tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post2430245947888439710..comments2024-03-29T10:25:17.813-04:00Comments on Jungle Red Writers: Hallie's Hitchcock Moments...Jungle Red Writershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16646429819267618412noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-5746691250901743562013-01-06T00:33:07.695-05:002013-01-06T00:33:07.695-05:00indefinitely--damn these touch screens! Mollyindefinitely--damn these touch screens! MollyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-6457919468176697872013-01-06T00:30:51.213-05:002013-01-06T00:30:51.213-05:00No, but I just swore off milk i definitely...molly...No, but I just swore off milk i definitely...mollyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-18666064305855036292013-01-05T22:09:19.915-05:002013-01-05T22:09:19.915-05:00When Alfred Hitchcock spoke at an American Film In...When Alfred Hitchcock spoke at an American Film Institute seminar in 1970, he said what he really cared about was making suspense films . . . not mystery films . . . and that the essential ingredient in his film was the creation of suspense and getting that suspense element right. He went on to say that he did not get it right in “Sabotage” in 1936 but that he learned from that error and thereafter made certain to build the suspense “in the right way.”Joan Emersonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-50172822940695231772013-01-05T17:27:27.150-05:002013-01-05T17:27:27.150-05:00That's what my father told me years ago. Like ...That's what my father told me years ago. Like a tiny flashlight.Maureen Harringtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499876353651763590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-69826519564703951952013-01-05T17:22:22.408-05:002013-01-05T17:22:22.408-05:00Really ?? Now I'm curious ...Really ?? Now I'm curious ...Hallie Ephronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04759439029582054503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-84147089749622353002013-01-05T15:15:17.358-05:002013-01-05T15:15:17.358-05:00Hitchcock used a battery-powered lightbulb in the ...Hitchcock used a battery-powered lightbulb in the glass of milk.Maureen Harringtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499876353651763590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-17971891303796199962013-01-05T14:47:27.457-05:002013-01-05T14:47:27.457-05:00Love Hitchcock. Must have been his TV show that in...Love Hitchcock. Must have been his TV show that introduced me to mysteries. Now I have the theme song stuck in my ear. And the visual. His silhouette moves slowly to fill his outline. Over and over. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_AmqBGDJDsMaureen Harringtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499876353651763590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-74058212814173314702013-01-05T14:35:30.310-05:002013-01-05T14:35:30.310-05:00I agree. It's the little things that give me t...I agree. It's the little things that give me this creeping sense of unease that stay with me-in books as wells movies. And, yes, how did he keep the lightbulb lit? Or was it some kind os special effect?lil Glucksternhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09288522126331817172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-1727230096071913872013-01-05T14:29:08.348-05:002013-01-05T14:29:08.348-05:00Hallie, I suspect I'm going to use this in our...Hallie, I suspect I'm going to use this in our little chat on Amazon:-)<br /><br />Yes, brilliant. I love the little out-of-place things, the telling details, the ordinary little thing that gives everything away, if only the reader/viewer notices...<br /><br />I can see this leading to the art of misdirection...Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11519514786198185277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-69758642063443353782013-01-05T12:52:27.158-05:002013-01-05T12:52:27.158-05:00So how did he keep the light bulb glowing inside t...So how did he keep the light bulb glowing inside the glass?Leslie Budewitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11942314846112875042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-9221630740128456572013-01-05T11:28:16.146-05:002013-01-05T11:28:16.146-05:00Hallie, I think Hitchcock should be the inspiratio...Hallie, I think Hitchcock should be the inspiration and mentor for all mystery and thriller writers. He was the master of taking the ordinary and giving it that little twist.<br /><br />My husband was convinced that someone had come into our house and cut our loaf of bread crookedly. The phantom bread cutter became the one we blamed for anything strange in the house. <br />Rhys Bowenhttp://www.rhysbowen.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-11728760965443707662013-01-05T10:16:24.794-05:002013-01-05T10:16:24.794-05:00Oh, thanks for that insight. Little things out of...Oh, thanks for that insight. Little things out of place. I sometimes scare myself by imagining them when I come home. The idea of moving them into writing is brilliant. (Like a light bulb). The sinister in the ordinary.Susan Dhttp://www.susannastone.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-12182358930483720612013-01-05T09:42:47.223-05:002013-01-05T09:42:47.223-05:00I did not know this about the lightbulb in the mil...I did not know this about the lightbulb in the milk - brilliant!<br /><br />And I agree - I find the subtle suspense far more terrifying and riveting than the flamboyant, in your face type action. <br /><br />Terrific piece, Hallie.Kaye Wilkinson Barley - Meanderings and Museshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07486129009717476920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-11068538975079611162013-01-05T08:01:31.293-05:002013-01-05T08:01:31.293-05:00Great discussion Hallie! I don't think I saw t...Great discussion Hallie! I don't think I saw the movie with the milk moment but it sounds absolutely terrifying.<br /><br />Just by happenstance, we saw THE 39 STEPS last night, which was based on a 1935 film directed by Hitchcock. And full of allusions to his other movies. So, so, so silly, though wonderfully produced with only 4 actors playing all the characters.Lucy Burdette aka Roberta Isleibhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04660402177299546055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-76011021513527079962013-01-05T07:15:04.188-05:002013-01-05T07:15:04.188-05:00Somehow, Ms. H, I do not think you've "en...Somehow, Ms. H, I do not think you've "ended up" writing anything just yet. Surely both you and your literary career have much farther to travel, this blog being a great example, IMHO. It's a wonderful lesson for writers here, how hard film directors work to put just the right thing in their story. Tone, mood, character, even suspense itself as you so aptly point out. Wonderful stuff. Thank you for this and all the Reds' help. Jack Getzehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09516237388744739669noreply@blogger.com