All that stuff with Nancy Olson's character as they're collaborating on the script.

Yet another early example of a strong, three dimensional female. I'm always delighted when those come up. On that theme we talked about The Best Years of Our Lives (which we both love, and have discussed before). Best Years of Our Lives had several strong, complicated female characters, and took a strong anti-war stance that seems unusual for the era it came out in.

Sean, that's why I love Shadow of a Doubt so much. Hitchcock's favored ice-blonde queens were absent. Just a quick thinking, strong young woman in Charlie. She doesn't even have to get rescued by her love interest--she handles her murdering uncle all by herself.

t adds Shadow of a Doubt to his Must Watch Soon list

Favorite movies about Hollywood:

Sunset Boulevard
Barton Fink
In a Lonely Place
Mulholland Drive
Bad and the Beautiful (see where that scary ass Donnie Darko rabbit came from. Also, alludes to Val Lewton's career.)
The Big Picture
Ed Wood (The Brain plus Vincent D'onorfrio = Orson Welles!)
The Player (a bit overrated but still some choice bits

TV Shows: Action
Extras
Entourage

LOVE Ed Wood. Landau is AMAZING.

Shadow of a Doubt is great. Both for Charlie's character and an almost Lynchian darkness-in-a-small-town vibe.

Ed Wood

"It's all in the wrist."

I mean - really: Martin Landau as BELA LUGOSI? What's not to absolutely, whole-heartedly ADORE about that combo.

As JUNKIE BELA LUGOSI, no less!

What's not to absolutely, whole-heartedly ADORE about that combo.

In interviews Landau talked about how difficult it was for him physically because he's all teeth, and Lugosi's mouth was always a gaping, black hole. Love that attention to detail in his performance.

Plus his vigorous attack on the rubber octopus.

I love the soundtrack too: Bongos and Theremin! Genius.

"Boris Karloff? FUCK YOU!"