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Strangers on a Train
It’s not difficult to see Hitchcock’s Strangers on a Train as “less than the sum of its parts,” as the saying goes. One wonders if this reading has something to do with the fi… more →
Precious Bodily Fluids
Strangers on a Train
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ZC wrote 1 day ago: It’s not difficult to see Hitchcock’s Strangers on a Train as “less than the sum … more →
Scandal
ZC wrote 1 week ago: Kurosawa scholar Stephen Prince calls Scandal a “necessary mediocrity,” an appropriate … more →
Hiroshima Mon Amour
ZC wrote 1 month ago: With a retrospectively simple story, Alain Resnais’ Hiroshima Mon Amour complexly integrates … more →
Rebel Without A Cause
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ZC wrote 5 months ago: Nicholas Ray’s introduction of star James Dean in the opening scene of Rebel Without A Cause prom … more →
Some Like It Hot
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ZC wrote 5 months ago: Though Some Like It Hot is often regarded as simply “the greatest American comedy of all-time” … more →
Umberto D.
ZC wrote 6 months ago: Italian neorealism was seen as coming to an end when Vittorio de Sica made Umberto D. De Sica … more →
Pickpocket
ZC wrote 7 months ago: Robert Bresson’s Pickpocket is Dostoevsky meets The Bicycle Thief. Vittorio de Sica’s f … more →
The 400 Blows
ZC wrote 7 months ago: Opening credit shots moving via car through streets of Paris - front view, then side, with Eiffel To … more →
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