Vera Miles in Hitchcock's television shorts"Incident at a Corner" is much like her turn in "Psycho" — she headstrong woman who won't take "no" for an answer, and in both she is given a male partner to investigate alongside her in uncovering the truth.
Vera Miles aptly captures the fragile emotional state of Manny’s wife, Rose.
She feels guilty and it is her inability to deal with this guilt which causes her mental instability.
She could not have done a better job portraying this on screen.
The Wrong Man (1956)
Hats off to doctoral student and podcaster Zhong Shu in Beijing, China, who did this fascinating and smart interview with Christopher Nolan about THE ODYSSEY yesterday, originally posted to Bilibili.
A great listen/watch.
Very sad to hear of the passing of the legendary film critic Tony Rayns.
Was literally speaking to him just last month for some writing on an upcoming release of mine.
One of the big reasons why so much great Asian cinema has made it to audiences overseas.
He will be missed.
RIP Tony Rayns, one of the few English-language critics who genuinely knew what they were talking about (most of the time) when it came to East Asian cinema, especially Hong Kong's.
Diane lost her job and her apartment within the same week. She lived in her car for three months with her dog, Pepper. When the car stopped running, she had no choice. She surrendered Pepper to Clearwater Animal Shelter and promised she would return. A housing program helped Diane get stable eight weeks ago. She visited eleven shelters before finding Pepper at the twelfth, fourteen months later. When Pepper saw her, he froze. Then he ran. They both went down on the floor and stayed there. A volunteer filmed the whole thing and cried the entire time.
A promise made in a desperate moment turned out to be one worth keeping.
All 20 Split Diopter Shots in Brian De Palma's 1980 erotic psychological thriller. They are not gimmicks. They are part of his visual storytelling language.
This account will continue.
We are Tony's family and friends. You're used to hearing from Tony here. So are we. Like you, we are heartbroken. Tony left us unexpectedly, far too soon, on May 1st — peacefully, in his sleep.
We have been reading every message, every tribute, every piece of art shared in his name. You loved him well. Thank you.
It was so good to see when studios started wising up to how talented Tony was. Quite a few independent cinemas were using Tony’s work instead of the original artwork when showing the film. #RIPTonyStella