It is noteworthy that this is not the first Hitchcock film with this title, he made the so-called auto-remake, that is, he created a remake of his own film in 1934. The original, unfortunately, I did not see, but in the near future I am going to do it, but now we are talking about this picture of 1956 release.
Dr. Ben and Joe McKenna, simple, unsuspecting tourists, go on vacation in Morocco. Together with their son Hank, they enjoy a vacation when they meet Mr. and Mrs. Drayton, a married couple from England, and the suspicious but friendly Frenchman Louis Bernard. After that, the most interesting thing begins... As always, Hitchcock's hero must save the world. It was the same with Cary Grant in North by Northwest, and it was the same with James Stewart. Of course, this is not advertised in the film, but it is so clear that if he does not stop someone, then he will do something bad, and because of this a lot of people will suffer. Everything is clear and simple, but there is one thing... If in the 1959 film Cary Grant thought only about the well-being of the country (or individual subjects, this is not so important), then in this film for the character of Stewart in the first place was still the family, and then everything else. This, in my opinion, is the most important thing in this film, because family should always come first.
James Stuart, as always, played above all praise. So naturally portrayed the fear of loss and the face of danger, and when he was in a nervous tic crumbling telephone directory, I really felt sorry for him, and this happens to me very rarely when watching movies. I can’t say the same about the other actors and actresses in this movie. The main female role in this film was played by Doris Day. I haven’t watched a single film with her participation before, but you can immediately see that the actress from her is not very good. It didn’t look convincing throughout the film, but it was cool at the end, although I doubt it was her. Phonogram friends, phonogram.
You can see that after the film Rope (according to the chronology of the first Hitchcock color film I saw), this director has a certain visual style. All his color films are made in one tone. The same "Rope", also "Rear Window", are those films that he made before this film, the same in this picture. I don't know how to describe it. As if the film is dominated by yellow, orange and brown tones, which makes the film look much more pleasant than a regular color film. Also with this visual side there is a new atmosphere, which was not, for example, in the black and white Hitchcock thriller Rebecca, and in his other non-color paintings, but with the advent of color everything changed. Perhaps that’s why I like all his later works more than the earlier ones. Although, I can’t say the same about the movie “Psycho” or “Rebekah”, but they conquered me completely different.
I've seen all four Hitchcock-Stewart films. I can say with confidence that none of them is better than “Windows in the yard” and “Vertigo”. I felt the same way about the movie Rope, but I liked it more. I love paintings without a scale that are shot in a minimum number of scenery. They're a little more comfortable. But, despite all this, I liked the film, and I can confidently say that the Hitchcock-Stewart tandem, one of the best actor-director tandems in the world of cinema.
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