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<title><![CDATA[Minnie Q. Thief]]></title>
<link>http://dcairns.wordpress.com/2009/12/02/minnie-q-thief/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 14:38:41 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>dcairns</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Like THE BIRDS, MARNIE was released by Universal on DVD in the wrong ratio at first. This was the fi]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Without Feathers]]></title>
<link>http://dcairns.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/without-feathers/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:54:52 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Hitchcock slows down markedly after PSYCHO &#8212; at first because he spent a long time publicizing]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Withering on the sports vine]]></title>
<link>http://warrenlanger.wordpress.com/2009/08/12/withering-on-the-sports-vine/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 13:02:41 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Warren Langer</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[  As a modestly active sports guy in a relatively inactive life I bow to nobody when it comes to act]]></description>
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<p style="text-align:left;">As a modestly active sports guy in a relatively inactive life I bow to nobody when it comes to actively participating in Sports TV.</p>
<p> I watch the Florida Marlins with a religious fervor that would do Martin Luther proud particularly if he played second base.</p>
<p> The Marlins have won five in a row; first taking three from the Phillies and the last two from Houston. They came back last night from a 6-2 score to win in the 11<sup>th</sup> 9-8.</p>
<p> I’ve seen The Babe play in a War Bond Game at Yankee Stadium hitting against Walter Johnson. The Absolute Best playing the Absolute Best. Babe missed a few and then hit one into the right field bleachers. The applause was deafening and the happiest guy in the place was The Babe rounding the bases slowly.</p>
<p> I grew up in the Bronx and watched Lou and Joe, King Kong Keller, Old Reliable Tommy Henrich, Bill Dickey, Joe Gordon, George Selkirk, Charley Ruffing and Lefty Gomez.</p>
<p> Phil Rizzuto and Yogi and Hank Bauer, Whitey Ford and Vic Raschi.</p>
<p> Pretty good teams.</p>
<p> A college friend worked for Esquire and the magazine had season tickets for the Giants in 1950 when Mr. Mays came along.</p>
<p> Even then you knew something great was with us.</p>
<p> I walk with a cane these days, not in the greatest of shape, and far from the me that chopped wood to heat a Pennsylvania house.</p>
<p> I was once a so-so runner and even less as a basketball player.</p>
<p> I loved basketball, played the gunner role and didn’t know what defense was. It was so long ago plenty of us shot fouls underhand.</p>
<p> A kid I grow up with played for the CCNY team that threw games and lit the fire for the first real basketball scandal. I like to think he wasn’t good enough to be bribed.</p>
<p> Dolph Schayes was a neighborhood kid and he played for NYU and the Syracuse Nationals. He’s in the National Basketball Association Hall of Fame.</p>
<p> It’s good to have memories and yesterday for reasons unknown several came rushing back.</p>
<p> I went through Navy Air basic training in Memphis.</p>
<p> Two weeks on the parallel bars, two weeks on the rings, two weeks learning how to box.</p>
<p> I became as good a boxer as I was a basketball player. In short – not much.</p>
<p> Our teacher was a former Welterweight Champ of the World.</p>
<p> Tommy Freeman. Won the title in Cleveland from Young Jack Thompson. September 5, 1930. He won on points after 15 rounds.</p>
<p> He lost the title in Cleveland to Young Jack Thompson on a TKO in the 12<sup>th</sup> round. April 14, 1931.</p>
<p> By the time I knew him (and I didn’t) he was in the heavyweight class, slow but nimble. He made us all look like fools.</p>
<p> I learned a little, not enough to do anyone any harm but maybe I trapped a little internal fear.</p>
<p> I checked Tommy Freeman’s record yesterday. He had 219 fights, won 176, lost 20 and drew 22 times.</p>
<p> Fighters fought in those days. Tommy Freeman boxed 1722 professional rounds, won knockouts 36.99% of the time.</p>
<p> <strong>219 fights</strong>. They don’t do that any more. 25 fights these days is a career.</p>
<p> Google put me on to something that had his entire record.</p>
