Dr. Ben McKenna, his wife Jo and their son Hank are on a touring holiday of Africa when they meet the mysterious Louis Bernard on a bus. The next day Bernard is murdered in the local marketplace, but before he dies he manages to reveal details of an assassination about to take place in London. Fearing that their plot will be revealed, the assassins kidnap Hank in order to keep the McKenna’s silent. Ben and Jo go to London and take matters into their own hands.

Man kan inget annat än att bi imponerad av Hitchcock som redan på 50-talet skapar filmer som sträcker sig runt 120min-sträcket, vilket i detta fallet kanske är lite mycket. Denna filmen är lite mera som man är van vid. Men den är lite seg i allmänhet. Den börjar lugnt och accelererar sedan i spänning. Man märker verkligen att Hitchcock är duktig på att bygga upp en spännande scen och också en film.
Jag tycker inte riktigt att denna filmen kommer upp i samma Hitchcock-spänning som de övriga av hans spännande filmer jag nu sett. Men det är ändå en mycket sevärd film med bra skådespelartalanger.

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Young Arnie, walking through the Vermont woods, hears some threats, and then gunshots. Investigating, he finds the body of Harry Worp, and he thinks Harry has been murdered. He tells his mother, Jennifer Rogers, who recognizes the man as her ex-husband. She, along with the elderly CaptainWiles and the spinster Ivy Gravely, believe they will be prime suspects when Harry’s body is found, so they conspire to bury it, with the help of artist Sam Marlowe.

Oj, vad anorlunda mot de övriga Hitchcock-filmer jag tittat på nyligen. Mycket mera humor än vad det har varit i de tidigare filmerna. Anorlunda är väl ordet som beskriver hela filmen. Tror jag behöver se den igen för att uppskatta den till fullo.

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Professional photographer L.B. “Jeff” Jeffries breaks his leg while getting an action shot at an auto race. Confined to his New York apartment, he spends his time looking out of the rear window observing the neighbours. He begins to suspect that the man opposite may have murdered his wife. Jeff enlists the help of his society model girlfriend Lisa Freemont and his nurse Stella to investigate.

Typisk Hitchcock film (om jag redan vågar säga det). Spänning från start till slut. Bra skådespelare och ett enkelt manus. Mycket bra film. Man vill verkligen inte att de ska ha rätt i sina misstankar. Slutet är mycket spännande.

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Brandon and Philip are two young men who share a New York apartment. They consider themselves intellectually superior to their friend David Kentley and as a consequence decide to murder him. Together they strangle David with a rope and placing the body in an old chest, they proceed to hold a small party. The guests include David’s father, his fiancée Janet and their old schoolteacher Rupert from whom they mistakenly took their ideas. As Brandon becomes increasingly more daring, Rupert begins to suspect.

Riktigt läckert med väldigt långa scener utan klipp. Tydligen innehåller filmen endast 9 olika tagningar. Underbart snyggt gjort. Spänningen är också på topp. Ungefär på samma sätta som i Shadow of a Doubt. En riktigt häftig film, i både “filmistiskt”- och i spännings-avseende. Missa den inte.

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The Newton family lead a quiet life in the North California town of Santa Rosa. The Newton’s eldest daughter, ‘young Charlie’, decides that things need brightening up and resolves to contact her Uncle Charlie (after whom she is named) and invite him to stay. On arrival at the telegraph office she discovers he is already on his way. However, Uncle Charlie is being pursued by a couple of detectives who suspect him of being “The Merry Widow Murderer”, an evil strangler wanted in connection with the deaths of several rich East coast widows.

Såhär ska en spänningsfilm göras. Man hålls ju på spänningens kant genom större delen av filmen. Även om man ganska tidigt kan lista ut hur det ligger till, så hålls man ändå på halster. Sedan är Hitchcock himla duktig på att välja vinklar för att visa att något är fel.

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When sabotage destroys part of an aircraft plant, plant worker Barry Kane is falsely blamed for the crime. Determined to clear his name, he sets out to track down the man he believes to be the actual saboteur, the mysterious Mr. Fry. He chases Fry across the western deserts to New York, where the two men confront each other atop the Statue of Liberty.

Min första riktiga Hitchcock-film (Fich ju min Hitchcock-box idag). Jag har sett Psycho tidigare, men det har väl alla gjort. 😉
Filmen drar igång i ett himla tempo och ena jaktscenen avlöser den andra. När konspirationen sakta löses, saktar filmen ner, men spänningen behålls.
Slutet kändes dock lite konstigt.

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In 1903, in England, the play writer James Matthew Barrie (Johnny Depp) has a complete lack of inspiration, and his last work was a deceptive play. When he meets the children of the widow Sylvia Llewelyn Davies (Kate Winslet), he becomes friend of the family and Sylvia becomes his muse and her children the source of inspiration. James writes the successful play about “Peter Pan and Neverland”.

Helt underbar film. Svårt att beskriva ad det gör den så skön. Den har egentligen en ganska enkel, men gripande historia. Sedan är skådespelarinsatserna i filmen är jättebra. Jag fick en liten känsla om att dilmen faktiskt är ganska lik Shakespeare in Love. Så gillade ni den, kommer ni inte bli besvikna över denna.

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Johnny Cash grew up in Arkansas, and served in the Air Force in Germany, where he bought a guitar. He returned from the war and married. Singing and playing with two other men, he cut a record in Memphis. His reputation growing from airplay and live performances, Cash became a star, touring with the likes of Jerry Lee Lewis and others. On tour, he suffered the effects of drug addiction. He also met June Carter, who would later become his wife. Responding in part to the fan mail he received from prisoners, Cash played a legendary concert for the inmates at Folsom Prison in California.

Inte var helg man ser två bra filmer kvällarna efter varandra. Denna var inte dum denna heller. Spännande att följa Johnny Cash liv. Mycket välspelat av båda huvudskådespelarna. Mycket häftigt att både Joaquin och Reese lärde sig sjunga och spela för denna filmen.

Andra bloggar om: film, recensioner, Love is a burning thing Movie 4 out of 5 Walk The Line http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0358273/ wp-assets/Walk_The_Line.jpg <blockquote>Johnny Cash grew up in Arkansas, and served in the Air Force in Germany, where he bought a guitar. He returned from the war and married. Singing and playing with two other men, he cut a record in Memphis. His reputation growing from airplay and live performances, Cash became a star, touring with the likes of Jerry Lee Lewis and others. On tour, he suffered the effects of drug addiction. He also met June Carter, who would later become his wife. Responding in part to the fan mail he received from prisoners, Cash played a legendary concert for the inmates at Folsom Prison in California.</blockquote>