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  • Chris D
    Ultra Senior Member
    • Dec 2000
    • 16875

    #1

    Dial M for Murder

    This is a classic Hitchcock mystery/drama. On someone's recommendation I can't remember, way back I put it on my Netflix queue. Just watched it. WOW. Just in case you ever need a reminder of Hitchcock's supremacy as a director, just give this one a watch. (or re-watch) Not only is it an interesting story, (not masterful, though) there are directing touches like lighting, shadows, and camera placement that even today blow away other filmmakers.

    I found out very quickly from the start that this is not a movie you can watch while doing other stuff, like surfing internet news as I occasionally do on my laptop. You have to pay meticulous attention to what Hitchcock shows you in the movie, and what characters are doing.

    Great stuff, and a CAN'T MISS for any movie afficionado. Not perfection, but I gave it :45: out of :5:. I'm going to revisit Hitchcock's other stuff, too.
    Last edited by Chris D; 30 March 2010, 15:59 Tuesday.
    CHRIS

    Well, we're safe for now. Thank goodness we're in a bowling alley.
    - Pleasantville
  • Chris D
    Ultra Senior Member
    • Dec 2000
    • 16875

    #2
    ... oh, and Grace Kelly is HOT, too! :T
    CHRIS

    Well, we're safe for now. Thank goodness we're in a bowling alley.
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    • George Bellefontaine
      Moderator Emeritus
      • Jan 2001
      • 7636

      #3
      You're absolutely correct, Chris. You can't take your eyes off this movie for a moment. Oh, yeah, I agree about Grace Kelly. Such a classy and beautiful lady. She went far too soon.
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      • Ovation
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        • Sep 2004
        • 2204

        #4
        Even a bad Hitchcock is better than 90% of what's out there--and this is among his better efforts.

        And Grace Kelly? One of the three most compelling arguments for classic films in hi-def (the other two being Ingrid Bergman and Audrey Hepburn, of course).

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        • David Meek
          Ultra Senior Member
          • Aug 2000
          • 8934

          #5
          I agree on all counts, Hitchcock, the film, Grace Kelly and all. Yessir. :T
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