<p> Most of the names were meaningless to me but then I saw that he boxed Canada Lee twice and won twice.</p>
<p> Canada Lee. A former jockey, a former this and that, so-so boxer and finally an actor working with and for Orson Welle’s <em>Federal Theatre Project. </em></p>
<p> He played Bigger Thomson in Richard Wright’s <em>Native Son</em>, had a seaman’s role in Alfred Hitchcock’s <em>Lifeboat</em> and journeyed to South Africa with Sidney Poitier to be in <em>Cry the Beloved Country</em>.</p>
<p> He had a boxing role in John Garfield’s boxing film, <em>Body and Soul.</em></p>
<p> He was one of the first black actors to crack Hollywood, no mean feat in pre-Obama days. He befriended Paul Robeson during difficult times and was supposed to out the great Rutgers football player, singer/actor as a Communist.</p>
<p> He didn’t.</p>
<p> The circle keeps going.</p>
<p> Poitier&#8217;s big breakout role was as one of the unruly students in Evan Hunter’s <em>Blackboard Jungle</em>.</p>
<p> Evan went to Hunter College after World War II when previously all-girl Hunter started to accept men.</p>
<p> He started life as Salvatore Lumbino and, so the story goes, took the name Evan Hunter because he liked the names Evan and Hunter. Most of us put two and two together after learning he had attended EVANder Childs High School and Hunter College.</p>
<p> And I always thought I had a great outside shot.</p>
<p> So one day I’m up at a friend’s place on Bainbridge Avenue in the Northern Bronx. Evan is there along with assorted friends. He had a black notebook used by public school students everywhere in which resided a handwritten draft of <em>Blackboard Jungle</em>. I read it, told him it was wonderful but thought it lacked character and depth.</p>
<p> It was, of course, an instant success and Evan went on to another name, Ed McBain, to write very, very good detective stories. He also wrote the screenplay for Hitchcock’s <em>The Birds</em>.</p>
<p> And befriended me as a struggling writer in the late 1950s.</p>
<p> <em>Editorial note. The reason I wasn’t crazy about this first draft of BJ is that a friend from college, Charley Pritchard had been at </em><em>Normandy</em><em> </em><em>June 6, 1944</em><em> and written a book I thought was destined to be one of the great ones.</em></p>
<p><em> </em><em>It was never published.</em></p>
<p><em> </em>One night Evan, Allan Kurtzman, who later became president of <em>Max Factor</em> and <em>Neutrogena</em> and I went to the <em>Poe Cozy Nook</em> for a few drinks. </p>
<p> We had several more than a few and I ultimately found myself in bed surrounded by (there’s no way to hide this) vomit.</p>
<p> A night to recall with pride.</p>
<p>.My days of running, basketball and chopping wood to heat a house are long gone.</p>
<p> I mean LONG GONE since sounds associated with my presence now include a cane thumping merrily along.</p>
<p> Like everybody else in the world I am chair-bound to NFL football and cherish visions of Unitas &#38; Co, Franco Harris, Bobby Layne and Mr. Butkus a fellow alumnus of football ineptness at the U. of Illinois.</p>
<p> I can’t say I will watch everything because that’s far from the truth. Mixed Martial Arts reminds me of Sarah Palin and Lacrosse leaves me cross.</p>
<p> I don’t like Nascar but I do like Car Auctions where I keep hoping they will slide into the Sales Slot a 1965 Austin Healy Sprite.</p>
<p> Naturally enough we once owned one purchased in Christmas, Florida.</p>
<p> I don’t care for trucks bumbling along and hunting for elk in the high mountains makes me wish for a martini which I can no longer have.</p>
<p> I enjoy the fishing shows but nobody seems to pursue pickerels as I once did for two long ago summers.</p>
<p> I enjoy Tiger, Tiger <em>Burning Bright</em> and immensely dislike hockey: ice and roller.</p>
<p> The world may love soccer but I don’t.</p>
<p> Allan Kurtzman and Evan Hunter are no longer with us.  Neither is Tommy Freeman, but Mr. Poitier is still, maybe, coming to dinner.</p>
<p>Where is this heading? Right to the top!</p>
<p>Withering Heights.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Tippi tells the tigers]]></title>
<link>http://simonhickson.wordpress.com/2009/07/02/tippi-tells-the-tigers/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:41:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Simon Hickson</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Thriller- photographed by Tippi Hedren I&#8217;ve avoided the whole Michael Jackson thing. Oh sure, ]]></description>
