tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30413383.post6666455007691377011..comments2023-11-05T07:45:02.082-05:00Comments on Mystery Man on Film: A murder scene written by - Hitchcock!Mystery Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17486331815227364944noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30413383.post-83521626062128294802009-02-13T00:47:00.000-05:002009-02-13T00:47:00.000-05:00Reading this, and listening to the interview below...Reading this, and listening to the interview below, I am struck by something: He says it's all Red Riding Hood. That what frightens audiences is the same as always, and it's what frightened us as kids... but specifically he says Red riding Hood - a tale which very much comes out in this scene.Laura Deerfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06481017193764065233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30413383.post-84589400147566746482009-02-12T20:29:00.000-05:002009-02-12T20:29:00.000-05:00I has bored with this excerpt. Would I have liked ...I has <B><I>bored</I></B> with this excerpt. Would I have liked it more had you taken out the "we sees" and camera angles? I’m not certain, but one thing is evident: Hitchcock would’ve needed a good writer to elevate the story. You are spot on here.David Alanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00954618022277834648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30413383.post-89643229920370393772009-02-12T05:29:00.000-05:002009-02-12T05:29:00.000-05:00Hmm. Interesting. I don't think this could have go...Hmm. Interesting. I don't think this could have gone up there with Psycho, but then again it's got a hint of Britain that most of his other films don't have. Ugh, by the way, Hitchcock was a great visual storyteller. Not on par with Kieslowski but DAMN, he used the camera to tell a story well.<BR/><BR/>About unsympathetic protags: I think the film Sympathy for Lady Vengeance has one of the most interesting protagonists ever, film or otherwise. She's soooo...passive. Also Sympathy For Mr Vengeance I guess, but that's probably more two anti-hereos going for each other. Great films, though. I should really write about them once I get my blog back-u.Karimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02566110996161916380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30413383.post-41616585565840300832009-02-12T03:25:00.000-05:002009-02-12T03:25:00.000-05:00About unsympathetic characters, for me, there are ...About unsympathetic characters, for me, there are five ways of making sure the audience will like and follow a character, even if he is unsympathetic, very much in the way of a "Save the Cat".<BR/><BR/>My aproach is the same that a sympathetic character: I make sure that their first appearance is fascinating, and their first action is as cool as possible.<BR/><BR/>I just make sure that he's not just a prick, for me it's important to let the audience get a peek of a possible reason to make him so unsympathetic. If he's unsympathetic, but has a human side to it, the audience will follow him. Hence, there's an added suspense to know more about his past, and more importantly, it makes him human.Salva Rubiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11845031493458625145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30413383.post-82238630795279119582009-02-12T01:22:00.000-05:002009-02-12T01:22:00.000-05:00A bonus! Here's a paragraph I cut from the articl...A bonus! Here's a paragraph I cut from the article.<BR/><BR/><I>Hehehe</I>...<BR/><BR/>When [Hitch] was finished [writing the script], he shared the script with colleagues for feedback, including Francois Truffaut, who was intimately familiar with his films and was about to release a gigantic book in the U.S. called <A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000PYR1U8?ie=UTF8&tag=mysmanonfil-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B000PYR1U8" REL="nofollow">Hitchcock</A>, which is now considered THE definitive study on Hitchcock and his films. In any case, there were problems with the script, particularly the third act, which Hitch acknowledged. But when you read around the web that Truffaut’s reaction to this script was “uneasy about the sex,” I shake my head. That really wasn’t the case, and it’s not like Truffaut didn’t have sex in any of his films. His letter to Hitch has to be one of the most respectful, constructive, intelligent assessments of a story I have ever read in my career. All he ever said was, “there does rather seem to be an insistence on sex and nudity, but it does not worry me too much because I know that you shoot such scenes with real dramatic power, and you never dwell on unnecessary detail.” If anything, a friendly word of caution. <BR/><BR/>You can read Truffaut’s assessment in its entirety in <A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0380799456?ie=UTF8&tag=mysmanonfil-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0380799456" REL="nofollow">Hitchcock’s Notebooks</A> by Dan Auiler, which is also where you’ll find this scene.Mystery Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17486331815227364944noreply@blogger.com