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Sound and Fury
United States
Приєднався 13 січ 2021
Sound and Fury: Two dudes talking geek stuff at each other.
Sound and Fury: The culmination of a steady diet of genre fiction over many years.
Sound and Fury: Knowledgeable perspectives on entertainment.
Eric Wilfred Watson: Author of the novels Judas Kissed and Becoming Quincy.
Hew Frank: Successful person with a real job, but with a kid’s love for the fun stuff.
Sound and Fury: The culmination of a steady diet of genre fiction over many years.
Sound and Fury: Knowledgeable perspectives on entertainment.
Eric Wilfred Watson: Author of the novels Judas Kissed and Becoming Quincy.
Hew Frank: Successful person with a real job, but with a kid’s love for the fun stuff.
Gen-X Guys talk Retro-Internet and Old-School Technology
In this video podcast, we talk about old 1980s and 1990s technology, and what we miss about the early internet, and other technology related topics.
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TANGO & CASH (1989 Movie) FIRST TIME RECTION!
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I (don't think) I've ever seen the 80s action movie, "Tango & Cash". This is my FIRST TIME REACTION to this film. Tango & Cash starring Sylvester Stallone and Kurt Russell. #firsttimereaction #80sactionheroes #80smovies #retroreview #sylvesterstallone #reactionvideo #actionmovies
"HOWARD THE DUCK" (1986 Movie) FIRST TIME REACTION
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SEQUELS THAT UNDO THE PREVIOUS MOVIE AND KILL OUR HEROES
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What Makes Alfred Hitchcock Movies Great?
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Famous Director Alfred Hitchcock was responsible for dozens of classic films such as Psycho, Vertigo, North by Northwest, Rope, The Man Who Knew Too Much, Franzy, Shadow of a Doubt, Rear Window, and many more. This video is about what makes Alfred Hitchcock movies so good, and why they are still adored today. #suspense #alfredhitchcock #psycho #classicmovies #retroreview #movies
"Star Wars: The Acolyte" A Conversation Over Cigars
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"SHADOW OF A DOUBT" It Was Alfred Hitchcock's Favorite, But Was It His Best Movie?
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The 1943 classic movie "SHADOW OF A DOUBT" was Alfred Hitchcock's favorite of his films, but does that make "SHADOW OF A DOUBT" his best movie? In this video, I talk about what makes a good classic movie, and where the movie works, and what might have been better. Kudos to Alfred Hitchcock, the Master of Suspense! #classicmovies #retroreview #alfredhitchcock #hitchcock #filmcritic #blackandwhit...
First Time Watching "RAISING ARIZONA" Reaction Video!
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Why So Many On-Screen Catholics in Hollywood Films?
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In most movies you will be more likely to see a Catholic than a Protestant. Why are movies that way? Many, if not most, Hollywood movies, and TV shows show a disproportionate amount of Catholic imagery. This is true in horror movies especially, in films like "The Exorcist" and shows like "Evil" on Paramount , and "Midnight Mass" on Netflix. But it isn't just in horror movies. You will see this ...
"LETHAL WEAPON 2" Retro Review and Retrospective
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Is "Rear Window" Alfred Hitchcock's Best Movie? Retro-Review!
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"National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1" RETRO-REVIEW and Retrospective
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FIRST TIME WATCHING REACTION! "A Nightmare on Elm Street" The 1984 Freddy Krueger Horror Classic
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The "In Death" Book Series by Nora Roberts Writing as J.D. Robb. Are The Books Any Good?
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We finally watched the "The Matrix Resurrections". Was The Matrix 4 any good? We talk about the film
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Is it okay to like the movie better than the book? A writer's take.
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We all know "The Birds" is the best movie...
Dislike much the nasty story including her killing him. Yuk
Operates in dark areas of life Murder his favourite theme!
We should all be grateful to have had even a little bit of Hitchcock in our lives.
Amazing video! This is a great collection. I confess. I'm jealous. Unfortunately, only 15 books from the Star Trek series were published in translation in Russia. This was very little. You're lucky to have such an expanded Star Trek universe. And I'm jealous again.
Now you gotta watch the “Dream” trilogy. Dream Warriors, Dream Master, Dream Child. 1,3,4, & 5 is the perfect Freddy story. Yes, I include part 5 and I stand by it but I’ll admit I love Lisa Wilcox.