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<p>I&#8217;ve avoided the whole Michael Jackson thing. Oh sure, I&#8217;ve posted a few, mildly cheeky comments on Twitter. But the truth is Michael Jackson&#8217;s pretty much passed me by, and once things started getting really dodgy, I just kept away forever.</p>
<p>Actually that&#8217;s not quite true. When <em>HIStory</em> came out in 1995 he craftily put a &#8220;free&#8221; disc in with it, full of his hits. I was nearly fooled. I thought it was some kind of bargain; a must have. We were touring at the time, and as was our style, we would spend far too much time in record shops. I&#8217;d loiter by the <em>HIStory</em> shelves, pondering Jacko&#8217;s stone pose. I&#8217;d pick up the CD and that would be when Trev, my comedy partner, would intervene. <em>&#8220;Put it back!&#8221;</em></p>
<p>As simple as that.<em> &#8220;Put it back!&#8221;</em> A moment&#8217;s hesitancy and &#8220;NOW!&#8221; I&#8217;d asked him to act as my Jacko protector and he did a good job. The CD would be returned and Trev would lead me in the direction of Weller.</p>
<p>I paid a little attention when John Landis and Martin Scorsese got involved in making the videos, but surely<em> Bad</em> was just a blip in Scorsese&#8217;s career. Where was his Trev? Where was De Niro, pointing out the error, telling him to put the Jackson back? Now!</p>
<p>But, you know, the poor guy&#8217;s died, only 50, and, whatever his faults and failings, that&#8217;s sad. And those that are hurting are not just his fans, but his family and those nearest and dearest to him.</p>
<p>Like Thriller and Sabu.</p>
<p>Thriller and Sabu were Michael&#8217;s Bengal tigers, named after his album <em>Thriller</em> and his little-known duet with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Brunk">Terry Brunk</a> <em>Ebony and Slam Dunk</em> (possibly) . When he closed his zoo, Thriller and Sabu had to pack their bags. Off they headed to the <a href="http://www.shambala.org/">Shambala Preserve</a>;  <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">a jam</span> animal sanctuary founded by the gorgeous<a href="http://www.legendsofhorror.org/images/birds/bimg6.jpg"> Tippi Hedren</a>.</p>
<p>It may seem odd that a woman most known for being pecked to bits by birds should choose to work with animals. But not really, for <em>The Birds</em> isn&#8217;t true. It&#8217;s a story made up by Ed McBain, writing under the name of Evan Hunter.</p>
<p>And so Tippi told the tigers.<em> &#8220;I went up and sat with them for a while and let them know that Michael was   gone. You don&#8217;t know what mental telepathy exists from the human to the animal, but I hope they understood.&#8221;</em> Me too.</p>
<p>Apparently, Bubbles hasn&#8217;t been told yet. He&#8217;s 26 now, and has a bit of a temper. According to <em>The Sun</em> he spends his days listening to <em>&#8220;calming flute music&#8221;</em>.</p>
<p>According to me Bubbles said<em> &#8220;Give me calming flute music over <strong>Why You Wanna Trip on Me</strong> anyday.&#8221;</em></p>
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<title><![CDATA[“Gli Uccelli”]]></title>
<link>http://cinemaleo.wordpress.com/2009/07/01/%e2%80%9cgli-uccelli%e2%80%9d/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:36:43 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>cinemaleo</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[1963: The Birds di Alfred Hitchcock Critica (odierna) e pubblico (da sempre) concordi: un capolavoro]]></description>
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<p>Critica (odierna) e pubblico (da sempre) concordi: un capolavoro, innovativo e diverso. Presentato al XVI Festival di Cannes, ebbe allora giudizi molto negativi da parte degli “esperti”, “esperti” che fortunatamente si sono ricreduti. Il film è stato presentato in versione restaurata al Festival di Locarno nell’Agosto del 1999.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://www.mymovies.it/filmclub/2006/01/154/locandina.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1985" title="gli-uccelli" src="http://cinemaleo.wordpress.com/files/2009/07/gli-uccelli.gif" alt="gli-uccelli" width="113" height="136" /></a> <a href="http://cinemaleo.wordpress.com/giudiziocritico/"><img style="border:0 none;" src="http://img34.glitterfy.com/153/glitterfy102056481D33.gif" border="0" alt="Glitter Photos" width="117" height="136" /></a></p>
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<p>Tutto <strong>Hitchcock</strong> in questo film: il gusto di sorprendere, la maestria nel centellinare la suspense, l’abilità di costruire una apparente storia di contorno, il giocare intelligentemente collo spettatore.</p>
