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Rope (Alfred Hitchcock Deep Dive #34)
Murder can be an art, too... So, Hitchcock is doing some THINGS. He's out on his own away from Selznick for the first time in Hollywood, and he's come out with a big swing: can we shoot a movie with n
Why Is Your Process So Different From Mine? (Cutting Room Floor #210)
You've probably heard this before: there is no ONE WAY to be a writer. Or a filmmaker. Or an actor, or a painter, or a dancer, or a sculptor...the possibilities, personalities, and pathways are endles
The Paradine Case (Alfred Hitchcock Deep Dive #33)
I loved Andre Latour, and you murdered him... It's the last rodeo for Alfred Hitchcock and David O. Selznick, the last time the two work together. And this time, it'swritten by the producer himself.
All At Once vs. Slow & Steady (Cutting Room Floor #209)
What's the best way to work: burst energy, get it out as hard and fast as you possibly can go go go don't stop...or slow and steady, this is a marathon not a sprint, and you can't just drop everything
Notorious (Alfred Hitchcock Deep Dive #32)
Say it again, it keeps me awake. ...I love you... Ingrid Bergman and Hitchcock go back to back! This time its Cary Grant she teams up with, in a tale of international espionage, manipulation, uranium,
Good Habits (Cutting Room Floor #208)
On this podcast, we've talked before about BAD habits and how to break them. But what about GOOD habits? What about that stuff that we know we SHOULD be doing, but it's hard to get going? Josh and Ira
Spellbound (Alfred Hitchcock Deep Dive #31)
Amnesia: the trick of the mind for remaining sane... You see "Dream Sequence by Salvador Dali" in the credits and you get excited! Hitch isdoing some things with this one. We're going super psycholog
Does It Get Any Easier? (Cutting Room Floor #207)
It's so, sooooo hard when you're starting out. We all look forward to the day where it gets easier. The thought of the work just pumping out of us, amazing and free, kinda keeps us going in those earl
Lifeboat (Alfred Hitchcock Deep Dive #30)
Dying together's even more personal than living together... Hitchcock plays with setting this time around, confining his ENTIRE FILM to a single lifeboat. And it doesn't pull any punches. Dead babies,
Advice For An Aspiring Writer (Cutting Room Floor #206)
So you want to be a writer. You're interested in a life of storytelling. Long term. What do you need to know? Or, as someone who's already dedicated themselves to a lifetime of spinning tales, what wo