I like Cotten's menacing eyes, but he is not as effective when he speaks. SHADOW OF A DOUBT is a very good film but I would place the following Hitch opuses ahead of it: 1. Vertigo; 2. Rear Window; 3. Rebecca; 4. Notorious; 5. The Lady Vanishes; 6. North by Northwest; 7. Psycho; 8. Foreign Correspondent
White genius
Just finished season 1. Shoe through screen.
Playing ghetto music with the stupid tik toc bs, and talking about hitchcock is like using a corn cob for toilet paper. Hitchcock used intelligent, musicians, not this stupid ghetto digital crap.
I absolutely love Vertigo. The musical score by Bernard Hermann is otherworldly. I was confused by the film at first but when I thought of it as a voyage into the spirit world, it made much more sense. I see Scotty actually falling to his death from the gutter and/or his fingers letting go just like the police officer. So, every person in the film is also “dead”, but their spirits are in some way struggling with their own passing. Or, they are spirit guides. Watch how Kim Novak floats into the restaurant. Or how spirits show themselves and disappear. That’s why I think it’s a genius piece of art. I’m still haunted by it.
I don't like your hats!
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Yep its a Wonderful movie.....There is a lot to enjoy here. Its not a perfect movie (even though the soundtrack IS). But i love the feeling on how this mystery gradually unfolds. Its like you're being led into all this step by step not knowing whats going on, almost in the same way as Jimmys Stewart' character. And on that note. The negative criticism on Scottie puzzle' me considering Judy (and Gavin) ruined Scotties life. They used him to comit a murder, taken advantage of his illness. He was set-up from the very beginning so he could watch a "suicide" take place. Hence his emotional breakdown for almost a year. Judy and Gavin destroyed an ordinary guy who did no harm to anyone. Too bad Gavin got away though. Bottom line Vertigo grows on you....hence why I'm actually thinking about watching it again today ; ) Jimmy said this about his role in Vertigo; Its a part of the craft, that if you do something entirely different from the image you've created, this is a part of the business, that isn't something to give explanations for and so on. In a way I think its part of an actors duty to learn ways to project different types of characters. Its a part of being a professional actor.
I was annoyed by the mother’s performance. I liked the waitress in the place Uncle Charlie pulled his niece into.
What you guys consider ‘bad’ covers, I consider really cool…I guess I just enjoy corny pulp things.
Writers wanna be butchering a masterpiece. Apple has almost endless possibilities to screen Asimov with his many novels that have stood the test of time. Nevertheless, they decided to disgust Asimov to new generations. Bravo
Cuz Hitchcock knows how to make'm entertaining...😁
He is truly one of the greatest of all time! I believe he made more masterpieces than any other director...
I've been to the house on stilts on Mulholland Drive
My favorite movie
No doubt in my mind that this is Hitchcock's finest film. (Yes, I have seen almost all of the others.) Was disappointed that you failed to mention the biggest star of this movie, Santa Rosa, CA. Beautiful, unchanged from the 1920s, unaffected by World War II, a place I would go to immediately if I had a time machine.
Thanks for watching
Disliked the funky old town living there in 1971.
The most emotionally involving movie. One feels for young Charlie's disillusionment but she still manages to do something about it. She doesn't exercise justice but she does face the situation out. She's a victim and yet not a victim - like most of us.
Absolutely agree! That's thanks to the wonderful performance of Teresa Wright. Many more people should know of this great actress's work.
You haven't seen a video game in a while as it's pretty common to have limited ammo in a weapon and have to reload for like 25 years. Games are actually far more realistic in this than movies.
Shadow of a Doubt. Murder in a comfortable small town setting that brought the audience uncomfortably close the killer, and parlayed with some gallows humor. My absolute favorite Hitchcock film.
NOBODY ever brings up the obvious and rather shocking fact that if Uncle Charlie left town as his niece has planned (to spare her family) that she would have been an accessory to murder. As a matter of fact right there on the train at the end he's getting widow Mrs. Potter in his sights for murder number 4.
I was looking for some commentary on Hitchcock. I don't care about your stupid VCR nor what you did as a child. In fact, did you ever grow up. Their are many reasons to enjoy Hitch. Like great Art in the Louvre you have to be educated. First off- your a pretty ignorant of film. Just saying-73 Film Historian here. Next time try not be so vapid and dumbed down. We don't care about YOU we care about the artist-Hitchcock.
