‘North by Northwest’: Quite Possibly the Most Entertaining Hitchcock Ever
I want to do a Hitchcock picture to end all Hitchcock pictures, allegedly announced screenwriter Ernest Lehman, after his friend, composer Bernard Herrmann recommended him…
Ernest Lehman
‘Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?’ as One of the Most Accomplished Play Adaptations in Hollywood History
Even though Edward Albee play ‘Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?’ was a big Broadway hit, garnering five Tony awards in the process, the general consensus…
‘Sweet Smell of Success’, Alexander Mackendrick’s Most Accomplished Film that Hasn’t Aged a Day
Tony Curtis had to fight really hard to get the role of Falco in Alexander Mackendrick’s Sweet Smell of Success. It’s not like he had…
Masterclass Interview: Alfred Hitchcock on Filmmaking
In this fantastic interview from a 1976 press conference for his final film, Family Plot, Alfred Hitchcock responds to a range of serious and comical questions…
“Yes, it’s a crop duster. We can plant some crops nearby”
The Cinematographer’s camera angles for the crop dusting sequence from Alfred Hitchcock’s North by Northwest. All 61 bullet points (above) represent a specific camera angle,…