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Yes he does.
Hitchcock sure knew how to make a great ending. I love how brisk and funny this one is-- reminds me a little of the end of DIAL M FOR MURDER, where Tony Wendice congratulates Inspector Hubbard and then offers everyone a drink, or the end of the remake of THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH where Jimmy Stewart just blithely says, "Hey, Hank's back."
@swanstep : You're absolutely right about there being more competition regarding entertainment. Hollywood freaking out over that has been a running trend since radio emerged in the 1920s and then TV in the 1950s.
I do think there is a decline in the idea of the movie star as well, partly as a symptom of that phenomenon. Actually, there's an interesting clip of Anthony Mackie where he pretty much agrees with this idea:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oj8JK6c5x3M
It's weird because I find few people are "universal" celebrities these days. That is, a lot of the people who are celebrities for people younger than me (I'm in my late 20s) are "TikTok" stars, "influencers," or YouTube personalities. The net for celebrity has become much wider with the advent of social media and that in a sense has diminished the movie star idea.
At least, that's my theory.
I still need to see this one. One friend of mine saw it on 70mm and loved it. A coworker absolutely loathed it and she's normally a big Tarantino nerd.
Makes me all the more eager to see it.
And we are trying to keep the current crop of male movie stars afloat.
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I'm curious: what do you mean by that? Is that related to how the drawing power of movie stars has considerably waned since the early 2000s?
Cool to see ARABESQUE on your honorable mentions. The plot might make no sense, but those visuals are amazing and I love the chase in the zoo at night.
As far as 1966 goes, have you ever seen HOW TO STEAL A MILLION?
Fair enough. I think PSYCHO is the better movie for sure, but there is a haunting power to PEEPING TOM. It might lack the boo factor, but something about it got under my skin. I felt a bit gross and sad after watching it in a way I didn't after PSYCHO-- Boehm is just so tragic, but without Perkins' humor or ironic boy next door vibe. Something about him is alien enough to be off-putting... but pitiable too.
Also I didn't realize Anna Massey was in both this and FRENZY-- but you're right!
I'm on board with you here. A lot of these scenes I did not read as lust at all. In fact, I find the romance between Wray and Mccrea pretty downplayed... makes sense, considering they've got a maniac coming after them.
The one you're thinking of might be The Haunting.
Other older films with lesbian undertones/implications:
Rebecca
Young Man with a Horn
Johnny Guitar
The Uninvited
Dracula's Daughter
Queen Christina
The atmosphere is wonderfully dark and borderline nihilistic, and its got some great cinematography, but the story loses steam in the second half. Still, the creepy moments were striking enough that I could see myself giving it another try sometime.
Duel
Wait Until Dark
The Night Visitor
Frenzy
Sisters
It wasn't about destroying everything so much as destroying everything then remaking the universe in Ego's own image-- a way of giving his existence meaning. He initially didn't want to be alone, but Ego is literally so arrogant that he views all other life as beneath him, hence his "disappointment" with other intelligent life. It's all (no pun intended) a big ego trip for the guy, a way of escaping a sense of insignificance, more or less.
I thoroughly enjoy this movie and count it among my favorites in the MCU, but a lot of the humor does not work mainly due to pacing and overstaying its welcome. It's just very heavy-handed. For example, the bit with Baby Groot trying to get the prototype fin goes on WAY too long. The gag becomes tiresome.
A shame, because I love the emotional stuff in the movie, like Yondu's arc, Peter learning the truth about his father, and Gamora and Nebula's relationship. The humor is just too much though, with the exception of Drax's lines or more inspired bits like the warp jump.
I don't agree with the "f Audrey" sentiment-- i think this is one of her strongest roles.
However, I do concur that Arkin steals the show by a mile. He's my favorite part of the whole movie: menacing, eccentric, and weirdly funny. And of course, scary as hell.
I disagree 100% about Banks. He is amazing: threatening, arrogant, and hamming it up to perfection. However, I do agree that Lugosi would have been good in the role as well.
Arrow in back--> Fall from window--> Eaten by hunting dogs
I assume it was the arrow that did him in, mainly because that is what causes him to fall, but who knows?
I have lost count of how many times I've rewatched this movie. It's just so entertaining, a joy from start to finish. And Leslie Banks is a great villain!
I actually think this is one of the most perfectly paced thrillers of all time. Heck, more modern movies would be IMPROVED by being only an hour long.
With Two for the Road, I love the style and the 60s-ness-- and I appreciate what it's trying to do regarding its depiction of marriage and love. I just really hated the Finney character lol. I found it interesting enough to watch twice and I'm sure I'll try it again in a few years because there is enough that is genuinely interesting and enjoyable... but man, I wanted Joanna to just push Mark off a cliff!
You may or may not appreciate Roman Holiday on a rewatch. I did find I liked the movie more on later viewings. I also became more of a fan of William Wyler over time though, so that may be a big reason why.
It's on YouTube, I think. It's long and very sad (imagine a grimmer One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest), but he's great in it.
I pretty much marathoned whatever I could get my hands on with the guy after seeing Wait Until Dark. There's something compelling about his work.
He really is fantastic. And yeah, while he coasts through a lot of his newer movies as you say, it's still great when he shows up in a movie.
Have you read the memoir he put out around 2011-- An Improvised Life? He goes deep into his acting process and it's such a great read.