“Truffaut said that Hitchcock filmed lovemaking as if it was murder, and filmed murder as if it was lovemaking.”

I have posted my third commentary about Alfred Hitchcock‘s brilliant film, Strangers on a Train.

My first post discussed the opening sequence, comparing the shooting script to the film, and Truffaut’s vision of Hitchcock as auteur.

My second post discussed the Bruno character as a great bad guy, the director’s penchant for cinematic trains, and his seamless blend of locations and rear screens.

This third post covers the event that happens in every Hitchcock film: murder.

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Jeff Desom’s methodical assembly of all the shots of the courtyard in Alfred Hitchcock’s masterpiece is an extraordinary piece of storyboarding. You get to see all the different homes and stories that make up the courtyard, and to see the plot unfold. Desom actually used this footage to create a 20-minute 3-projector looping video installation.

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Rear Window Timelapse from Jeff Desom on Vimeo.

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links:

vimeo video

jeffdesom.com’s explanation of the installation project

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I published the first of several posts on Alfred Hitchcock’s masterpiece, Strangers on a Train, on my blog on theasc.com.

In my post I discuss the innovative 2-minute introduction of the characters, using only shots of their shoes. I also compare the shooting script to the film, to see if Hitch added anything while shooting. And I look at director François Truffaut’s vision of Hitchcock as an auteur, saying “the same script shot by someone else would have made a bad film.”

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link:
Strangers on a Train 1-shoes, script, auteurs/

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Warhol kneels before Hitchcock. 2 geniuses:
1 brilliant filmmaker, 1 terrible filmmaker.

Warhol’s 1971 interview of Hitchcock is all about murder. The most interesting part is when the artist refers to having been shot in 1968:

Andy Warhol: Well I was shot by a gun, and it just seems like a movie. I can’t see it as being anything real. The whole thing is still like a movie to me. It happened to me, but it’s like watching TV. If you’re watching TV, it’s the same thing as having it done to yourself.

Alfred Hitchcock: Yes. Yes.