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May 6, 2023Liked by Dr. Kathleen Waller

Lady From Shanghai by Orson Welles. Bizarre, and somewhat incoherent. It features Welles doing his best Irish accent. Although his performance isn’t the only distinctive one. One of my favorite Welles movie. The ending in the house of mirrors is great (would’ve been better if the studio hadn’t made Welles cut a lot of it). I will have to rewatch this again soon.

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May 8, 2023Liked by Dr. Kathleen Waller

Trying to avoid "the usual suspects," I'll go for "Experiment in Terror" by Blake Edwards.

https://ok.ru/video/3742856579790

I had never heard of this film until a couple of years ago. I watched it while infected with Covid, and maybe it was the effect of the fever but I found it incredibly creepy.

Also, great opening titles with a creepy/sensual soundtrack by Henry Mancini.

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I like the paranoia thrillers “All The President’s Men” and “The Parallax View.”

The Watergate movie is interesting because it’s based on the Woodward and Bernstein book, but the book about the real life events has little of the creepy paranoid atmosphere. The director Alan Pakula used film technique to layer that into the story.

In other words, the book isn’t really a thriller but the movie is, even though the details of the story are mostly kept intact.

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May 6, 2023Liked by Dr. Kathleen Waller

Has to be Shutter Island. Genuinely creepy and doesn't go the way you think it might!

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May 6, 2023Liked by Dr. Kathleen Waller

"The Usual Suspects" popped straight into my mind - you've got it covered! How about "Klute" 1971. Fonda and Sutherland, dream team. Also "The Day of the Jackal" 1973 with Edward Fox. I haven't seen the remake but the original was perfect. Last but not least, "The French Connection" 1971 with Scheider and Hackman. They shot a high speed car chase through NYC without asking the permission of the authorities. If it happened now they'd all have gone to jail! Great article and thanks for sharing The Dialectic x

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May 6, 2023Liked by Dr. Kathleen Waller

Great!

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Love Rear Window and all those old Hitchcock-ian thrillers; Vertigo as well. There's no better way to spend a lazy weekend afternoon than cozying up with an old movie like that!

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