• Repertory Pick: Gettin’ Hitched

    Starting this weekend and running through April 24, the Pacific Film Archive in Berkeley will be highlighting the vast career of Alfred Hitchcock, from his early British films to his later Hollywood thrillers. This Saturday, January 12, they’re showing his 1934 suspense classic The Man Who Knew Too Much, which is coming out on Criterion Blu-ray and DVD next week. Later remade by the director himself, this original is quintessential Hitch, as you can see in this clip from a central scene set at a concert hall, a master class in composition, camera movement, editing, and sound.

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  • By Craig J. Clark
    January 11, 2013
    09:32 AM

    It's rather telling that this is the one sequence in the film that Hitchcock pretty much recreated shot-for-shot in the remake. Some things just can't be improved upon.
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    • By Ed Vandeweerd
      January 29, 2013
      03:15 PM

      and personally I prefer the originals to the more glitzy glamorized Hollywood remakes which in my view were unnecessary.

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