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| Lookit her she looks so perf! |
Year: 2013
Language:
English
Length:
1
hr and 38 mins (98 minutes)
Staring:
Anthony
Hopkins, Helen Mirren, Scarlett Johanson, Jessica Biel, Kurtwood
Smith, Michael Stuhlbarg.
Plot:
A
love story between the influential filmaker Alfred Hitchcock and wife
Alma Reville during the filming of Psycho in 1959.
Review:
Alma
is just so fricking sassy, Helen Mirren plays her so perfectly! She
has all the right amounts of strength in her wisdom and emotional
fragility. Though, they did a fantastic job on the makeup to make
Hopkins look like Hitchcock, his superb acting made up for what they
couldn't do and it was hella uncanny. Even ScarJo and JessyB did really good jobs at being under the thumb of society and perved upon, yet were so strong as individuals. They did their real life counterparts perfect justice.
I love how the
film was shot in a very Hitchcockian way, with Hitchcock's usual
directorial traits. It includes his McGuffin, Stain and Guilty Object with the script we never
get to know about and his themes of betrayal, guilt, voyeurism,
perversion and suspense. The use of the famous peep hole from Psycho
for Hitchock to spy on his actress' while they change and gossip. As
well as the whole thing with Alma and that dude writing a script and
you're lead on to believe they're actually in a triste,
The addition of
Hitchcock talking to Norman Bates was unnecessary, though. It took
away from the genius of him and the edge of the film and made it too
mundane, took its edge off and made it feel much more.. flat. It took
Hitchcock's genius and gave him an excuse.
Quotes:
'Hitchcock: You
may call me Hitch. Hold the cock.'
'Alma:
'It was the knife that a moment cut off her scream and her head.'
Charming. Dorris Day should do it as a musical.'
'Alma
Full support?! We've mortgaged our house! I'm your wife! I celebrate
with you when the reviews are good, I cry for you when they are bad!
I put up with all those people, who look through me as if I were
invisible, because all they see is the great and glorious Alfred
Hitchcock.'
Overall
Rating: 4/5
