John Vivyan

John Vivyan

  • Born: 1915-5-31
  • Height: 6' 2½" (1.89 m)
  • Extended Reading
    • Gregorio 2022-01-12 08:01:24

      Hitchcock’s most special work, because it is real, so heavy

      This article was first published on the public account: No. 7 Film Library (Theater7)

      "I am Alfred Hitchcock. I have contributed many suspense movies to everyone, but this time I brought you all different from the past. The difference is that this is a true story. All the words are true, and the...

    • Brennon 2022-01-12 08:01:24

      The wrong man

      Bad luck fell, and Manny was accused of being a robber. Before the injustice was brought, his wife had a mental breakdown and was admitted to a mental hospital. How does Hitchcock express this misfortune in film?
      1 Fence---as an image of imprisonment
      2 Depression angle shooting---God’s

      first glance...

    • Rowena 2022-03-27 09:01:14

      A film from the most subjective perspective of Xi Fat, it is definitely an overlooked masterpiece! ! The previous description of the character's subjective environment is based on classical Hollywood narrative methods, and the description of the environment after the protagonist enters the prison is strikingly similar to Bresson's death row escape.

    • Duncan 2022-03-19 09:01:07

      There was a saying in ancient China, "Catch the thief and get the dirty, catch the rape and get the double." According to this kind of police officer's investigation, so many people were robbed, and there were only two witnesses. Apart from the similar writing, where was the stolen money? how to prove? This kind of standard police dereliction of duty, which does not even mention the most basic material evidence, in order to solve the case and arrest people, can actually be advertised as "procedural justice", which is damn disgusting and funny.

    The Wrong Man quotes

    • [first lines]

      Prologue narrator: This is Alfred Hitchcock speaking. In the past, I have given you many kinds of suspense pictures. But this time, I would like you to see a different one. The difference lies in the fact that this is a true story, every word of it. And yet it contains elements that are stranger than all the fiction that has gone into many of the thrillers that I've made before.

    • Christopher Emmanuel 'Manny' Balestrero: Tell you what we'll do. This evening, we'll take time for music lessons. Bob'll have a lesson on the piano and Greg on the harmonica.

      Gregory Balestrero: Mine first!

      Christopher Emmanuel 'Manny' Balestrero: Each lesson will be fifteen minutes, and Greg's...

      [phone rings. He picks it up]

      Christopher Emmanuel 'Manny' Balestrero: Hello...? Hello, Mother.