Finally! Or should I say, Finalement! I get to share with loyal listeners of Reel Nerds Podcast my hidden true love that is French Cinema! The French have blessed us with great films as “La Grenouille Lache” or “Nous Avons Arrete Pendant Les Guerres!”. There are so...
Chapter 5: Dueling Auteurs “ Well… It’s not a ‘Hitchcock’ picture…”-Alfred Hitchcock to Francois Truffat in regards to Rebecca during the Hitchcock/Truffaut interviews. Good Evening… Time will never change the eternal struggle of two ego’s butting heads over the...
Chapter 4: Experiment “He is the only director I know of who knew absolutely everything that was going to be on the screen. He didn’t have to look through a viewfinder, he knew. This was probably the most difficult picture in that regard because: ‘Was the wall going...
“We won’t allow you to cheat yourself. You must see PSYCHO from the very beginning. Therefore, do not expect to be admitted into the theatre after the start of each performance of the picture. We say no one — and we mean no one — not even the...
Chapter 2: Elaborate Rear Window Dressing ”You really have to keep your eye open in the film, because it’s a complicated thing. And the audience was really with it, I thought that was just amazing. It just bears out the...
*Authors note: I discussed this film on the upcoming episode of Reel Nerds Podcast in our “What we have been watching segment. However, I felt like I wanted to elaborate my thoughts further and talk about a flick I really dug. * A woman named Samantha...
