MrWriteLA Posted May 2, 2006 Share Posted May 2, 2006 Think of individual films they've directed... Link to post Share on other sites
vallo13 Posted May 2, 2006 Share Posted May 2, 2006 They all (like Psycho) deal will Psychological issues: Litvak-The Snake Pit Mankiewicz-All about Eve Koster-Harvey Siomak-Sprial Staircase LeRoy- The Bad Seed Lumet-Equus Polanski-Chinatown T.Young-Corridor of Mirrors(I think) vallo Link to post Share on other sites
MrWriteLA Posted May 2, 2006 Share Posted May 2, 2006 Not what I was looking for. There's a more direct connection with Hitch as a director. (HINT: Two of the titles you mention are germane.) Link to post Share on other sites
MrWriteLA Posted May 2, 2006 Share Posted May 2, 2006 I'll give you the first half of the answer: "They all directed a movie that..." Link to post Share on other sites
MarkMiller Posted May 3, 2006 Share Posted May 3, 2006 So which two titles are germane? What is the common thread? I was going to say that they have all directed adaptations from well known playwrights like Ira Levin (Polanski, Lumet), Anthony Shaffer (Mankiewicz), Frederick Knott (Terence Young), but that would ultimately be a much longer list of directors. I am not there yet. Link to post Share on other sites
MrWriteLA Posted May 3, 2006 Share Posted May 3, 2006 The two germane titles are "The Bad Seed" and "The Spiral Staircase." Link to post Share on other sites
MarkMiller Posted May 3, 2006 Share Posted May 3, 2006 Heroines? Best supporting actress nominations? Characters with handicaps? Any more clues? Link to post Share on other sites
FredCDobbs Posted May 3, 2006 Share Posted May 3, 2006 "They all directed a movie that..." ....had one word in the title. Link to post Share on other sites
MrWriteLA Posted May 3, 2006 Share Posted May 3, 2006 No. (The list of directors would be much longer than that!) Link to post Share on other sites
MrWriteLA Posted May 3, 2006 Share Posted May 3, 2006 "They all directed movies that Hitchcock ___________ __________." Link to post Share on other sites
FredCDobbs Posted May 3, 2006 Share Posted May 3, 2006 "They all directed movies that Hitchcock ___________ __________." ... didn't like. ...refused to make. ....ate for breakfast. Link to post Share on other sites
MrWriteLA Posted May 3, 2006 Share Posted May 3, 2006 :-) Close enough. They were all projects he TURNED DOWN. Go for it, Dobbsy. Link to post Share on other sites
MrWriteLA Posted May 3, 2006 Share Posted May 3, 2006 And by the way, here's the list of the titles... Anastasia (Litvak) The Bad Seed (Leroy) Deathtrap (Lumet) No Highway in the Sky (Koster) Rosemary's Baby (Polanski) Sleuth (Mankiewicz) The Spiral Staircase (Siodmak) Wait Until Dark (Young) Link to post Share on other sites
FredCDobbs Posted May 3, 2006 Share Posted May 3, 2006 I don't have any ideas right now, so you do another one. How about some lines from one of his movies, then we can try to guess the movie. Link to post Share on other sites
MrWriteLA Posted May 3, 2006 Share Posted May 3, 2006 Okay, try this one... "That wasn't very sporting, using real bullets." Link to post Share on other sites
FredCDobbs Posted May 3, 2006 Share Posted May 3, 2006 North by Northwest Link to post Share on other sites
MrWriteLA Posted May 3, 2006 Share Posted May 3, 2006 I know... too easy. Take it, Dobbsy. Link to post Share on other sites
JackBurley Posted May 3, 2006 Share Posted May 3, 2006 He would've done a great job on Wait Until Dark. Actually, The Bad Seed seems to be up his alley. The villain hidden by her veil of seeming innocence in the guise of the "perfect little girl". Do you know why he passed on these, Mr.Wright? Link to post Share on other sites
FredCDobbs Posted May 3, 2006 Share Posted May 3, 2006 Lol, the way you wrote it, it sounded just like Cary Grant. Ok, here is a line from a Hitchcock movie. Name the movie. ?Oh, I was carried away by her, enchanged by her, as everyone was.? Link to post Share on other sites
FredCDobbs Posted May 3, 2006 Share Posted May 3, 2006 Ok, here's another line from the same film: ?I found out about it and I warned her that if he came here again I'd shoot them both.? Link to post Share on other sites
MrWriteLA Posted May 3, 2006 Share Posted May 3, 2006 (Actually, it was James Mason's line. :-) ) I'm guessing "Rebecca." Link to post Share on other sites
MrWriteLA Posted May 3, 2006 Share Posted May 3, 2006 > He would've done a great job on Wait Until > Dark. Actually, The Bad Seed seems to be > up his alley. The villain hidden by her veil of > seeming innocence in the guise of the "perfect little > girl". Do you know why he passed on these, Mr.Wright? No, I don't, unfortunately. Link to post Share on other sites
FredCDobbs Posted May 3, 2006 Share Posted May 3, 2006 Oh. Well, anyway, it was Rebecca. Your turn. Link to post Share on other sites
MrWriteLA Posted May 3, 2006 Share Posted May 3, 2006 What makes Bernard Herrmann's score for "Vertigo" unique among all the scores he composed? (And I'm not referring to its content or its quality.) Link to post Share on other sites
MarkMiller Posted May 4, 2006 Share Posted May 4, 2006 I think Hitch would have been a good fit for most of those films, but I cannot see him at the helm of "Anastasia." Also wasn't "Deathtrap" a little late for him? By the time it finally came out he had been dead for 2 years. Link to post Share on other sites
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