Sunday 20 March 2016

To Catch a Thief (1954 Alfred Hitchcock)

There are many reports from on set that Hitch was barely paying attention during the shooting of several scenes - it was all in his head already. Though if you look at the note he's written to the second unit, published by Truffaut, you can see he's very much focusing on details.

To dismiss it as lightly entertaining fluff would ignore the great skill that has gone into it - there's for example all those great changes of shot set up in even the simplest scenes. Great cast too with Grace Kelly and Cary Grant, John Williams and Jesse Royce Landis; great Robert Burks photography.

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