[Closed] Movie alert: Once again, here in the States, Turner Classic Movies

Movies.

Not right Kim comes first.

I think you're right.

Especially the scene with her in that green sweater. That's one good-looking
woman!

The cars are nice, too, though. The single-colored DeSoto James Stewart drives
throughout the movie is neat, and I like the Jaguar saloon also.

Rick

Movies.

I never forgot the green sweater.

This is one film where the cars are the true stars! .....

Otherwise IMHO it's one of the worst of Hitchcock's films. It just drags on and on! The saving grace of the film are indeed the cars! I did manage to stay awake on the only time I watched it!

However, don't let me stop you enjoying the picture. We can't all like the same thing!

Cheers Chris

I don't disagree, Chris.

It does drag on and on, and it isn't nearly as suspenseful as most of the master's
films. As far as Hitchcock's films go, it is far from his best.

As you say, the stars are the cars. And Ms. Novak. Worth watching on both
counts.

The movie is followed by "Rear Window," another one I find tedious to watch but
exciting and suspenseful in parts. No cars, though, and therefore less worthy!

Rick

Movies, now I'll have to get Vertigo , I've seen it before but don't recall it. I do remember Kim however. I have nearly as many movies as I have cars, closing in on 1000 on DVD and VHS (no copies) I have a 75" screen and ceiling mounted projector and surround sound setup. Blows away any plasma/flat screens I've seen. The downside is the projector bulbs cost $300. and I'm on the third bulb in three years! I've become too paranoid to even use it, I've been watching movies lately on my 20" flat screen PC monitor.

My favourite Hitchcock movies were

The Birds and Marnie, but also had a HUGE soft spot for the leading lady in both, Tipi Hedren Stunning !!!

Nice Aston conv in the Birds aswell. Can't remember what Sean Connery drove in Marnie, to busy watching Tipi Hedren.

Did anyone besides me notice the abundance of Buicks in the movie? Lots of Fords and Chevys in the background but it seemed like almost every time a car was shown relatively close, it was a Buick. Were the car companies paying the movie companies back then like I've heard they do today?

I can't answer your question regarding product placement, but I agree that there were an awful lot of Buicks parked on the streets, in
addition to the black one all alone in front of the sanitorium!

I thought it was just me! Dillon Taylor sent me a neat website which featured
shots of SF from the movie and compared the same scenes today. Check it out:

http://www.basichip.com/vertigo/main.htm

I spent an enjoyable hour looking at all these cool photos!

Rick

My understanding was that the manufacturers used to supply cars to movie makers in hopes that it would lend some cachet to their products by being seen with big name movie stars behind the wheel. I don't think the makers actually paid the studios but it's certainly not beyond reason to think that some money didn't change hands somewhere.

If that's true, DeSoto certainly got their money's worth, didn't they?

That's got to be the most on-screen exposure of a single car in any movie
ever made! I don't think that the Mustang in "Bullitt" got as much onscreen
time as that DeSoto did.

I thought it was interesting that the DeSoto wasn't a dramatic two-tone car,
but a subdued monochromatic color more in keeping with James Stewart's
character. I do wonder why they went for a two-door hardtop, though, rather
than a more subdued two- or four-door sedan. He wouldn't have looked as
authentic in a yellow/black or burgundy/pink one, though both were available
and not uncommon at the time.

Rick

De Soto revisited

It's somewhat weird but when I was a teenager in '58 there were five De Sotos on my block! Both sides of the street consisting of about ten houses, we were the poor family, we had a '54 Chevy. There were three '56s, a pristine '49 and a new '58. And to top it off, a friend who lived in a rural area who had to drive to school would pick me up every morning in his father's '57 Firesweep which thanks to Western Models I've been able to obtain that model in the correct colors in 1/43.

Thanks for the interesting replies.

I guess I wasn't the only one to notice that, after all. And I agree that surely some money changed hands to get that kind of exposure. I mean the viewers are sometimes naive but not blind. Still a good movie for car watchers.

Richard, that was fascinating. Thanks.