by Sam Juliano
One of the internet’s most effervescent film enthusiasts and a dear friend of Wonders in the Dark and FilmsNoir.net, the incomparable Dark City Dame is running a fascinating month-long tribute to director Alfred Hitchcock, featuring scholarly reviews by historian Joel Gunz.
Dark City Dame is also running various polls asking readers to choose their favorite Hitchcock films in certain periods and in various genres.
So far, the Gunz pieces have included “Hitchcock’s Greatest Film,” “Hitchcock’s Head Collaborators,” “Sometimes You Hate the One You Idolize” and today’s “Nevinson, World War II and the Dream Sequence in Vertigo.” It’s challenging and engaging reading, but methinks it’s essential for anyone who admirers one of the greatest of all film directors.
DCD has promised that any questions for Mr. Gunz are welcomed and will be answered promptly. As usual the “Dame” of Film Noir has meticulously and religiously updated her site daily so that Mr. Gunz’ most worthwhile pontifications will be refreshed regularly.
I urge all readers to go to the blogroll on the right and click on “Dark City Dame” to access this Alfred Hitchcock treasure trove.