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In Reply to: Alien Revisited: Attn. Mike K posted by AudioHead on September 3, 1999 at 10:24:46:
a frequent complaint about Alfred's work is that it's too slow....which is what puts him in the Parthenon of directors.What makes Alien so scary is the same thing...it's unsettling, the dialogue is kinda muffeled and there's lots of poorly lit things going on and you can't quite hear everything well and you don't really know what the hell is going on and who's running the show. So you're irritated--on edge, a bit pissed and distracted, and leaning forward working hard on figuring it all out. You brain is overloaded with directing attention to the wrong thing---and then they spring it on you!
You want a slow, boreing movie? Try watching Vertigo about 17 times. Each time you'll find out something new about yourself. Hitchcock knows all about our hidden sexual selves, and makes you watch. The best group fright reaction I ever saw was when I worked as a projectionist for a small college. We were haveing a Hitchcock festival and I was showing Psycho to mostly freshmen who'd never seen it before. I swear, from the back of the room, I saw five hundred butts lift off thier chairs at the same time! I'll never forget that!
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- Re: Alien Revisited: timing....a page from Hitchcock - petew 16:39:51 09/03/99 (6)
- Best scene in Alien - Bob 09:40:29 09/16/99 (0)
- Re: Alien Revisited: timing....a page from Hitchcock - AudioHead 07:52:35 09/04/99 (4)
- the Tingler ! - petew 17:20:45 09/04/99 (3)
- Re: the Tingler ! - AudioHead 12:38:30 09/05/99 (2)
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