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A Movie A Day: Quint on FRENZY (1972)
I don't know if you know it, Babs, but you're my type of woman.

So Quint... by PotSmokinAlien	Jul 16th, 2008 08:52:16 PM
Do you ever dislike any of these Movies A Day? I haven't read em all so far, but it seems like you're generally being pleasantly surprised, yeah?
Now the only thing missing is someone saying First twenty some o by blckmgk13	Jul 16th, 2008 08:53:16 PM
..oh there it is. goody. dipshit.
Pot by Quint	Jul 16th, 2008 08:56:22 PM
There have been two flicks I've disliked so far: The Left Handed Gun and Pocket Money, both with Paul Newman. There have been others I've been lukewarm on, but for the most part it's been good stuff.
Very disturbing rape scene and surprisingly graphic by Lovecraftfan	Jul 16th, 2008 09:01:53 PM
Great film though for all the reasons Quint listed.
Hey Quint by Durant	Jul 16th, 2008 09:26:54 PM
Like PotheadET, I'm reading all your reviews. I like this feature. I'm seeing this column as something relatively unique at AICN, where you prompt discussion of historical movies from the perspective of a fresh review, seeing what holds up today and giving reviews based on a present-day perspective, coming from a new viewer. Because these days I see on AICN more things like Watchmen promos or trailers or reviews of things that have already aired, which frankly I can get anywhere or on specialized sites, I'll only keep coming here when I can get content I can't get elsewhere. You write that this will continue until you run out of DVDs or call uncle - is there a way we can suggest other gems you may have missed? Not really knowing where your personal viewing gaps are, can you figure out how can we suggest a movie for a future review? I know the talkback crowd can come up with some real hidden gems...
"Lov-v-v-v-v-v-v-v-v-v-v-v-v-lee eeyyyyyy!" by darthliquidator	Jul 16th, 2008 10:09:01 PM
Barry Foster's guttural repetition of the word "lovely" while he's raping and strangling may be one of the most disturbing, horrifyingly perverse moments in all of Hitchcock's film's. Incidentally...the potato truck scene was practically the whole reason why Hitchcock wanted to make the film in the first place
Watched this in film class by O_Goncho	Jul 16th, 2008 10:15:02 PM
Quite enjoyable as films picked for film classes go, I felt quite ashamed for laughing at certain aspects of it though. The potato truck bit was brilliant, but I even chuckled at the face the first woman we see get strangled in front of us makes... please tell me I'm not alone there... I feel bad about it :(
Hitch's last absolute classic by Nasty In The Pasty	Jul 16th, 2008 10:19:01 PM
Too bad he had to go out on the limp Family Plot (wonderful John Williams score, though). "Mr. Rusk...you're not wearing your tie."
Oh lord, I laughed again... by O_Goncho	Jul 16th, 2008 10:19:57 PM
Spoiler picture, obviously, for anyone who doesn't want to see a neck-tie victim... http://www.omghorror.com/globa l/radar/blog_images/64553-12.j pg come on, that could be funny... right? '_'
Damned links by O_Goncho	Jul 16th, 2008 10:23:02 PM
http://i35.tinypic.com/i6xemx. jpg fix'd
Love this movie by Charlie_Allnut	Jul 16th, 2008 10:24:08 PM
I am a HUGE Hitchcock fan and I discovered this movie about two years ago and LOVED it! It amazes me that at the end of a directors career he could still be fearlessly experimenting with styles of cinematography, black humor etc. I mean his style was still evolving even after 50 years of making movies! You look at the auteurs from the 70's like Friedkin, Spielberg, Coppola...and they have almost all lost their edge and their artistic voice. Anybody seen Family Plot?
durant by Quint	Jul 16th, 2008 11:28:25 PM
I'm always open for suggestions. I have seen quite a bit, but (obviously) there are most certainly more films that I haven't seen. The list is pretty locked from here until January of next year, but I'm always looking for new films. I've already added 7 from my last run to the used DVD store. Goncho, I will admit that I thought it was a little over the top when I first saw her, but there's something insanely creepy and off-putting about her tongue hanging out of her mouth... something instantly disturbing, like the image of a person hung. Something that just gets under my skin.
Quint by Mace Tofu	Jul 16th, 2008 11:44:17 PM
BigLots store are selling MGM DVDs new for $3. Not sure if that is a better deal than your used DVD store. My store had about 100 titles to chose from. I picked up SCANNERS, JACK THE GIANT KILLER, LITTLE GIRL WHO LIVED DOWN THE LANE, ONE DAY IN SEPTEMBER, "X" the MAN WITH THE X-RAY EYES to give you an idea of the selection. I'll watch any Hitchcock so Frenzy is a given. The potato sack/truck was shocking too.
Yeah, Pocket Money Is Crap... by Rebeck2	Jul 17th, 2008 12:20:59 AM
And it's a shame because where else do you get Paul Newman and Lee Marvin together? The movie has no point to it at all - I mean, even by the rambling naturalistic standards of 70's cinema (which I love) it is utterly devoid of story and any entertainment value. I haven't seen The Left-Handed Gun. But I really like what Quint is doing here... He's reminding us of why we fell in love with movies to begin with. It gets so negative and bitter on this site so often arguing over what's good and what's crap, it's nice to read a column with a positive effect on talkbackers - that makes them remember a great old movie and whenever they first saw it... I look forward to these now.
Billie Whitelaw = Mrs Baylock by Boba Fat	Jul 17th, 2008 03:35:56 AM
in Donner's Omen. That's a frightening performance. A few years ago she came up to me in the street. I was carrying my six month old baby in one of those front carriers and she took his hand and said "Oh, what beautiful little soul!" I smiled told her how old he was and she walked off. My wife was flattered until I told that was Mrs Baylock! What a nice thing to do though.
