Torn Curtain (1966) - Final Cut Entertainment

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https://www.amazon.co.uk/Torn-Curtai...dp/B071SGDZ2K/

14th August

[Yami]

Interesting!

I remember Torn Curtain being one of the better encoded films in the Uni set, and Final Cut don't appear to be adding any extras onto this so it appears quite redundant.

There was some discussion back when Arrow teased (what turned out to be only) Psycho 2 re: whether Universal would licence out their Hitchcock titles; I thought it was a possibility, but I'm surprised to see that it's Final Cut who have got the first stab at it. If all of them were on offer, I hope that the likes of Vertigo and Shadow of a Doubt went to a label that will go the extra mile.

[Arch Stanton]

Absolutely awful movie

[sjt]

O, I wouldn't say it was awful. Uneven certainly, and very oddly cast, with a hot-off-her-Oscar Julie Andrews and Paul Newman both looking thoroughly ill-at-ease with both the material and each other. But there are compensations, like Lila Kedrova's desperate-to-emigrate old countess, and the gruesomely comic gas-oven murder of the German spy. Now, Topaz is indeed absolutely awful....

[Gerby]

I think Torn Curtain is one of Hitchcock's most under-rated movies, i found it consistently interesting, it has some great set pieces & is very suspenseful at times. I don't get the hate for it unlike Topaz which i agree is pretty dire.

[I KEEL YOU]

The first half of the movie is pretty good. Then it starts falling apart and becomes a giant mess. I think Topaz is better overall and Torn Curtain is the worst of Hitchcock's late work.

[Arch Stanton]

Originally Posted by sjt

O, I wouldn't say it was awful. Uneven certainly, and very oddly cast, with a hot-off-her-Oscar Julie Andrews and Paul Newman both looking thoroughly ill-at-ease with both the material and each other. But there are compensations, like Lila Kedrova's desperate-to-emigrate old countess, and the gruesomely comic gas-oven murder of the German spy. Now, Topaz is indeed absolutely awful....

I'd forgotten about the murder scene which is indeed great, but I'd say the same about Topaz (with the incredible implied blood/dress shot). Can't think of anything else in it worth watching.