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Re: Jaws, Dryfuss, Psycho

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Posted by petew on August 14, 2000 at 16:13:43

In Reply to: Re: Jaws posted by Stephen Hayes on August 14, 2000 at 08:10:21:

I though he was great in "Goodby Girl" too. That was when he was heavily into coke. It nearly killed him, but those hollywood guys get all the breaks when it comes to dope (let's see, who's another actor who keeps (RD Jr.) falling off the wagon).

Did you see him in 'Opus"? Nice little movie.

I love "Jaws". It's one of the films that I would actually buy and keep a collector's DVD copy of. This is the kind of film that makes you appreciate just how good and how influential Hitchcock was. The irony--one the the things that makes the film work so well is you don't get bombarded with the darn mechanical shark in every other scene. They had so much trouble getting the models to work right that they ended up with little actual footage they could use. As a result--they edited it into a Hitchcock masterpiece. It's what you don't see that's so frightening.

I saw a bit of "Psycho" last night. Anthony Perkins is brilliant in that film. I watched the long scene where he "cleans-up" after his mother--the car that doesn't quite sink into the swamp--the expression on his face is so telling...That's another one to buy and keep in the collection. You did, of course, notice all of the "Birds" decorating the motel? yes? See it again. Hitch never lets you go easy--there's always a snag in the plot at just the right place. The tension he builds is what makes him the very best.

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