. . . from all the people who have voted up till today on this title for one main reason: I only had access to less than 200 SECONDS of highlights, as opposed to needing to slog through 100 minutes of video featuring mostly the long dead. In other words, what I'm actually reviewing now is what I watched TWICE last night, a 2008 DVD "extra" on the NOTORIOUS disc entitled THE AMER1CAN FILM INSTITUTE AWARD: THE KEY TO HITCHCOCK (which does NOT seem to be listed separately any place on IMDb). Providing insight to the snippets of footage from the original Shinding is Hitch's granddaughter Mary Stone and Hitchcock biographer Charlotte Chandler. Ms. Stone is particularly touching in her remarks, especially regarding the director's tribute to his wife ("I wish to thank four people--my film editor, script writer, child-raiser, and cook, Alma Revell"). The title of this excerpt deals with the NOTORIOUS "Alicia"--Ingrid Bergman--and her equally moving presentation of the "Unita" wine cellar key prop ("stolen" from the set by "Devlin"--Cary Grant--and entrusted to Ms. Bergman 10 years later) to "dear Hitch" by Ingrid.
AFI Life Achievement Award: AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Alfred Hitchcock
(1979)
My rating of "8" out of 10 may be a tad higher than the current 6.9 average . . .
Season 1, Episode 7
24 January 2015
Warning: Spoilers