“Miss Up-to-Date”
Thursday, April 23, 2009
It’s a long clip (c. 16 minutes), but it’s a doozy. And it starts with a swell vertical tracking shot.
Hitchcock’s Blackmail (1929) is widely regarded as the first British talkie, and this clip testifies to his genius and self-promotional acumen. Right off the bat, as film was still struggling to develop its own [...]