I saw this movie on opening day in 1986 mainly because of George Lucas and Lea Thompson. I heard that this movie was originally was supposed to be animated, but universal studios demanded a live action movie for summer release.
@@krdragon6950 Thanks for watching
TIMING..It is all in Hitch`s timing. As a matter of fact, if we want to discuss his legacy let us consider that directors like Mike Nichols used to `time` his own films to get in sync with Hitchcock. And of course the homage in `Virginia Woolf` Mike`s first I believe film. Course it could be Albee`s homage to Hitch as I think it is also in the play. The Gun Dropping a Flag with the word BANG written on it. Echoes of the gun going off `Northwest` and the boy putting his hands over his ears BEFORE the gun goes off. Sandra Shevey conducted the Master`s last one to one in Hollywood 1972. Not only is it the last one to one the director ever gave but in this interview Sandra Shevey confronts Hitchcock with antifeminist tropes which most writers, male or famale, feminist or masculist, tend to avoid. Shevey lives in London where for the past 25 years she has been running a homage Hitchcock tour. www.alfredhitchcockwalk.wordpress.com Book: sandra_shevey@yahoo.com Ck out sandrasheveyinterviews UA-cam (Alfred Hitchcock)
Vertigo is my favorite; I watch it at least once a year !
My favorites are "Spellbound and North by Northwest"
I watched the first episode and gave up. I came back later to give it a second try. Watched the second episode and gave up. It's pretty but dull and doesn't offer the big-idea thinky-ness that I love in my sci fi. One of Asimov's best known lines is, "Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent." In fact, it's a line that comes from Foundation. I like Asimov's stories because they're written more like mysteries than action stories. It's about gathering information and out thinking your opponent. More Sherlock Holmes. Less John Rambo. Also, the threat to the Galactic Empire was an impersonal one that wasn't easily confronted. It was bureaucracy, loss of innovation, slow decline, nostalgic obsession with past glory, and a misplaced belief that the solution to new problems was something to be found in the past. It wasn't something as personal and limited as hereditary rulers. One palace murder plot (like the hundreds that have taken place throughout history) and that problem's solved. Apple TV gave us the same Foundation series we would have gotten if they'd hired Zach Snyder. Pretty pictures, lots of sadistic violence, big departures from the source material, and a story that makes no sense.
One of the lines Asimov is best known for is, "Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent." In fact, it's a line that comes from Foundation. An Asimov story is written more like a mystery than an action story. It's about gathering information and out thinking your opponent. More Sherlock Holmes. Less John Rambo. Also, the threat to the Galactic Empire was an impersonal one that wasn't easily confronted. It was bureaucracy, loss of innovation, slow decline, nostalgic obsession with past glory, and a misplaced belief that the solution to new problems was something to be found in the past. It wasn't something as personal and limited as hereditary rulers. One palace murder plot (like the hundreds that have taken place throughout history) and that problems solved. Apple TV gave us the same Foundation series we would have gotten if they'd hired Zach Snyder. Pretty pictures, lots of sadistic violence, big departures from the source material, and a story that makes no sense.
Question: What do you think of Shadow of a Doubt? It’s probably my favorite 🎥
@@CoolCucumber710 There is a video on that movie on this channel
I read the first 2 Shatnerverse novels. The Shatnerverse is nuts.
@@dustinneely The Return is great. I love that book. Each one seems to be a little worse until they turn into total schlock.
@@soundandfury2680 sometimes total schlock can be fun.
@@dustinneely True. Very true.
Just saw the pilot episode after big brother this past Sunday and I am hooked on the TV show. Just checked out your video to see if needed to head to the library.
There are but a handful of movies that are as entertaining now as they were when originally released. This is primarily due to changing tastes and evolving standards of morality. In essence, movies don't age so much as the world around them grows up. For the most part, Hitchcock's movies avoided this fate because they do not focus on the story, the setting, the action, or even the characters. They focus on the inner workings of the human mind. More precisely, they take you to the mind's darkest places. This is an area we are all familiar with but seldom admit to. Yet, because it is so foreboding, it is fascinating to peer in. With the added bonus of giving us greater insight into our own demons.
I like the old numbered books. It was back before they had too much canon to work around, and therefore I believe allowed more creativity.
@@GrognardPiper Very true.
@@soundandfury2680 I like to mine those for ideas when I’m running Star Trek Adventures
when you said that it doesn’t have a good rotten tomatoes score..i immediately thought that whoever gave this movie a low rating score does not know what great movies are and should not rate movies ever again
This was a great and interesting analysis of Hitchcock's movies. Thank you.
