years probably wanted to play lighter tunes. Of course in Frenzy (72?) with it's necktie strangler again he treats us to a gory meal.<br /><br />At the end of the day, he's a versatile guy, and Psycho is just one extreme of the Hitchcock spectrum, not necessarily the most essential one. And it does have a stupid ending, everyone seems to think so.<br /><br />Vincent Canby's review of Topaz in NY Times, which I have linked, is a wonderful and incisive piece of film journalism.S. M. Ranahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11186829793949408897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8453503290491393866.post-37829293522358423372010-10-13T07:09:23.405+05:302010-10-13T07:09:23.405+05:30I dunno...everything Hitchcock did after "Psy...I dunno...everything Hitchcock did after "Psycho" just felt really sterile and occasionally phoned in....and that includes "The Birds."<br /><br />This film was enjoyable, but it just lacked the same kind of power that his other great films did.Nathanael Hoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08959797971471060052noreply@blogger.com