The best movies are always on the road, and every great production must go through an anxious trough.

Robb 2022-01-03 08:01:31

I saw Wei's short comment and knew that the film was about the production process of "Scary", so I looked for it while it was hot. It is recommended to watch the original first, otherwise this biographical film will be spoiled without any suspense.

The cutting angle is unique, called "Hitchcock", which only focuses on the production of "The Cry" and the most important character in Lao Xi's life. His wife, Irma, is difficult for me to know without this movie. This very talented lady.

Choose these two sides to show Hitchcock's work and emotions, and see an imperfect film master. In life, he has a big belly, is slightly voyeuristic and full of jealousy, is greedy for corn candy, occasionally naughty, peeks at the audience's fierce reaction to his new film, dances happily; scares his movie heroine; deliberately compromises with the distributor In exchange for shooting freedom, etc.

I have a better understanding of the wall hole setting in "The Cry", the choice of actors and costumes, the classic bathroom editing shots, Norman's sugar-eating actions, the preservation of the details of the toilet, and the source of inspiration for the details of Norman's mother's back. It was the editing with Irma that saved this "bad movie", and talented women were highlighted.

In order to keep a heroine he loved for ten minutes, Hitchcock said, do you want to give up being a star like Grace Kelly in order to become a housewife? The heroine chose the former and regretted it privately. It is worth noting that Lao Xi's attitude towards women.

The best movies are always on the road, and every great production must go through an anxious trough.

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Hitchcock quotes

  • Alma Reville: I'm going to ask you this once, and I'll never mention it again. Why this one, Hitch? It's not just because so many people are saying *no*, is it?

    Alfred Hitchcock: Do you remember the fun we had when we started out all those years ago? We didn't have any money then, did we? We didn't have any time, either. But we took risks, do you remember? We experimented. We invented new ways of making pictures because we had to. I just want to feel that kind of freedom again. Like we used to, you know?

  • Ed Gein: This is my favorite place. Just shut the door, make the world go away.

    Alfred Hitchcock: Don't you ever get lonely, out here?

    Ed Gein: I can always talk to my mother.

    [the police start to raid Ed's house]

    Ed Gein: That's strange.

    [the police move upstairs]

    Ed Gein: That's my mother's room. That's my mother's room.

    Ed Gein: [starts crying] You can't go in there! That's my mother's room!

    [sobs]