Torn Curtain 4K UHD (1966)

[Richard--W]

This restoration is a revelation.

I've always liked TORN CURTAIN, but I never saw it
so resolved and textured and present as it is here.

Hitchcock is working with a different set of emotional
dynamics than he usually does, and I like the feeling
of it very much, especially Julie Andrews earnest love
and lack of comprehension.

Wonderful spy film.

[James Luckard]

Originally Posted by Richard--W

This restoration is a revelation.

I've always liked TORN CURTAIN, but I never saw it
so resolved and textured and present as it is here.

Hitchcock is working with a different set of emotional
dynamics than he usually does, and I like the feeling
of it very much, especially Julie Andrews earnest love
and lack of comprehension.

Wonderful spy film.

I like a lot of this underappreciated film, but I do think the sequence on the bus goes on way, way too long, and the endless use of the main theme over and over and over each time the bus starts up again makes the sequence seem 10x as long.

That portion of the album is a real slog too. I suspect Bernard Herrmann wouldn't have scored it in such a repetitive way. I need to get one of the recordings of his full score to see what his intentions were, since he never recorded that portion before he was fired, and the new CD only includes what he actually recorded.

It's such a shame Hitchcock gave into his own fears and fired Herrmann, he never found an equal to him, except for John Williams on Family Plot.