<p>Gli stupendi titoli di testa (con le lettere del cast frantumate dalle ombre saettanti degli stormi) si aprono a una commedia sentimentale come tante: poi piano piano, per piccoli tocchi, si arriva all’orrore apocalittico.</p>
<p>Quanta sapienza, quanta bravura!</p>
<p>Dopo quarant&#8217;anni continua ad essere un punto di riferimento: costruito con tecnica minuziosa vicina al perfezionismo ( il film si compone di quasi 1.400 inquadrature, 371 delle quali consistono in effetti speciali) è ancora capace di affascinare e tenerci inchiodati alla poltrona.</p>
<p>Sangue? E chi ha bisogno di sangue?</p>
<p>A <strong>Sir Alfred</strong> bastano un po&#8217; di uccellini e due ore di angoscia non ce le leva nessuno.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://blogosfere1.blogs.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/uccelli_a.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1986" title="gli-uccelli-jessica-tandy" src="http://cinemaleo.wordpress.com/files/2009/07/gli-uccelli-jessica-tandy.jpg?w=150" alt="gli-uccelli-jessica-tandy" width="150" height="112" /></a> <a href="http://blogosfere1.blogs.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/tippi.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1988" title="gli-uccelli-tippi-hedren" src="http://cinemaleo.wordpress.com/files/2009/07/gli-uccelli-tippi-hedren.jpg?w=150" alt="gli-uccelli-tippi-hedren" width="150" height="112" /></a></p>
<p>Opera unica e inclassificabile, è un film ricco di tensione, originale e perfettamente costruito: da una novella di Daphne du Maurier, sceneggiata da Evan Hunter alias Ed McBain, è l&#8217;horror più riuscito di<strong> Hitchcock</strong>, con un cast azzeccatissimo (vorrei almeno ricordare l’eccezionale <strong>Jessica Tandy</strong>, oltre naturalmente la sua pupilla <strong>Tippi Hedren</strong>), un montaggio favoloso e un’incredibile colonna sonora (del fedelissimo <strong>Bernard Herrmann</strong>), una colonna sonora senza musica reale &#8211; onomatopeica &#8211; basata sull&#8217;alterazione di suoni, rumori e versi animali.</p>
<p>Metafora della paura di ciò che ci aspetta là fuori nel mondo esterno (la scena finale della macchina che si allontana lentamente tra gli uccelli calmi è entrata nella storia), dell’essere umano che si ritrova a fare i conti con la caduta del suo dominio, dell’incapacità degli uomini di reagire… (quante sono le interpretazioni date al film?) .</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://blogosfere1.blogs.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/uccelli_finale.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1989" title="gli-uccelli-scena-finale" src="http://cinemaleo.wordpress.com/files/2009/07/gli-uccelli-scena-finale.jpg?w=150" alt="gli-uccelli-scena-finale" width="150" height="112" /></a></p>
<p>Quando <em><strong>Gli Uccelli</strong></em> uscì nelle sale infinite furono le discussioni sul finale aperto… Anni dopo lo stesso <strong>Hitch</strong> diede una spiegazione facendo notare che alla fine non compare il &#8220;the end&#8221;.</p>
<p><a href="http://it.movies.yahoo.com/" target="_blank"><em>Pubblicato su Yahoo-Cinema</em></a><br />
<a href="http://leoleo.altervista.org/corrente2/" target="_blank"><em></em></a><a href="http://cinemaleo.wordpress.com/2009/08/13/%E2%80%9Cle-donne-di-sir-alfred%E2%80%9D/" target="_blank"><em>Le donne di Sir Alfred</em></a></p>
<p><em>Regia</em>: Alfred Hitchcock<br />
<em>Sceneggiatura</em>: Evan Hunter<br />
<em>Cast</em>: Rod Taylor, Tippi Hedren, Jessica Tandy, Suzanne Pleshette, Veronica Cartwright, Ruth McDevitt, Lonny Chapman, Richard Deacon, Ethel Griffies, Malcolm Atterbury, Joe Mantell, Elizabeth Ylson, John McGovern, Charles McGraw, Bill Quinn, Karl Swenson, Doodles Weaver, Doreen Lang<br />
<em>Fotografia</em>: Robert Burks<br />
<em>Montaggio</em>: George Tomasini<br />
<em>Musiche</em>: Bernard Herrmann<br />
<em>Produzione</em>: Universal Pictures<br />
<em>Distribuzione</em>: Universal Pictures<br />
<em>Paese</em>: USA (1963)<br />
<em>Genere</em>: Drammatico, Thriller, Horror<br />
<em>Durata</em>: 119’ circa<br />
<em>Uscita Italia</em>: 31 Ottobre 1963<br />
<em>Uscita USA</em>: 28 Marzo 1963</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Trama</span>:<br />
