by Film School | Sep 2, 2024 | Alfred Hitchcock, Deep Dive, Episodes
Episode #421 I Confess (1953) I want to make a confession… Hitchcock has a nose for a character in a bind, and that’s on full display with this one, where a priest takes confession from a murderer, then becomes the main suspect in that very same...
by Film School | Aug 19, 2024 | Cutting Room Floor, Episodes
episode #420 Alternate Endings So, you’ve heard about a movie that has MULTIPLE endings. Maybe they’re in the actual film, maybe they’re extras on the DVD, or maybe they’re just rumors and old scripts. What place do those hold in the...
by Film School | Aug 12, 2024 | Alfred Hitchcock, Deep Dive, Episodes
Episode #419 Strangers on a Train (1951) You do my murder, and I do yours… We might best know Patricia Highsmith from The Talented Mr. Ripley, but Strangers on a Train was her shocking debut novel, and folks: it slaps even as a movie, and ESPECIALLY in...
by Film School | Aug 8, 2024 | Cutting Room Floor, Episodes
episode #418 When to Kill a Character Off with their head! Sometimes, a character has to die. But, when are those times? When is it right for the audience or the reader to kill a character? Are there rules, or at least guidelines, around when to bump somebody...
by Film School | Aug 5, 2024 | Alfred Hitchcock, Deep Dive, Episodes
Episode #417 Stage Fright (1950) Go or don’t go, it’s all the same. I thought you loved me… Hitchcock teams up with legend of the silent era Marlene Dietrich as a stage actress who’s murdered her husband and enlisted her lover’s...
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