HBO's Creepy And Revealing Take On Hitchcock: The New Republic

HBO's Creepy And Revealing Take On HitchcockHBO's Creepy And Revealing Take On Hitchcock | The New Republic:
Someone should stop me--I can't seem to get enough of this crap.  And David Thomson in TNR is not your ordinary run of the mill junk.   This is good writing (and some good thinking) on what I think is a seriously, poorly made TV movie.  Thomson though is right.  It's creepy.

From the article:

Jones has worked hard to acquire the bulk and the features, but he manages the voice effortlessly and that is a vital asset. He has decided (with his director) not to be or imitate Hitch. He has made a dramatic character, a strange genius and a man of great authority who is crippled by his handicaps. You will not like this Hitch, and if you need to admire artistic heroes then you’re in trouble. But if you seek insight into the films you will not be disappointed, and make no mistake: Jarrold has studied Hitch’s films and used them with great imagination. There is one scene involving a tracking back projection for Marnie (it goes behind the shot of the heroine riding her horse) that is brilliant. And in staging the opening shot of Marnie, Jarrold has delivered one of the sharpest insights into that odd film. At the end of The Girl, a title says Marnie was Hitch’s last masterpiece. I question that, but the argument doesn’t matter.