Alfred Hitchcock: Classic or Dud?

Did not know they called themselves "The Archers" - think it's obvious why they aren't known as this in the UK now!

But they are! Just for example, Ian Christie wrote a major book about them called 'Arrows of Desire'.

Btw Thelma Schoonmaker turned 83 on Tuesday.

this image (or similar, sometimes B&W) can i believe be found in all powell & pressburger films:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powell_and_Pressburger#/media/File:Archers-AMOLAD-Logo.jpg

"ian christie wrote a major book" <-- this made me smile a little (not to be unkind but… )

ugh this:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/6f/Archers-AMOLAD-Logo.jpg

On point.

Heh

Thanks for excerpting, Halfway. That was the bit I was thinking of; I just didn’t remember it properly, in that I thought he made a point of discussing how the film’s noted “flaws” actually worked in its favor (he may make a similar point elsewhere in the essay).

Sorry for the confusion - that quote wasn't from the Wood essay, it was from a blog discussing the scene that he mentions, which I found interesting in its own right. I think your summary is close to what he actually says.

I wonder if it is too late to say a thing or two more about Shadow of a Doubt.

There's a shadow of a doubt

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pdscKJp_58

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFNnvQLvs7I

Speaking of rear projections...

Cool.

👍

since Twitterers are so easily riled up, let's just say that Ravel, one of the great composers of the 20th century, also composed one of the absolutely awful, glaringly unmusical, excruciatingly unbearable compositions in musical history--"Bolero."

— Joyce Carol Oates (@JoyceCarolOates) January 6, 2023

DNFTT

if I was only famous as an 80's soft-porn movie I wouldn't be chatting shit about Maurice!

that didn't make any sense, but neither do opinions - I'm done with 'em!

Everyone has them, just like everyone has, um...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXtBsikiY50

"Bolero" is both awesome and also one of Ravel's lesser compositions

Fair enough.

There is no thread dedicated to Ravel so I'm posting here

I got to see the Dover String Quartet perform the Ravel String Quartet in F Major as part of the Yale Summer Music Program at the Shed in Norfolk CT last July. I had never heard it before. It was an amazing performance

I think it anticipated and influenced a lot of the movie soundtracks that followed, including those of Bernard Hermann

There is this, but the results are infuriating: for the piano #3: Debussy vs. Ravel vs. Satie

I don't know why Blake Edwards decided that "Bolero" was a good soundtrack for sex. I guess he like the resonance with the name of his star.

*liked

“Bolero” is sex tho

I suppose, in the sense that it rhythmically builds to a climax, but it takes a long time to get there.

https://e.snmc.io/i/600/w/794e08b67ab88a629684111230f1fe2e/4402113/orchestre-national-de-lopera-de-monte-carlo-alceo-galliera-werner-haas-complete-music-for-piano-solo-complete-piano-concertos-Cover-Art.jpg

this is a fantastic disc

Paul Crossley's two discs on CRD are also highly recommended.

I suppose, in the sense that it rhythmically builds to a climax, but it takes a long time to get there.

you might wanna reword that last bit

Huge fan of Pascal Roge’s solo piano collection tbh

xp Or I might not LOL