the peapod

Dir. Alfred Hitchcock

Accident (1967): Harold Pinter’s cameo.

Detour (1947): Big forced perspective coffee cup.

Sanjuro (1962): The samurai loudly celebrating until remembering they are supposed to be hiding, so celebrating quietly. Then realising they are celebrating with their captive enemy who politely returns to the closet they are keeping him in.

Comrades (1987): Desperate turnip eating.

Yojimbo (1961): Me during lock-down.

Rear Window (1955): Thorwood’s cigar cherry in the dark.

Rear Window (1954): Uh-heh!?

Rear Window (1955): Thorwood in the dark.

Homicide (1991): Funniest line Mamet ever wrote.

Blade (1998): very quiet. I love Blade.

Belly (1998): These glasses/this hair.

My Way Home (1978): Jamie stealing apples from his foster mother.

My Way Home (1978): Jamie’s trouser legs falling down as he walks across the stage.

Winchester 73 (1950): The rhythm of these shots and the framing of the shooting itself.