Lifeboat Comments

  • Julie 2023-04-25 07:37:57

    Hitchcock's standard work, adapted from Steinbeck's novel, the script has been changed well. But the suspense and the faces of the characters are too stylized and ideologically conservative. The engineer doesn't have the masculinity he should have. Minus points. ....

  • Monty 2023-04-23 21:01:56

    Inexplicably passionate about single-scene movies. Such as "The Moon Doubt", "Murder" and so on. Hitchcock's "Lifeboat" footage never left a small boat. Because of the naval battle, survivors of different identities, classes, nationalities, and beliefs sat on the lifeboat, including a Nazi. The film tortures the good and evil of human nature. At the end, Hitchcock cunningly left a suspense to the audience. Everyone must have different...

  • Syble 2023-04-22 20:02:41

    The group life in a single scene, the script is very powerful, and Hitchcock's control is also...

  • Earl 2023-04-16 23:22:45

    The works of Xi Fat Medium are actually quite good-looking. claustrophobic movie. It is recommended to give the heroine a queen. Acceptable or not. No...

  • Grayce 2023-03-16 09:51:29

    Xiaoge recommends, if it is a drama, it is also very...

  • Damaris 2023-02-14 10:58:07

    This should be the first time I've watched a Hitchcock movie in its entirety. The plot is very similar to a board game I played before... It's generally good, the depiction of human nature, the exposure of the war, the story of 9 people in a lifeboat, and the plot...

  • Jules 2023-02-08 15:27:41

    On the surface, the image of the Nazis in the film is a bit rigid. In fact, Xi Fat is using this to satirize the humanitarianism that the West is proud of, making the seemingly kind-hearted crew a fool. The setting of the ending is even more ingenious, proving that a fool is a fool and is forever...

  • Ophelia 2023-02-04 12:04:42

    In 7.8, many of Lao Xi's techniques were ahead of an era back then, such as the quick cuts in "The Psycho", the one-shot in "Reaper of Souls", and the group portraits in the "Secret Room" in this...

  • Preston 2023-01-30 05:38:48

    It is said that the entire film was shot in a large water canal, and the skills are superb, but I still don't feel it at all. In the end, what strikes me is always the infinite possibilities of human...

  • Cleora 2023-01-17 07:17:11

    It is overrated. Actors and directors can do it, and the original should be fine. The problem is that the original (even if Hitchcock didn't change it) is not suitable for adaptation. The villain is instead caught in a messy narrative. The final scene is ridiculous, for such a superficial theme. Compare 1957's Seven Waves away and you can see how much the film missed opportunities to expand....

Extended Reading

Lifeboat quotes

  • Connie Porter: [last lines, translating the German soldier's words] He said "Aren't you going to kill me?"

    Stanley 'Sparks' Garrett: "Aren't you going to kill me?" What are you gonna do with people like that?

    John Kovac: I dunno. I was thinking of Mrs Higley and her baby. And Gus.

    Connie Porter: Well, maybe they can answer that.

  • [while Kovac and Ritt are playing poker, Connie inspects the numerous tattoos on Kovac's chest and arms]

    Connie Porter: What are those letters on your diaphragm?

    John Kovac: Love letters.

    Connie Porter: Oh, you believe in advertising.

    John Kovac: Open.

    Connie Porter: Never could understand this quaint habit of making a billboard out of one's torso.

    Charles D. 'Ritt' Rittenhouse: Stay.

    John Kovac: Three cards.

    Connie Porter: I must say you've shown the most commendable delicacy in just tattooing the initial... not printing the names, addresses and telephone numbers.

    John Kovac: Open.

    Charles D. 'Ritt' Rittenhouse: Nines?

    John Kovac: Queens.

    Connie Porter: See, how many are there? One, two, three, four, five.

    John Kovac: Remind me to show you the rest of them sometime.