I'd never seen this before because I'd always heard that it wasn't very good, which is true. It is, however, a Hitchcock film, which means that it not only has many masterful shots, but a couple first-rate sequences, including a grisly murder at a farmhouse, and a beautifully-shot sequence at the ballet. That said, it's basically pretty dull, a thriller without a lot of thrills. Paul Newman plods through, trying to method-act in a Hitchcock movie, and Julie Andrews seems lost--her and Newman have no chemistry. Only for completists.
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Torn Curtain (1965)
I'd never seen this before because I'd always heard that it wasn't very good, which is true. It is, however, a Hitchcock film, which means that it not only has many masterful shots, but a couple first-rate sequences, including a grisly murder at a farmhouse, and a beautifully-shot sequence at the ballet. That said, it's basically pretty dull, a thriller without a lot of thrills. Paul Newman plods through, trying to method-act in a Hitchcock movie, and Julie Andrews seems lost--her and Newman have no chemistry. Only for completists.
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