MADMAN'S POST BUMPER THREAD PART2

[Art Mann]

Psycho also radically changed American movie-going habits. Prior to that film, people would buy a ticket to the movie any time during the show, wander in and sit down ... maybe just watch the last half, maybe stay to watch the start.

Hitchcock insisted nobody be admitted after the start of the film, so the impact wouldn't be reduced. Theatre owners were opposed, thinking they'd lose business. But then they saw long lines of people waiting to get in, and they loved it.

Nobody today thinks about going to catch half a movie ... we all want to see it right from the start. Sometimes the opening credits are the best part of the film ... or set a signature tone for a series, like the Bond movies.

 

[Bridgette_xo]

Really, til what time??

On schedule until 2.

 

[Bridgette_xo]

Psycho also radically changed American movie-going habits. Prior to that film, people would buy a ticket to the movie any time during the show, wander in and sit down ... maybe just watch the last half, maybe stay to watch the start.

Hitchcock insisted nobody be admitted after the start of the film, so the impact wouldn't be reduced. Theatre owners were opposed, thinking they'd lose business. But then they saw long lines of people waiting to get in, and they loved it.

Nobody today thinks about going to catch half a movie ... we all want to see it right from the start. Sometimes the opening credits are the best part of the film ... or set a signature tone for a series, like the Bond movies.

That's awesome! I didn't know that.

 

[Art Mann]

I am not sure Hitch had to reduce the budget.

His eye for angles and lighting was brilliant. Rear Window and North by Northwest are two other great examples of his work

Actually he didn't use the chocolate syrup for the sake of budget. He used it because it showed up better on film than "stunt blood" and you can't tell the difference in BW

 

[papasmerf]

Actually he didn't use the chocolate syrup for the sake of budget. He used it because it showed up better on film than "stunt blood" and you can't tell the difference in BW

I was refering to the use of BW

 

[Bridgette_xo]

Oh yeah...Hey Madman...BUMP!

Bump bump bump.

 

[papasmerf]

He's kind of cute

I like that idea, Trans!

sis anyone mention he is gay?

 

[Art Mann]

BW was clearly an artistic choice, and a good one ... reminiscent of the film noire of the 30s and 40s.

Light and dark, good and evil, the scathing sunshine of a Phoenix morning, the shadows of the Bates motel ... the impenetrable sunglasses on the cop, the blackness of Norman's past history ....

And romance, with all the lush rich colors of Hitch's other films like Vertigo and NxNW, is subverted here in its BW anti-romance.

Plus Hitch got to use chocolate syrup.

 

[Art Mann]

sis anyone mention he is gay?

Who? Dalton McGuinty?

 

[Bridgette_xo]

sis anyone mention he is gay?

Who??

 

[papasmerf]

Back then the actors had to sell the scene as presented in the Shower Scene.

 

[Transient]

Michonne!

 

[Art Mann]

Who??

Anthony Perkins, still in the closet .... like Rock Hudson and more than a few other leading males in Hollywood back then.

 

[Art Mann]

Jury's still out on Tony's lookalike Dalton

 

[Transient]

This thread is great, it's like the missing chat room!


Even better when Madman is not here!

 

[Bridgette_xo]

This thread is great, it's like the missing chat room!


Even better when Madman is not here!

That's not very nice, Tranny. Take it back or I'll have to spank you

 

[Art Mann]

That's not very nice, Tranny. Take it back or I'll have to spank you

Can I watch?

 

[Transient]

That's not very nice, Tranny. Take it back or I'll have to spank you

You're right, it's not nice...but with that offer, no way am I taking it back! :blush2:

 

[Transient]

Goodnight HUBGFE.

 

[Art Mann]

Good night, and good luck!