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Saturday, December 26th, 2009
Open to Life
We talk about directors who are open, either to the spontaneity of their actors (Robert Altman) or to chance events (David Lynch). No director has been as open as Jean Renoir. Boudu Saved from Drowning (1932) is not only an early sound film for Renoir, it’s an early sound film for the French cinema. Like [...]
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Saturday, December 26th, 2009
Dizzying Heights
With so many fine films to his credit, it’s a challenge to pin down Hitchcock’s best film. For my money, the best one is Vertigo. That’s especially evident in the restored print that’s available on DVD in Alfred Hitchcock: The Masterpiece Collection and that TCM shows occasionally. Perhaps the most rarefied of Hitchcock’s films, Vertigo [...]