01/15/06 The Lady Vanishes
The Lady Vanishes (1938), directed by Alfred Hitchcockwatched w/ Leslie; DVD (personal copy) @ home
A Hitchcock that I have owned for awhile, and now finally viewed. One of Leslie's favorites of his, so she wanted me to see it. Unfortunately having watched Flightplan first, I can see totally where they ripped this off. This is a great little mystery. The shoot-out scenes are some of the worst portrayals of dying on celluloid, albeit a sign of the cinematic times. I loved the characters, dialogue, intrigue, and espionage all wrapped in one (facial bandage). You'll have to see it to get that last one.
4 out of 5 stars
posted by Undead Film Critic @ 12:50 PM
1 Comments:
At 10:03 AM,
Anonymous said…
On why this is a great Hitchcock movie for the doubters and dissenters: the lead female is not a blonde, its very tongue in cheek especially in its portral of the English, and it has the Dame (literally) from the 2nd version of Gaslight (this is the more famous one which includes Ingrid Bergman who won what I believe was her first Oscar in the role). Long story short, Flight Plan completely lacks the subtle charm of this movie.
-L
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