tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1019017536875409609.post7125507299131425024..comments2023-11-09T02:34:09.980-06:00Comments on 3B Theater: Micro-Brewed Reviews: For the Love of Hitchcock :: North by Northeast :: In Defense of Hitchcock's Saboteur (1942)W.B. Kelsohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06488705562652550244noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1019017536875409609.post-5343635572537239672012-05-19T23:06:27.021-05:002012-05-19T23:06:27.021-05:00WB: Thank you, I like this movie, too. Otto Krug...WB: Thank you, I like this movie, too. Otto Kruger is a wonderful Hitchcock villain. Robert Cummings is, as you say, a good everyman shlub. And Priscilla Lane? Wow.Joe Thompsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14165780971886135575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1019017536875409609.post-62873660738017678202012-05-17T13:38:55.751-05:002012-05-17T13:38:55.751-05:00It's a screwy thing. A lot of people get hung ...It's a screwy thing. A lot of people get hung up on the fact that the film could have starred Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck that they can't see the film for what it is and grump about what it isn't. I get caught up in this, too, sometimes, but I effort to judge what I see onscreen and not what I could be seeing inside my head. <br /><br />Thanks again for all the comments, folks.W.B. Kelsohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06488705562652550244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1019017536875409609.post-45556224619400569512012-05-17T10:23:46.310-05:002012-05-17T10:23:46.310-05:00I like Saboteur too. I've always loved that li...I like Saboteur too. I've always loved that line about hitchhiking being the surest test of the American heart. And yes, Otto Kruger is excellent. What a snake!Trishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02995939331263048772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1019017536875409609.post-84772269230452182992012-05-15T18:57:40.857-05:002012-05-15T18:57:40.857-05:00Okay--I may have to watch it again and attempt to ...Okay--I may have to watch it again and attempt to keep my Lane-sister distain at bay. Good argument.....TInkyhttp://tinkyweisblat.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1019017536875409609.post-67106351189264928442012-05-14T22:34:58.762-05:002012-05-14T22:34:58.762-05:00Marilyn: And thank you, most gracious host for thr...Marilyn: And thank you, most gracious host for throwing out such an all-inclusive net for journeymen film fanatics like myself. And by all means give this flick a spin. Kruger is one of my favorite Hitchcock villains, too. Wotta cad.<br /><br />G.O.M.: I really need to see Foreign Correspondant. And I love Cummings a lot in a lot things but he almost single-handedly wrecks Dial M for Murder. (Don't worry, Bob. We'll always have Beach Party...)W.B. Kelsohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06488705562652550244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1019017536875409609.post-87338637119826253402012-05-14T21:01:35.345-05:002012-05-14T21:01:35.345-05:00I think Cummings is not too bad in this film, due ...I think Cummings is not too bad in this film, due to, as you note, his everyman quality, and he's well matched with Lane (I find it impossible to imagine that Grace Kelly would ever look at him twice in Dial M for Murder; his casting is a VERY puzzling choice there). Although Saboteur is often seen as a 39-steps sequel or a North-by-Northwest prequel, it can also be seen as a pair with Foreign Correspondent; the latter concerned with war in Europe, the former with (pre-war) spying activity in the US; they both work as propaganda pieces in that way.Grand Old Movieshttp://grandoldmovies.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1019017536875409609.post-48953174396877344132012-05-14T13:55:38.803-05:002012-05-14T13:55:38.803-05:00Wonderful post, WB! I know Saboteur has a followin...Wonderful post, WB! I know <i>Saboteur</i> has a following of sympathetic film fans, and you've convinced me that it's well worth watching. Thanks for being such a great supporter of the blogathon and film preservation!Marilynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00513072379930200159noreply@blogger.com