Hitchcock.

Yesterday was Alfred Hitchcock's birthday; he would have been 107. As it happens, the last two "summertime" entries are, among other things, appreciations of films by Hitchcock: Dennis Cozzalio on Notorious and Michael Guillen on Vertigo. The two titles pop up quite a few times in answers to Anne Thompson's "Hitchcock birthday quiz." She posted her ten questions just today, but already, just look at those terrific answers.

"Do you think he may have seen a little bit of himself in you?" That's one of the questions Joe Leydon asked Anthony Perkins back in 1985. Later in the interview, Perkins remarks, "Actually, it's an honor to be associated with a movie that has lasted and gone on through a generation, and is still able to quicken the pulse." Earlier: "Hitch."

Online listening tip. Tom Sutpen introduces "The Hitchcock/Truffaut Tapes #10" at If Charlie Parker Was a Gunslinger...: "[T]he recording bears every sign of a man trying very hard to restrain himself as his ego tries to digest what is to it an undigestible morsel. And what better way to push it through than finding in the moment occasion to bring forth... God help us, but it was inevitable... The MacGuffen."

Update: Tim Lucas.

Update, 8/16: At Zoom In Online, Annie Frisbie's answers for Anne Thompson's quiz.

Posted by dwhudson at August 14, 2006 1:13 PM