In un negozio di animali a San Francisco si incontrano l&#8217;avvocato Mitch Brenner e la ricca e giovane Melanie, figlia dell&#8217;editore di uno fra i maggiori giornali della città. Indispettita e insieme attratta dall&#8217;atteggiamento dell&#8217;uomo, Melanie decide di fargli una sorpresa e di recarsi a Bodega Bay &#8211; dove Mitch trascorre i fine settimana in compagnia della madre e della sorellina Cathy- col pretesto di donare alla bimba, per il suo compleanno, una coppia di pappagalli &#8220;inseparabili&#8221;. Da poco arrivata sul posto, Melanie viene attaccata da un gabbiano che le ferisce il volto. È solo il primo di una serie di strani accadimenti che vedono protagonisti gli uccelli…</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Note</span>:<br />
-Film irripetibile, eppure Hollywood sembra che ne stia ideando il <a href="http://cinemaleo.blogspot.com/2008/08/il-remake.html" target="_blank">remake</a> (più demenza che coraggio!): protagonista Naomi Watts, alla regia il neozelandese Martin Campbel (che ha diretto recentemente <em>Casino Royale</em>).</p>
<p>-Nel ruolo della piccola Cathy fa la sua apparizione Veronica Cartwright che ritroveremo poi membro dell’equipaggio in <em>Alien</em>.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[El genio viene desde el cielo (Los pájaros)]]></title>
<link>http://frasesdecine.wordpress.com/2009/03/31/lospajaros/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 08:47:50 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Hugo Rodrigo Zapata</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Mujer mayor: &#8220;Estamos en guerra Sam&#8221; Cocinero: &#8220;¿En guerra contra quién?&#8221; Ma]]></description>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="aligncenter" title="Los pajaros" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_XCsCFn4x290/SJSeYY4nJ6I/AAAAAAAABh8/t4PadAuzT4w/s400/los%2Bpajaros-1963-cartel%2Ben%2Bespa%C3%B1ol.jpg" alt="" width="280" height="400" /></p>
<p style="text-align:center;">Mujer mayor: &#8220;Estamos en guerra Sam&#8221;</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">Cocinero: &#8220;¿En guerra contra quién?&#8221;</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">Marinero: &#8220;Contra los pájaros&#8221;</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0;" align="justify">Si hay un director de cine que me encante, y que quizás pudiera denominar como mi favorito, desde luego ese, es Hitchcock. Este ha sido capaz de hacer algo al alcance de muy pocos, hace una película absolutamente genial y aunar tanto a crítica y público. Esto, de nuevo ocurre con una película como <em>Los pájaros</em><span style="font-style:normal;">, un film que podriamos denominar de género, concretamente el de terror, y que está en lo más alto.</span></p>
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<div id="attachment_153" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 280px"><img class="size-full wp-image-153" title="Los pájaros" src="http://frasesdecine.wordpress.com/files/2009/03/birds_shot4l.jpg" alt="Los pájaros" width="270" height="146" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Los pájaros</p></div>
<p>Cuando una película es imitada y crea escuela como creo esta, algo indica, sino podemos ver cientos de films como Pirañas, Gremlins, Tiburon, y muchísimas otras que imitaron el estilo y los trucos narrativos que el gran director uso aquí. Esto, sólo demuestra una cosa, <em>Los pájaros</em><span style="font-style:normal;"> es un peliculón.</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;" align="justify"><span style="font-style:normal;">Hitchcock consigue algo realmente genial, en un principio nos presenta a los personajes, a los cuales cojemos cierto cariño, a unos más que otros, o nos caen fatal, aunque caigan mal o bien, al final, queremos que todos sobrevivan. Durante prácticamente media película, no sabemos bien en que consiste la película, más bien parece una historieta de un triángulo amoroso aderezado por un par de escenas que nos dan algunas pistas de lo que luego ocurrira.</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;" align="justify"><span style="font-style:normal;">Y es entonces, cuando menos te lo esperas, que comienza el apocalipsis. A pesar, de que todos nos esperamos, y ansiamos que comience esa guerra entre humanos y pájaros, Hitchcock consigue desviar la atención de tal manera, que nadie se espera la explosión del primer ataque. A partir de ahí todo es un caos, una sucesión de escenas trepidantes donde sólo puedes hacer una cosa, aguantar la respiración hasta que aparece la palaba: FIN.</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;" align="justify"><span style="font-style:normal;">En definitiva, esta película es uno de los mejores films de terror que hay, quizá porque creo escuela, un ejemplo a seguir por los demás. Vigilad arriba, el genio viene desde el cielo.</span></p>
