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UK Mall 1 - Notorious [1946]
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Manufacturer: Fremantle Home Entertainment
Starring: Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains, Louis Calhern, Leopoldine Konstantin
Directed By: Alfred Hitchcock
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Audience Rating: Universal, suitable for all
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 5030697003034
Format: Black & White
Label: Fremantle Home Entertainment
Manufacturer: Fremantle Home Entertainment
Number Of Discs: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Fremantle Home Entertainment
Release Date: 2000-10-30
Running Time: 101
Studio: Fremantle Home Entertainment
Theatrical Release Date: 1946-09-06
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Customer Rating: 
Summary: 3 stars for the film, +1 star for the cast
Comment: One of the most complex films in Hitchcock's ouevre. Its complexity doesn't come from the depth and multi-layered nature of the plot; but rather it stems from the way how it deals with sophistication of human psyche, substantial moral complexity and poison of romance.
As a tale of frustrated love triangle combined with espionage, intrigue and self-sacrifice, the story has some odd parts and plot holes but I don't want to dwell on them in detail. Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman make an interesting pairing, but their relationship is helluva complicated (but ill-defined at all). As always Grant is exciting to watch; he's a nonchalant, arrogant and uneven yet charismatic, poker-faced and James Bond-type charmer here. Bergman is ethereally beautiful and romantic albeit fragile and helpless decoy to be a perfect candidate to infiltrate and spy on clandestine Nazi group, in pursuit of some ulterior motives.
My recommendation: Don't focus on the flaws in the plot. Just sit and enjoy the trademark Hitchcockian touches: wonderful characterization, good acting, extraordinary camerawork and suspenseful set pieces. Especially, second half is more suspenseful with some good noirish elements. (3.7/5.0)
Customer Rating:
Summary: An average Hitchcock for me
Comment: Unfortunately for me after seeing this movie I have come to a conclusion about Hitchcock. He generally produced average films and seldom very good films. I think about "The Rear Window", "The Lady Vanishes" and think that I made a harsh decision. Then I think about "The Rope", "Strangers on a Train", "Torn Curtain" and conclude that I was generous with my decision.
About the five stars given to this film; either the film is too old for my taste or the other reviews are based on subjective judgements. OK there is a thrilling climax in the end after the discovery in the wine cellar but that is all. If you consider acting the best actor in the film was Alex's mother Leopoldine Konstantin. Bergman, Grant and Rains could be great performers but not in this film...
One or two words about the plot. The former Nazis or Nazis after World War 2 were largely recruited by the US government so the plot is far from real. (Could be politically intentional for US in 1946 tough!) The brutal regimes of the US sponsored Latin American countries shielded the most notorious Nazi ring leaders for years but the not-so-evil Nazis were used by NATO organisatons world wide. One example would suffice: Hanns Scharff who was a Nazi interregator was recruited and even promoted in US Air Force!
Customer Rating:
Summary: A Hitchcock Masterpiece
Comment: [Please note that my review is of the Criterion Region 1 version of this DVD, Amazon also posts it against the Region 2 version....]
This film is classic Hitchcock, not in the same way as his 'horror' films such as 'Psycho' or 'The Birds' but in the same style as 'To Catch a Thief', 'Vertigo' or 'Dial 'M' for Murder'.
The cinematography is stunning and subtle framing/panning techniques help to support the scene and overall thrust of the storyline.
The cast is stellar, Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman are fantastic and ooze emotion with Claude Rains (you will have seen him in 'Casablanca') portraying the sinister husband superbly.
A beautiful woman (Bergman), who has a tainted past, is enlisted by a officially-backed official (Grant) to spy on a ring of alleged Nazis in post-war Brazil. The proficient build-up of tension is the notable feature of the screenplay and Hitchcock excels at transferring it onto celluloid,
The restored picture and sound on the Criterion disc are very good, but not as pristine or sharp as the Warner restoration of 'The Maltese Falcon' for example (which is an even older film !).
The Criterion version also has many excellent extras, including 2 insightful commentaries and copious production snippets including a radio version (Bergman features, but not Grant) and those fantastic 1940s film trailers with big headlines and exclamations !
Customer Rating:
Summary: My trall through the IMDB 100, at number 100..
Comment: What better a way to start than with an Alfred Hitchcock movie, and what a cast, Claude Rains, the charismatic Cary Grant and sensual Ingrid Bergman.
This really is a slow burner for Hitchcock, no major shower scenes in this film, it starts off at quite a snails pace but is well worth sticking with as the tension heightens, a fine, fine film to start with..
Customer Rating:
Summary: Almost the perfect film...
Comment: ...this Hitchcock film has it all - Cary Grant as an amoral CIA agent, Ingrid Bergman as a (supposed) alcoholic floozy, Nazis plotting to come back to power - and they are all in Rio. It should be a rather florid mix, but Hitchcock brings it all into a tense and exciting film. Grant has rarely been better, using all his charisma to persuade a woman who is in love with him to sleep with a supposed Nazi to get information. Technically, the film is brilliant, with poisoned coffee cups looming hugely at the front of shots, and the shadows of the supposed poisoners wavering and merging into one. Personally, I think Cary Grant is one of the sexiest actors ever to be filmed and this film captures him at his best. A film you should definitely have in your collection.
