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It was way back long ago, I was just a kid but I still remember his programs; they were mysteries and he was absolutely the master of irony.
In one episode a man was apparently murdered by being hit over the head with a blunt object. His distraught wife called the police who were sympathetic and became friendly with her. They stayed for dinner to console her and keep her company, since there was a big roast cooking when they arrived, which was a big leg of lamb that had been in the freezer and had been cooking since morning. They ended up eating the evidence.
I watched The Birds when I was waaaayyyy too young to be watching something like that. I haven't watched it since, but I can still describe nearly every scene. Freaked me right out, lol. He was definitely a master at what he did.
Except the bird on his head looks more like a fat seagull
I could be wrong, because it has been a pretty long time since I saw it, but wasn't the first attack actually by a seagull?
Nice logo. Wonder how many will know what it is
All you have to do is click on it - to find it out :)
My original background is filmmaking, and for me Hitchcock was one of the greats. His films are lessons in visual storytelling, and his style was clear and inventive and witty.
My favorites are Strangers on a Train, Notorious, and Rear Window, but I'm leaving a lot of great films off this short list. The TV stuff was often good, but it wasn't in this league at all... more just a way of cashing in on Hitchcock's reputation for suspense (theming and PageRank in real life).
I love the distinction Hitchcock makes between surprise and suspense. If two men are sitting at a table, having an innocent chat, and suddenly there's an explosion... that's surprise. But, prior to the explosion, there was nothing special about the scene. On the other hand, if we know that a bomb's been planted, and that it's set to go off at a specific time, then there's a chance to build suspense. As the characters linger, perhaps talk about trivia as the time grows near, the audience becomes an emotional participant in the scene, and instead of 15 seconds of surprise, we have 15 minutes of suspense.
What I loved about Hitchcock's work was that same edge_of_the_seat type of feeling - like that 15 minutes before the explosion you mentioned, Robert - that you got with the Columbo series. You'd know what Columbo was after, though he did it dead-pan not giving the suspects a clue while he finagled. Not quite the unexpected like with Hitchcock, but the same edge of prolonged expectancy. There's quite an art to that.
Where is the 'Submit your birthday' link on G? :)
For example yesterday was HM the Queen of Thailand's Birthday, and I did not see anything on Google.
PR 0 - #1 out of 250,000
Doing rather well today I imagine.
There have been some interesting #1 spots for various Google-themed logos. The MC Escher logo [webmasterworld.com] a while back had an offline site with a blank cache page as the number one site in the serps for that day.
PR 0 - #1 out of 250,000
Doing rather well today I imagine.
I'm loving the adword...
[edit] if you're in the uk [/edit]
There have been some interesting #1 spots for various Google-themed logos. The MC Escher logo a while back had an offline site with a blank cache page as the number one site in the serps for that day.Often you'll get server not responding from the pressure or they'll go 404 from bandwith problems. I wonder if there is any sort of stress test first nowadays. As much as I would love it (hint, hint Googleguy) I don't know how my site would handle a link from Google's home page.
By the way, I want to take back my question to Sergey and ask for a link instead.;)
Today 14238 / 13 Aug, Wed, 2003
Yesterday 1460 / 12 Aug, Tue, 2003 Average 499
Highest Day 14238 / 13 Aug, Wed, 2003
“The Birds” is a good film, but is a larger story, like “North by Northwest”. Hitchcock was much better with smaller stories, like “Strangers” , “Rope” or “The Trouble with Harry”.
No one can argue that Hitchcock had EXCELLENT taste in female leads. My favorite thing about “The Birds” is Tipi Hedren.
It will be interesting to check it in 24 hours to see exactly how much traffic a site can get by having the #1 site for a Google logo :)
"There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it."
I do wish they could be more international I personally see the birthday of HM The Queen of Thailand (August 12) much more important, educational, and globally relevant than that of a movie producer.
But, no one has mentioned Psycho!!!
Those exclamation points are supposed to remind you for the erie sounds in that movie. I still get nervous taking a shower in a motel!!!
Personally, I have seen some movies by him but never heard of the queen. I think most people outside Thailand are the same.
