So we watched Hitckcock’s Notorious last night, which I hadn’t seen for years. Fine stuff from the same era as the brilliant Shadow of a Doubt (wherein Joseph Cotten positively rocks). It’s a classic, it’s all been said already… most of the praise is entirely deserved.
The acting? Cary Grant is Cary Grant. I like him fine, so what the hell. But the real plaudits go to Ingrid Bergman and the inimitable Claude Rains (who, let’s face it, thoroughly stole the show in Casablanca).
On the DVD front, very great news (to me) comes in the form of a long-overdue UK release of Orson Welles’ The Trial, early in May. I haven’t seen this for years either, and I was seriously thinking about ordering the French version. I don’t suppose many people share my enthusiasm, which might be why it took so long to appear. Orson is God. ‘Nuff said!