#bernard herrmann

[oldshowbiz]

America's Most Beautiful and Haunting City.

#photography #bernard herrmann #san francisco #architecture

[esqueletosgays]

VERTIGO (1958)

Director: Alfred Hitchcock Cinematography: Robert Burks

#vertigo #vertigo 1958 #alfred hitchcock #james stewart #kim novak #barbara bel geddes #tom helmore #henry jones #bernard herrmann #saul bass #hitchcock #hitchcock movies #thriller #50s movies #50s thrillers #50s #cinematography #movie screencaps #movie screenshots #movie frames #film screencaps #film screenshots #film frames #screencaps #screenshots

[numnum-num]

Psycho (1960) by Alfred Hitchcock, music by Bernard Herrmann, with Anthony Perkins and Janet Leigh

#psycho #alfred hitchcock #bernard herrmann #anthony perkins #janet leigh #movie stars #movie history #vintage hollywood #old hollywood #hollywood #thriller #horror #cinema #bates motel

[thepmbstudios]

(via GIPHY)

#giphy #tcm #turner classic movies #classic movies #odyssey #hydra #tcmff #tcmff2020 #greek mythology #ray harryhausen #columbia pictures #fantasy film #jason and the argonauts #stop-motion animation #golden fleece #don chaffey #bernard herrmann #jason and the golden fleece #serpentine water monster #lernaean hydra

[citizenscreen]

Composer/conductor Bernard Herrmann (June 29, 1911 – December 24, 1975) 🎼

#bernard herrmann #film music #classic movies

[silveragelovechild]

I’ve just rewatched “The Mysterious Island” (1961), based on a novel by French author Jules Verne. It’s set in the 1860s and tells the story of several Union soldiers who escape a Confederate prison via a hot air balloon. A fierce storm transports them to a remote and “mysterious” island in the South Pacific. There they help rescue two women, passengers of a boat that sunk in the same storm.

Things get interesting when they encounter several giant animals on the island - crabs, chickens, and even bees. All of them were achieved via the amazing effects created by Ray Harryhausen and his team. They holdup surprising well for a movie released over 60 years ago. Today, in a similar movie, the effects would be done via CGI. But Harryhausen’s stop motion effect feel so much more fresh and visceral.

The music for the film was done by Bernard Herrmann, Harryhausen’s frequent collaborator. The music is appropriately adventurous and dramatic.

The only effect that doesn’t stand the rest of time is the volcanic eruption at the climax of the film. It’s clearly a model and the lava doesn’t have the “weight” of liquid rocks.

Outdoor scenes were filmed on the Catalan coast in Spain, with indoor filming occurring in England. The overall design is pretty good, especially Captain Nemo’s ship the Nautilus.

The cast is mostly English, with three exceptions. Nemo was played by Czech actor Herbert Lom (best know for playing Inspector Dreyfus in the Pink Panther films); Gary Merrill (who divorced Bette Davis only a year earlier); and Michael Callen, a young actor popular on Broadway and films in the 1960s.

Callen is a prime example of how the perception of men has changed over the years. Callen plays the heart throb and is shirtless in most of the movie. But by today’s standard he looks incredible skinny with no muscle tone.

I particularly like Michael Craig who played the castaways leader. I thought I’d seen him in some old TV westerns but nearly all of his credits are British.

The two women are played by Joan Greenwood as Lady Fairchild and Beth Rogan as her niece Elena. Greenwood has a very artificial sounding voice and I thought her dialogue may have been dubbed over by another actress (it wasn’t). About half way into the movie, Rogan switches from a long dress with petticoats into a very small and revealing leather tunic. It’s so short that her underpants are frequently revealed as she runs across the beach.

I saw “The Mysterious Island” via TUBI, a free streaming service. There were occasional commercial but not as intrusive as broadcast TV.