Favourite Quote from this movie by PaddyIrishman	Jul 17th, 2008 03:49:08 AM
Lovely, LOvely, Looovvelly!...Hail Mary full of....
Almost Hitchcock's worst film by elab49	Jul 17th, 2008 05:27:57 AM
He gave rein to all that salaciousness he indulged in off-screen that he normally kept tightly wrapped on. This is nasty, often distasteful and relishes the sexual violence far too obviously. He lost control. He also tries too hard and too late for the style of film that came out in the 'swinging' sixties and forgot himself in the process. All those annoying French critics telling him he was a god? He thought he could do anything.
Playwright by EyeofPolyphemus	Jul 17th, 2008 07:15:21 AM
Grammar Nazi says the proper term is "playwright."
I like Family Plot. by Sailor Rip	Jul 17th, 2008 07:37:41 AM
The scene where Dern's car is out of cotrol is really quite tense.
So great to have an R-rated Hitchcock film. by Knuckleduster	Jul 17th, 2008 08:33:33 AM
I often wonder what he would have been up to if he was a working director today. Would he have challenged the censors while sneakily pretending to make "mainstream" films? I like to think so. P.S. Yep, so do I, A4EFFORT. It's a very guilty pleasure.
Dude's never seen Out of the Past? by kungfuhustler84	Jul 17th, 2008 09:06:46 AM
Total noir classic! The main dame in that movie is one of the sexiest old stars I have ever seen in any old movie. the lighting in the Mexico scenes is still some of the best in the biz.
Family Plot is Fine by Samuel Fulmer	Jul 17th, 2008 09:43:06 AM
Other than some very shoddy blue screening (which let's face it plagues many Hitch movies, but this one to the point that it can very distracting) and the fact that it has some wild tonal shifts (comedy to thriller back to comedy), I like the film a lot. It's not one of Hitch's best, but I think it can sit squarely as middle quality Hitchcock. The camera work is still good, Devane plays a great "upper class" creep, John Williams' score is Hitch's best post Herrmann score, good improv (one of the few times Hitch let his actors do this) between Barbara Harris and Bruce Dern, the runaway car set piece, Harris' wink at the audience at the end (which has a bittersweet quality to it considering this was Hitch's last film), and of course Karen Black's gigantic Kentucky Derby hats.
Staircase Tracking Shot by ArcadianDS	Jul 17th, 2008 10:11:04 AM
One of those amazing Hitchcock tracking shots in this one where the camera peels away from the door of a 2nd floor apartment, retreats down the hall, back down the staircase, through the main hall and outside, still backing away across a busy street. Fantastic shot.
Bernard Cribbins... by LordPorkington	Jul 17th, 2008 10:40:52 AM
How come nobody has mentioned him standing to the right of Hitchcock in that article photo? He voiced The Wombles the year after starring in Frenzy. I love the 70's...
I just bought by FILMFUNK	Jul 17th, 2008 11:09:27 AM
The Hitchock mega boxset for the bargain price of £25 down from £90! I am gonna watch Frenzy tonight! seen lots of the obvious ones like Psycho and the Birds but really enjoying his more obscure early stuff like Shadow of Doubt and Frenzy is next.
Yep...the "bushy 70's"... by Kid Z	Jul 17th, 2008 11:52:39 AM
...way back when Brazil was known as just another corrupt, South American banana republic, before the advent of their world-renowned waxing technology...
i checked this out by El Borak	Jul 17th, 2008 12:31:27 PM
to see nudity when i was little and saw this hot naked chick getting strangled to death. very very disturbing. i guess that's why i became a murderer. huh.
Lovely! Lovely! Lovely! by monorail77	Jul 17th, 2008 12:38:37 PM
Best line reading ever. Yup, this is good flick for many reasons.
Quint, recommendations by monorail77	Jul 17th, 2008 12:48:33 PM
I too have been catching up now and then on gaps in my screen knowledge. [p] If you haven't yet seen them, I recommend the folloowing films IO have recently (within the last two years) seen for the firast time: [p] Night and the City (Jules Dassin), Touch of Evil (Orson welles), The Searchers (John Ford), The Ox-Bow Incident, 12 Angry Men, Inherit The Wind, Serpico, Night Moves, Big Night, The Big Sleep, Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The Dirty Dozen, The China Syndrome, Fail-Safe, The Bad and the Beautiful. [p] I've got lots of others, just ask!
whoops, paragraphing failed by monorail77	Jul 17th, 2008 12:49:16 PM
how do you do that trick again?
Food and sex by skimn	Jul 17th, 2008 12:56:08 PM
and the "appetites" of men. Great subtext running through this film. And elab49? Everyone's entitled to their opinion. Too bad yours is very, very wrong.
Subtext, fine. by elab49	Jul 17th, 2008 01:35:38 PM
Clearly getting off on the sexual violence and making that clear on the screen - just a little too tacky. Happy with my opinion, ta :)
The only Hitchcock movie to get a by PacmanFever	Jul 17th, 2008 01:59:46 PM
UK 18 certificate. Never seen it, but have always been intrigued for that reason alone.
Potato truck sequence by Goldmagus	Jul 18th, 2008 05:43:35 PM
Sheer genius. Hitchcock manages to make us complicit with the murderer (just as he did with the scene in PSYCHO, where we're as anxious as Norman about whether the car with Marion's body in it is going to sink in the swamp). It's impossible not to get caught up in the tension, near discovery, and sheer black comedic horror of Barry Foster's character trying to prise the incriminating tie pin out of the rigor mortis-locked fingers of his last victim. A singularly unpleasant film as a whole, but this sequence is Hitchcock at his finest.

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