Comments on: Suspicion (1941) http://thisdistractedglobe.com/2007/10/25/suspicion-1941/ Film reviews and commentary tonight, before I forget tomorrow Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:14:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Joe Valdez http://thisdistractedglobe.com/2007/10/25/suspicion-1941/comment-page-1/#comment-2053 Joe Valdez Fri, 26 Oct 2007 03:11:49 +0000 http://thisdistractedglobe.com/2007/10/25/suspicion-1941/#comment-2053 Damian: <em>Suspicion</em> is a rare case of a movie the studio wanted being better - I think - than the one the director intended. I like the way it ends, which was an idea Hitchcock came up with, not RKO. It's more consistent with a black comedy than a thriller, and fits Cary Grant's persona much better as well. It's definitely worth another look. Damian: Suspicion is a rare case of a movie the studio wanted being better – I think – than the one the director intended. I like the way it ends, which was an idea Hitchcock came up with, not RKO. It’s more consistent with a black comedy than a thriller, and fits Cary Grant’s persona much better as well. It’s definitely worth another look.

]]> By: Damian http://thisdistractedglobe.com/2007/10/25/suspicion-1941/comment-page-1/#comment-2049 Damian Fri, 26 Oct 2007 01:54:27 +0000 http://thisdistractedglobe.com/2007/10/25/suspicion-1941/#comment-2049 I haven't seen <i>Suspicion</i> in a long, long time (I first watched it back in high school when I was just beginning to "discover" Hitchcock), but I recall quite enjoying it... primarily, I think, for its style. Interestingly, I don't remember very much about it aside from Nigel Bruce's wonderful character (the kind of fellow he played so well), that memorable tracking shot of the milk glass and the anti-climactic "twist" ending (which I'm still not 100% sure is necessarily inferior to the ending that was originally intended). As I think about it now, it occurs to me that, regardless of which ending one prefers, this may be one of those cases where the star status of the film's leading man was more inhibitive to the director making the film he initially wanted to make rather than helpful. I haven’t seen Suspicion in a long, long time (I first watched it back in high school when I was just beginning to “discover” Hitchcock), but I recall quite enjoying it… primarily, I think, for its style. Interestingly, I don’t remember very much about it aside from Nigel Bruce’s wonderful character (the kind of fellow he played so well), that memorable tracking shot of the milk glass and the anti-climactic “twist” ending (which I’m still not 100% sure is necessarily inferior to the ending that was originally intended).

As I think about it now, it occurs to me that, regardless of which ending one prefers, this may be one of those cases where the star status of the film’s leading man was more inhibitive to the director making the film he initially wanted to make rather than helpful.

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