VL-IV (15) One Movie Pitch After Another, page 346
Joseph Tracy
brook7 at sover.net
Wed Apr 15 22:19:57 CDT 2009
On Apr 15, 2009, at 11:21 AM, Robin Landseadel wrote:
> Cinema was the couple’s passion. A talented editor, Alma
> worked on British films with directors like Berthold Viertel
> and Maurice Elvey, though her main focus was her husband’s
> work. She was particularly good at revising dialogue and
> spotting inconsistencies in his plots.
Very cool to read this. A woman after my own heart. This is something
that distinguishes Hitchcock films from lesser work that is sloppy
about inconsistencies and absurdities. Nothing holds the attention
like this combination of suspense and consistent plausibility.
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