Re-recordings There are two full length re-recordings of Rózsa’s Oscar-winning score First one was a guilty favour for missing out on a lucrative opportunity Second most complete to date, even …
Alfred Hitchcock
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Soundtrack Miklós Rózsa’s Oscar-winning score is one of Hitchcock’s very best But his original recordings have never been issued outside of the film Massive publicity boost due to specially-recorded radio transcription …
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Home video Freudian thriller has had many distinct home video transfers Unfortunately all are flawed in some way and some omit red tinting Some releases mistakenly add misidentified “overture and …
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The Master of Suspense probes into the subconscious mind for a cerebral thriller Freudulent: Based on once popular but now largely debunked ideas on psychoanalysis Sigmund’s theories no longer universally …
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Psychoanalytical thriller sees Alfred Hitchcock delving into the subconscious His second collaboration with David O. Selznick led to clashes and compromise The film’s most ambitious sequence was designed by iconic …
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Revisiting contemporary and modern critical appreciation Alfred Hitchcock delves into fashionable Freudian psychoanalysis True to form, the director sends a Wrong Man – or is he? – on the run …
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Towards end of WWII, UK Ministry of Information commissioned a Holocaust documentary Hitchcock was brought on board as “treatment advisor” and helped shape its aesthetic But rapidly changing political priorities …
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The Master of Suspense turned his talents towards French wartime propaganda He’d been stung by harsh accusations of abandoning Britain in her hour of need After making his anti-Nazi film …
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Soundtrack and remakes Realistic: Score is Hitch’s canny exercise in minimalism Back at sea: Film’s star returns for the only radio version Sci-fi: Three quasi-remakes transpose story to outer space …
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Home video This missing boat must be hunted down as it isn’t in any collections In the same boat: Almost all early DVDs have compromised audio Hitch’s original soundtrack can …