<p style="text-align:center;">*****</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056869/" target="_blank">Ficha IMDB</a></p>
<p style="text-align:center;">Título: Los pájaros</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">Título original: The Birds</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">Año: 1963</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">Duración: 119&#8242;</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">Director: Alfred Hitchcock</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">Escrito: Daphne Du Maurier y Evan Hunter</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">Reparto: Rod Taylor, Jessica Tandy, Suzanne Pleshette, Tippi Hedren, Veronica Cartwright, Ethel Griffies y Charles McGraw</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Movie announcements galore]]></title>
<link>http://themovieplanet.wordpress.com/2008/10/30/movie-announcements-galore/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 21:25:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Mr Hollywood</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Mike Nichols (Charlie Wilson&#8217;s War) will helm a remake of High And Low/The Ransom (trailer abo]]></description>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">Mike Nichols (<em>Charlie Wilson&#8217;s War</em>) will helm a remake of <em><strong>High And Low/The Ransom</strong></em> (trailer above), a detective film by legendary Japanese director Akira Kurosawa (<em>Seven Samurai</em>, the film that inspired <em>The Magnificent Seven</em>). David Mamet (<em>Redbelt</em>) wrote the adaptation, which is loosly based on the Evan Hunter novel <em>King&#8217;s Ransom</em>. <a href="http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/10/29/mike-nichols-david-mamet-and-martin-scorsese-to-remake-akira-kurosawas-high-and-low/" target="_blank">Source</a>.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Mike Sobel, a former criminal lawyer, is writing <em><strong>Skyscraper</strong></em> for Universal Pictures and producer Neal H. Moritz (<em>Made Of Honor</em>). It will be a disaster film in the vein of <em>The Towering Inferno</em>, where construction on a mile-high building in Chicago will take an unexpected and dangerous turn. <a href="http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=50047" target="_blank">Source</a>.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Barry Sonnenfeld (<em>RV</em>) is in talks to helm <em><strong>Bronwyn And Clyde</strong></em>, a romantic comedy written by Tom Vaughan and Kristy Dobkin. <a href="http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117994901.html?categoryid=13&#38;cs=1&#38;nid=2564" target="_blank">Source</a>.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Acclaimed filmmaker Gus Van Sant (<em>Paranoid Park</em>) will direct <em><strong>The Electric Kool-Aid Test</strong></em>, based on a non-fiction book by Tom Wolfe (<em>The Right Stuff</em>). The story recounts Wolfe&#8217;s experiences with fellow author Ken Kesey (<em>One Flew Over The Cuckoo&#8217;s Nest</em>) and people called the Merry Pranksters driving around in a school bus and taking LSD. Dustin Lance Black (<em>The Journey Of Jared Price</em>) is writing the script. <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idUSTRE49R0MB20081028?feedType=RSS&#38;feedName=entertainmentNews" target="_blank">Source</a>.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Author Neil Gaiman (<em>Beowulf</em>) has confirmed an adaptation of his bestselling <em><strong>The Graveyard Book</strong></em> is in the works. The story tells of a boy raised by ghosts. <a href="http://splashpage.mtv.com/2008/10/27/neil-gaiman-to-produce-movie-based-on-the-graveyard-book/" target="_blank">Source</a>.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Prolific music video director Marc Webb will write and direct the sci-fi flick <em><strong>Age Of Rage</strong></em>, which is described as <em>Children Of Men</em> meets <em>Lord Of The Flies</em>. <a href="http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/10/29/marc-webb-to-direct-age-of-rage-children-of-men-meets-lord-of-the-flies/" target="_blank">Source</a>.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Randall Wallace (<em>We Were Soldiers</em>) is adapting the <em><strong>Outlander</strong></em> series of fantasy novels into a potential franchise.</p>
