From what I was reading here, that's what I'm anticipating. Though 6 months ago, when I was in the market for a new player and was considering going 4K, I went to B&H and noticed they still have a Sony HD panel the same size as the current one I own. Don't know how long that will last though.
Hardly. It’s a terrific film.
Family Plot, although creaky at times, is enjoyable fluff.
Indeed, it’s about as far from out fashioned filmmaking as one can imagine. perhaps Hitch in viewing his “pupils” found himself reinvigorated. It’s certainly reflected with the excellent script except this is truly the one film where the wrong man is the least appealing character in the film.
Hm. These things can be a bit subjective, but it almost sounds to me like a tone mapping and/or brightness issue in the projection set-up. I've got a 4K JVC (RS1100/NP5) but I don't encounter that. How many calibrated nits are you getting?
Yes Jon Finch is really close to the bottom of the barrel as the hero. Think if a much more magnetic 34 year old Terrence Stamp had been cast in the lead instead. And maybe a Romy Schneider, Liv Ullmann or maybe even Monica Vitti cast as the sensible ex-wife (imagine how upsetting the subsequent events would have been). Maybe expand the interplay between the exes to pull the audience towards them both. It seems like Hitchcock was trying to save money by not casting stars. I think he undercut the effectiveness of his style of movie-making by going cheap. Topaz suffered from the same lack of stars plus a dull script. Marnie had the very effective Sean Connery opposite a chirping, vapid Tippi Hedren.
I agree absolutely about the magnificent Sean Connery, but I think Tippi Hedren was also really good.
Put another 100 hours on your lamp and you will.
I don’t know that is the case. I think hangout exactly what he wanted which was to have a villain far more charismatic as it works in the scene where Barry is trying to retrieve his tie pin. Audience actually feel rather slimy because we are almost rotting for him and it adds to the tension. If Hitch were simply trying to save money, he could have gone with many other unknown or lesser known actors. I doubt that Stamp’s fee would have busted the budget. The actors play the script and I suspect Hitch wanted unappealing leads to contrast and highlight Barry’s character. Remember, he tried to get Michael Caine for the role so, again, I don’t think it was as much about money as part of his plan.
The actors in Frenzy were all mainstream and first class and selected for that very reason and to suggest otherwise is totally incorrect.
