Andree wrote: ↑January 25th, 2023, 4:43 pmNot to generalize too much, but they do seem to be less emotional and gory than their American counterparts, though the mostBronxgirl48 wrote: ↑January 25th, 2023, 10:57 am
Nothing quite like a British psycho.
I'm glad I can feel some sympathy for schlumpy, whiny Shelley Winters in A PLACE IN THE SUN. George was such a stinker.
Yeah, I think I'll also see if CRY WOLF is on YouTube. I always like to watch Errol Flynn stretching his acting muscles.
famous British psycho of all, Jack the Ripper, left a number of bloody messes behind in an un-British way. I always enjoy that scene
where George and Alice are about to explore one another's erotic potentialities when the camera shifts to the open window with the
rain outside and the soft glow of the radio. The movie leaves quite a lot of the novel out and George is more sympathetic to me in the
novel, as we get a fuller picture of his life before he shows up as his uncle's. But still he is kind of a minor league hustler, until he becomes
desperate.
Cry Wolf is available on YT, but only if one wants to buy or rent it. I'm not in that much of a hurry to see it.
I'm remembering a scene in I think FRENZY where a police inspector tells his colleague how much tourists look forward to British fog and serial killers. Conversely it seems our across-the-pond cousins always wax enthusiastic about Al Capone.
Yes, George Stevens sets that scene up very well. I haven't read the novel but did see the original 1931 film. Sylvia Sidney is much more appealing than poor Shelley, though.
Too bad about CRY WOLF. I have no intention either of buying or renting.
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