<blockquote><p>[Diana] Gabaldon&#8217;s series of six novels center on an 18th century Scottish Highlander and his time-traveling wife.</p></blockquote>
<p style="text-align:justify;">From what I hear, the story is more romance than action, but then again, Randall Wallace is writing&#8230;Oh wait, he wrote <em>Pearl Harbor</em>, I take that back. <a href="http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117994901.html?categoryid=13&#38;cs=1&#38;nid=2564" target="_blank">Source</a>.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Samuel L. Jackson (<em>Lakeview Terrace</em>) will portray the villain Sho&#8217;nuff in a remake of the 1985 martial art cult film <em><strong>The Last Dragon</strong></em> (trailer below).</p>
<blockquote><p>The updated plot will be along the same lines of the original, centering on young martial arts student Leroy Green in his quest through the streets of New York to achieve the highest level of martial arts accomplishment, known as the Last Dragon. Those who achieve the high ranking possess the Glow, making them the greatest fighter alive.</p></blockquote>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Dallas Jackson (<em>Uncle P</em>) is writing the adaptation, and producing it. <a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/news/e3i6aed018f8f53c49b3b1b35ae3321cebd" target="_blank">Source</a>.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Lombino, Hunter, McBain: 3 in 1!]]></title>
<link>http://diggy358.wordpress.com/2008/05/06/lombino-hunter-mcbain-3-in-1/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 15:54:55 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>diggy358</dc:creator>
<guid>http://diggy358.wordpress.com/2008/05/06/lombino-hunter-mcbain-3-in-1/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Come promesso in precedenza, volevo soffermarmi sui cenni biografici del sempre troppo poco compiant]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Come promesso in precedenza, volevo soffermarmi sui cenni biografici del sempre troppo poco compianto Ed McBain. Proprio il nome è sempre stato origine di discussione, perchè nel 1952 da Salvatore Lombino (vero nome di Ed McBain, e scoprirlo è stato per me uno shock!) il nostro cambiò all&#8217;anagrafe in Evan Hunter, con il quale firmò anche romanzi e sceneggiature. Sarà stato il sentirsi inadeguato nella cornice della Grande Mela, o forse perchè a quei tempi scrittori di origini italiane non venivano presi in gran considerazione, fatto sta che Salvatore Lombino cambiò identità, proprio come un personaggio ipotetico dei suoi romanzi, e per noi italici appassionati lettori è stata un occasione persa per rivendicare il sangue italiano (che poi è rimasto nel suo DNA, vedesi il protagonista del 87° Distretto &#8220;Steve Carella&#8221;) di uno dei più grandi giallisti di sempre.<br />
Al di là della discussione sul suo nome vero e proprio c&#8217;è da dire che, tra le sue mille identità, la migliore, nella mia modesta opinione, resta quella di Ed McBain: il giallo poliziesco forse non avrà mai picchi di tale fattura (considerando i tempi in  cui furono scritti) e mai un maestro così  bravo e così prolifico.<br />
Per approfondire il discorso ulteriormente, vi invito a consultare l&#8217;<a href="http://www.milanonera.com/?p=301" target="_blank">articolo</a> di Roberto Mistretta su <a href="http://www.milanonera.com" target="_blank">MilanoNera</a> e, al solito la <a href="http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_McBain" target="_blank">scheda</a> di Wikipedia con tanto di bibliografia.<br />
A presto rivederci, amici giallofili!</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Il maestro del giallo-poliziesco]]></title>
<link>http://diggy358.wordpress.com/2008/03/21/il-maestro-del-giallo-poliziesco/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2008 19:47:53 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>diggy358</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Ci sono stati indubbiamente molti cosiddetti &#8220;maestri&#8221; nel genere del giallo classico, m]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#888888;">Ci sono stati indubbiamente molti cosiddetti &#8220;maestri&#8221; nel genere del giallo classico, ma il più importante, il più prolifico e poliedrico è a mio parere ( e non solo) è Ed McBain (o Evan Hunter o Salvatore Lombino o Richard Marsten, ecc&#8230;sulla storia dell&#8217;identità e del cambio di nomi e pseudonimi di McBain dedicherò un post più avanti). Il romanzo che prendo in considerazione è uno dei primi del famosissimo 87° distretto al quale Mcbain dedicherà decine e decine di puntate. Con l&#8217;irreprensibile Steve Carella, il fido Cotton Hawes, il faceto Meyer Meyer (del quale l&#8217;autore elargirà in quasi ogni romanzo dell&#8217;87°distretto l&#8217;assurda e simpatica spiegazione del suo nome), Bert Kling, Ollie Weeks e tutto il resto della cricca. Segue, come sarà per ogni capolavoro del quale parlerò, una recensione trovata nella rete e un mio commento personale.</span></p>
