Quote:
|
Originally Posted by george kaplan
The discussion of Blow-Up reminds me of the alternate ending of Dodgeball. I realize it was meant as a joke, but he could have indeed ended it that way and claimed all kinds of bullshit reasons for doing so, but it would still be wrong and not fit the rest of the film. I will simply never buy that such a great Hitchcockian mystery unresolved in the worst possible way is somehow more meaningful than a great Hitchcockian mystery resolved such as Vertigo, which again says more in 5 minutes than Antonioni could say in 5 years.
Moving on...
Bob le Flambeur
Not horrible, but horribly overrated. Made the same time as Rififi a great heist film that kicked that genre into high gear. Bob is a not very good heist film that kicked the New Wave into high gear. Considering I love great heist films, and don't think much of the French new wave, it's no surprise that Rififi sits proudly on my shelf, and Bob never will.
|
I think Vertigo is a great ending but I question whether anything is resolved.
Does Madeleine fall to her death or does she trick Scottie yet again and in virtually the same spot as before? Do we see a dead body or just Scottie staring down in the dark looking for one while Madeleine makes her way around the ledge to the other side?
Is there even a reality or is this merely a dream that continues? Perhaps the dream of the mad woman we see in the opening credits.
Point is that the richness that is Vertigo is in its possibilities. If you prefer to see it as resolved that's fine but I don't see that as what Hitch was going for.
I'm a fan of Bob Le Flambeur but I can see how it is not for everyone. I really enjoy duality in all its form and Bob Le Flambeur is all about presenting duality including repeated words, repeated props, mirror images, old/young etc. etc. (little pun there).