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Summary: 3 stars for the film, +1 star for the cast
Comment: One of the most complex films in Hitchcock's ouevre. Its complexity doesn't come from the depth and multi-layered nature of the plot; but rather it stems from the way how it deals with sophistication of human psyche, substantial moral complexity and poison of romance.
As a tale of frustrated love triangle combined with espionage, intrigue and self-sacrifice, the story has some odd parts and plot holes but I don't want to dwell on them in detail. Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman make an interesting pairing, but their relationship is helluva complicated (but ill-defined at all). As always Grant is exciting to watch; he's a nonchalant, arrogant and uneven yet charismatic, poker-faced and James Bond-type charmer here. Bergman is ethereally beautiful and romantic albeit fragile and helpless decoy to be a perfect candidate to infiltrate and spy on clandestine Nazi group, in pursuit of some ulterior motives.
My recommendation: Don't focus on the flaws in the plot. Just sit and enjoy the trademark Hitchcockian touches: wonderful characterization, good acting, extraordinary camerawork and suspenseful set pieces. Especially, second half is more suspenseful with some good noirish elements. (3.7/5.0)
Customer Rating:
Summary: An average Hitchcock for me
Comment: Unfortunately for me after seeing this movie I have come to a conclusion about Hitchcock. He generally produced average films and seldom very good films. I think about "The Rear Window", "The Lady Vanishes" and think that I made a harsh decision. Then I think about "The Rope", "Strangers on a Train", "Torn Curtain" and conclude that I was generous with my decision.
About the five stars given to this film; either the film is too old for my taste or the other reviews are based on subjective judgements. OK there is a thrilling climax in the end after the discovery in the wine cellar but that is all. If you consider acting the best actor in the film was Alex's mother Leopoldine Konstantin. Bergman, Grant and Rains could be great performers but not in this film...
One or two words about the plot. The former Nazis or Nazis after World War 2 were largely recruited by the US government so the plot is far from real. (Could be politically intentional for US in 1946 tough!) The brutal regimes of the US sponsored Latin American countries shielded the most notorious Nazi ring leaders for years but the not-so-evil Nazis were used by NATO organisatons world wide. One example would suffice: Hanns Scharff who was a Nazi interregator was recruited and even promoted in US Air Force!
Customer Rating:
Summary: A Hitchcock Masterpiece
Comment: [Please note that my review is of the Criterion Region 1 version of this DVD, Amazon also posts it against the Region 2 version....]
This film is classic Hitchcock, not in the same way as his 'horror' films such as 'Psycho' or 'The Birds' but in the same style as 'To Catch a Thief', 'Vertigo' or 'Dial 'M' for Murder'.
The cinematography is stunning and subtle framing/panning techniques help to support the scene and overall thrust of the storyline.
The cast is stellar, Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman are fantastic and ooze emotion with Claude Rains (you will have seen him in 'Casablanca') portraying the sinister husband superbly.
A beautiful woman (Bergman), who has a tainted past, is enlisted by a officially-backed official (Grant) to spy on a ring of alleged Nazis in post-war Brazil. The proficient build-up of tension is the notable feature of the screenplay and Hitchcock excels at transferring it onto celluloid,
The restored picture and sound on the Criterion disc are very good, but not as pristine or sharp as the Warner restoration of 'The Maltese Falcon' for example (which is an even older film !).
The Criterion version also has many excellent extras, including 2 insightful commentaries and copious production snippets including a radio version (Bergman features, but not Grant) and those fantastic 1940s film trailers with big headlines and exclamations !
Customer Rating:
Summary: My trall through the IMDB 100, at number 100..
Comment: What better a way to start than with an Alfred Hitchcock movie, and what a cast, Claude Rains, the charismatic Cary Grant and sensual Ingrid Bergman.
This really is a slow burner for Hitchcock, no major shower scenes in this film, it starts off at quite a snails pace but is well worth sticking with as the tension heightens, a fine, fine film to start with..
Customer Rating:
Summary: Almost the perfect film...
Comment: ...this Hitchcock film has it all - Cary Grant as an amoral CIA agent, Ingrid Bergman as a (supposed) alcoholic floozy, Nazis plotting to come back to power - and they are all in Rio. It should be a rather florid mix, but Hitchcock brings it all into a tense and exciting film. Grant has rarely been better, using all his charisma to persuade a woman who is in love with him to sleep with a supposed Nazi to get information. Technically, the film is brilliant, with poisoned coffee cups looming hugely at the front of shots, and the shadows of the supposed poisoners wavering and merging into one. Personally, I think Cary Grant is one of the sexiest actors ever to be filmed and this film captures him at his best. A film you should definitely have in your collection.
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