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Todd McEwen in Granta, Cary Grant’s Suit:

“North by Northwest isn’t a film about what happens to Cary Grant, it’s about what happens to his suit. The suit has the adventures, a gorgeous New York suit threading its way through America. The title sequence in which the stark lines of a Madison Avenue office building are ‘woven’ together could be the construction of Cary in his suit right there — he gets knitted into his suit, into his job, before our very eyes. Indeed some of the popular ‘suitings’ of that time (‘windowpane’ or ‘glen plaid’) perfectly complemented office buildings. Cary’s suit reflects New York, identifies him as a thrusting exec, but also arms him, protects him: what else is a suit for? Reflects and Protects: a slogan Cary’s character, Roger Thornhill, might have come up with himself.

But, as Thoreau wrote, ‘A man who has at length found something to do will not need to get a new suit to do it in.’ Cary may cut quite a figure but as a person he is meaningless, so far. We find him in the Suit, but certainly he has not found himself, or ‘what to do’.”

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Martijn Hendriks, Give Us Today Our Daily Terror. Still. (2008 – ongoing).

Martijn Hendriks, Give Us Today Our Daily Terror:

“Exact copy of Hitchcock’s 1963 film The Birds from which all birds have been removed. Single channel video, color, 119 minutes.”

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The Key to Reserva: Martin Scorsese does Alfred Hitchcock.

1000 Frames of Hitchcock:

“”1000 Frames of Hitchcock” is an attempt to reduce each of the 52 available major Hitchcock films down to just 1000 frames.”

Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Cure for insomnia. Meer aan- en afkondigingen uit Alfred Hitchcock Presents op YouTube.

• Ellen von Unwerth – “Ellen photographs women like objects, almost like a voyeur. They’re very sexy photos. If you look at her photos, you would say a man made them. I would say an older man who likes young girls.” Aldus Isabella Rossellini.
• Silent Films, More Films and Soundtracks – Een mooie selectie van recente toevoegingen aan het publieke domein; wat betekent vrijelijk (gratis) te bekijken. Met o.a. Battleship Potemkin, Buster Keaton, Rudolf Valentino, John Wayne en Hitchcock.
• Military Posters of 20th century – Russen en Duitsers lustten er wel pap van.