Bei meinem ersten Besuch im amerikanischen Süden, 2000 in New Orleans, wo die Feuchtigkeit damals noch überwiegend in der Luft steckte, und die toxischen Substanzen in den Haaren der Touristen, war mir das Temperaturgefälle zwischen drinnen und draussen eindrucksvollstes Zeugnis des trotzigen amerikanischen Naturbegriffs. Über Flüsse baut man Brücken, die Everglades staut man auf und […]
It’s fun watching the two stabs Hitchcock took at this story almost back to back, seeing the development of his style and technical proficiency, as well as the parts of storytelling that work in neither story. There is an interesting remark on the DVD of the producer of the remake being told by Hitchcock to […]
The romantic mood and intimate, at times claustrophobic, cinematography, of this compelling masterpiece pull you in closely, and make you experience the melancholy mood and longing of the main characters first hand, for an almost dizzyingly intense experience. The end left me scratching my head a bit, with especially the disconnected footage of De Gaulle […]