tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post113885408653537362..comments2024-03-29T15:45:04.867+05:30Comments on Jabberwock: Dario Argento and SuspiriaJabberwockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10210195396120573794noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-1138870832487635102006-02-02T14:30:00.000+05:302006-02-02T14:30:00.000+05:30The young Hitchcock was also quite naïve when it c...The young Hitchcock was also quite naïve when it came to women and sex. He was 25 (or 26) and directing a film, when one of his actors refused to get into the water for a particular shot. When quizzed, she replied that it was ‘that time of the month’. Poor Hitch was baffled, until a colleague took him aside and educated him on the female anatomy and its functioning. Amazing, when you think of Hitch as the guy who created the cool and classy blonde, with fire and a raw sensuality simmering beneath the surface.<BR/><BR/>Loved your blog, by the way. Read a few posts randomly. Especially liked the piece on 'the stench of second hand books'. Keep blogging.arihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16910669672701628679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-1138860271023657662006-02-02T11:34:00.000+05:302006-02-02T11:34:00.000+05:30I saw this film only last year and I had already f...I saw this film only last year and I had already forgotten most of the things until I read your post. the only thing I remember distinctly is the hysterical background score, specially in the first scene.<BR/><BR/>I also don't share your enthusiasm for this film. I think it remains a collection of disjointed set-pieces. Although expertly staged, they never cohere into a narrative or any meaningful whole just because Argento isn't interested in either exploring thematic questions or character's psychology. All he is interested in is making the scene "beautiful" by putting in more and more colours into the frame and through elaborate production design. <BR/><BR/>He is, I would say, the Bhansali of Horror movies. And that's not a compliment by the way ;)Alokhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12947383354732747209noreply@blogger.com