<h4 style="text-align:center;">ED MCBAIN<br />
&#8220;Attentato Carella&#8221;<br />
(1959)</h4>
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<blockquote><p><span style="color:#888888;">Il mio giudizio su questo libro è quello di un lettore di parte, di un lettore che ama incondizionatamente ogni libro di Ed McBain e in particolar modo del suo meraviglioso 87° distretto.<br />
Ma dovete fidarvi del mio parere!<br />
Attentato Carella (brutta traduzione del romanzo Killer’s wedge) è uno dei primi romanzi della serie, e risale al lontanissimo 1959.<br />
Ma la squadra c’è tutta, anche se ancora tratteggiata con la semplicità di un ciclo agli inizi.<br />
E allora ritroviamo Steve Carella, Cotton Hawes, Meyer Meyer, il tenente Byrnes, Bert Kling… tutti insieme, come al solito.<br />
Un romanzo dal ritmo travolgente e dalla trama insolita per un giallo. I più famosi detective della letteratura sono prigionieri nel loro distretto e dovranno difendersi da una donna intenzionata a vendicare la morte di suo marito, un criminale incallito.<br />
Alta tensione dalla prima all’ultima pagina, con un crescendo che è proprio di pochissimi romanzi, ma che in questo caso cattura il lettore pagina dopo pagina.<br />
E ogni volta, quando la soluzione sembra vicina, un altro colpo di scena, l’imprevisto, la falsa speranza… il tutto mentre Steve Carella, ignaro di tutto, svolge tranquillamente il suo lavoro e programma una splendida serata con la moglie. Devono festeggiare la notizia del loro primo figlio.<br />
Travolgente è la parola esatta per questo romanzo, sebbene lo stile non sia ancora quello della maturità e il traduttore (forse la colpa è solo sua) ce la mette tutta a rovinare il lavoro nel suo complesso.<br />
</span><strong><span style="color:#ffff99;"><a href="http://http://v3.operanarrativa.com/node/644"><span style="color:#999999;">Fonte</span></a><em><br />
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<p><span style="color:#888888;">Il romanzo &#8220;Attentato Carella&#8221; è uno dei primi che ho letto di Mcbain, ma è servito subito a darmi un&#8217;idea su quanto diverso potesse essere questo scrittore dagli altri autori di gialli, considerati classici, del periodo precedente. Le &#8220;puntate&#8221; dell&#8217;87° distretto, infatti, sono un mix di fattori che si intrecciano e si condizionano tra loro. Si parte dalle indagini cosiddette &#8220;di routine&#8221; della squadra di agenti del distretto e si finisce immancabilmente sempre con un caso spinoso tra le mani per uno di questi, a volte personale, a volte troppo coinvolgente, resta il fatto che questi agenti, e su tutti, quello che è un po&#8217; il protagonista, Steve Carella, riescono sempre a cavarsela in qualche modo, non senza attraversare, però, momenti di tensione altissima che ci accompagnano in tutte le pagine del libro.<br />
E proprio con &#8220;Attentato Carella&#8221; la tensione, presente sin dall&#8217;inizio, ci accompagna per tutto il romanzo fino ad un finale mozzafiato.</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#888888;">Indiscutibilmente magistrale a disegnare eventi e situazioni e a popolare migliaia di vite, così sorprendentemente diverse e reali, nell&#8217;ISOLA (teatro degli eventi dell&#8217;87° distretto, ci si riconosce facilmente New York) Ed Mcbain ci lascia una grande eredità narrativa e allo stesso tempo nei cinquant&#8217; anni trascorsi a scrivere del distretto, la lettura dei suoi racconti fornisce uno spaccato realistico dell&#8217;evoluzione del crimine nelle metropoli americane.</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#888888;">Come per ogni libro qui citato, immancabile! Con la differenza che una volta letto questo, avrete voglia di leggervi tutti le altre storie dell&#8217;87° distretto&#8230;e sono più di cinquanta!!!</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#888888;">Che dire?</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#888888;">Niente&#8230;</span></p>
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