I don’t agree with your analogy at all! Revealing the true nature of uncle Charlie early on added to the suspense of how the girl Charlie was going to handle him and keep him from killing her as well, as keeping the information from her mother. The dialogue between her father, and the friend about discovering murders, added to the flavor and the suspense of the movie! I believe this was one of Hitchcock best movies ever! I’m 78 years old, and I have seen them all! Way to go Hitch!
Voglio vedere SOLO il film!!
It's a beautiful, fantastic film!
Hitchcock started during the silent era and I think this relates to point #2.
I would give it like a 6.5/10, I don't think Stallone works as the Danny Glover kind of character in this partnership, Glover had the perfect look to play the family man that goes by the book and dresses like a banker, but Stallone just looked weird. I could've lived without the sister. The one liners and comedy are a mixed bag. Kurt Russell is perfectly cast as the crazy cop that breaks all the rules and he's the main reason why I like the movie.
@@BishopWalters12 Well said and I 100% agree It was fun and dumb.
I seen this movie but don’t remember all the movie however the uncle had his dirty secrets and perhaps a killer 😮😮
I loved his TV show. He was always making fun of "the sponsors" when it was time to go to the first commercial break. And at the end, he'd have some witty or twisted take or epilogue for the story. So fun.
There's actually no music in Dracula. It is famous for having NO Soundtrack. The only use of music is during the opening credits and then it uses the classical musical piece "Swan Lake" by Tchaikovsky. You should have used the example of later Universal horror films instead. Otherwise, you are quite right. Alfred Hitchcock was a master, and it was nice of you to point out Tarantino's mistake as well. Quentin Tarantino is extremely overrated as a director.
Correct! I do highly recommend the soundtrack that Philip Glass composed for it in 1999 (for a special Universal DVD release). It's performed by the Kronos Quartet... It's great and adds a darker vibe to the film. I even bought a copy on vinyl!
@@plaidgadjo That does improve it yes. However, the fact that it is done a style that wasn't of the time period always jarred me a bit.
George Lucas did give Disney an outline for the sequel trilogy, and it could've worked but Disney threw his ideas away and they did their own BS. It still amazes me that they had no plan and we didn't get one damn scene with Mark, Harrison and Carrie together. I'll never rewatch the sequel trilogy again and will try to forget about it.
@@BishopWalters12 We agree! Thanks for watching.
I'm not really a great fan of Hitchcock for the reason that I find him what I would call a "Surface director." His films don't go deep, except for "Vertigo." But I do like all of his films and watch them all as he is the maser of suspense. Some of his films IMO suffer from not the best scripts e.g."Vertigo" got too convoluted I think. He lost what might have been any spontaneity because of rewrites because he couldn't find a screenwriter to fulfill his vision for it ( so I read. ) But it's got its own unique appeal. I think the film might have benefited from a little more of what "The Three faces Of Eve" has got ( although Two Faces in Kim Novak's case! ) One I like possibly better than all the others is "Jamaica Inn" but he had magnificent Charles Laughton ( but most don't agree with me so..? ) I thought "Rear Window" was shot in a manner that was too shallow but "The Birds" maintains its fascination although even there I thought the characterization could have gone a little deeper about the mother complex hinted at in Rod Taylor. But that's just my taste. He had his vision, as you have pointed out. "Psycho" is a bit the same - sort of "surface " all the way except the coda but it's interesting for me because Vera Miles is my favorite actress. Very enjoyable listening to you and how you see Alfred Hitchcock. I like "The Wrong Man" not only because it is one of Vera's best performances Hitchcock got out of her but the law side is interesting and I like the B&W aspect. I read where Hitchcock said he was influenced by two films - "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir" ( think it was 1953? ) and "Portrait of Jennie" ( 1948 ) re the Carlotta part in "Vertigo." If that's true I think a better sense of mystery in the texture of the film would have helped in parts. It was too concrete for me. Thanks. "Strangers On A train" was getting into the deep realm of the mind. That's one of his best for me.Best Wishes. Stimulating listening and watching your video.
I love Jamaica Inn 👍👍👍
Oh you have to watch Shadow of a Doubt. He stated it was one of if not his favorite movie.
Politics? No. I call bullshit. My household is extremely left, yet we HATED this garbage of a show.
Haha! the mystery shouldn't be 'who cares?'