#Jules Verne #mysterious island #Captain nemo #Herbert lom #micharl callen #gary merrill #giant chicken #ray Harryhausen #stop motion effects #Bernard Herrmann

[velvet4510]

#afi #american film institute #movie polls #music polls #film score #film soundtrack #movie score #movie soundtrack #star wars #gone with the wind #lawrence of arabia #psycho #the godfather #jaws #laura 1944 #the magnificent seven #chinatown #high noon #john williams #elmer bernstein #jerry goldsmith #bernard herrmann #nino rota #1930s movies #1940s movies #1950s movies #1960s movies #1970s movies #star wars a new hope

[tina-aumont]

Tina Aumont pictured at her home in July 23, 1968 by Bernard Herrmann.

🌟Photo kindly shared by Andrea Montez, muchas gracias!!🌟

#Tina Aumont #actress #model #1968 photoshots #Bernard Herrmann #1968 Bernard Herrmann #collaboration

[genevieveetguy]

She might have fooled me, but she didn't fool my mother.

Psycho, Alfred Hitchcock (1960)

#Alfred Hitchcock #Joseph Stefano #Anthony Perkins #Vera Miles #John Gavin #Janet Leigh #Martin Balsam #John McIntire #Simon Oakland #Frank Albertson #Patricia Hitchcock #Vaughn Taylor #Lurene Tuttle #John Anderson #Mort Mills #John L. Russell #Bernard Herrmann #George Tomasini #1960

[cineclub84]

Sisters, 1972

Danièle Breton rencontre Phillip à un jeu télévisé. Elle le séduit, le ramène chez elle puis couche avec lui. Le lendemain, l'amant entend une dispute entre Danièle et sa soeur jumelle. De sa fenêtre, la journaliste Grace Collier voit Danièle l'assassiner sauvagement. Elle... ou sa soeur jumelle ? Grace appelle la police, qui ne la croit pas, et décide donc de mener sa propre enquête. Seulement, derrière ce meurtre se cache une incroyable et monstrueuse histoire d'amour qui va vite se transformer en cauchemar pour la journaliste...

Brian De Palma est un réalisateur surprenant car il peut autant vous délivrer un cinéma fascinant qu'un navet autrement dit il est instable. Toujours est-il que celui-ci appartient à la première catégorie. Oscillant entre Hitchcock et Argento, Brian De Palma rédige et signe un thriller effroyable, possédant un scénario de très grande qualité et qui plus est regorge de rebondissements. Le film relate l'histoire de deux soeurs siamoises, l'une agréable et l'autre agressive. Sans vous dévoiler le fin mot de l'histoire, il faut vraiment saluer le travail de mise en scène du réalisateur américain. S'appuyant sur une musique terrifiante de Bernard Herrman, Brian De Palma instaure une ambiance malsaine et délivre des plans étonnants ce qui a fait sa réputation de plus grand cadreur de tous les temps, inventant l'image coupée en deux afin de suivre simultanément deux scènes ou évènements. Un film qui débuta le domaine du cinéma d'horreur aux Etats-Unis. Si le film a aussi bien vieilli, c'est parce que le film ne possède aucun temps mort et que le réalisateur allait s'affirmer comme l'un des réalisateurs les plus efficaces de tous les temps. Traduisant le malaise entre deux soeurs siamoises, le film est un formidable témoignage pour défendre cette catégorie de personnes qui appartient à la rareté. Mettons-nous à leur place. Est-il facile déjà d'avoir un jumeau ? Et est-il encore plus facile pour une personne d'être condamnée à rester collée à elle pour le reste de leur vie ? La chirurgie moderne permet aujourd'hui que ce problème génétique soit bien traité mais uniquement dans certains cas! Imaginons que deux frères jumeaux soient collés au cerveau, peut-on leur apporter cette aide précieuse qui est basique pour nous qu'est l'intimité ? Thriller virtuose, réalisation parfaite, sujet rarement abordé dans l'histoire du septième art, ce film permet au spectateur de penser qu'il peut se sentir heureux d'être seul et de ne pas souffrir de schizophrénie. Un excellent long-métrage !

Official Trailer - SISTERS (1973, Brian De Palma, Margot Kidder, Charles Durning)

#brian de palma #Sisters #Sœurs de sang #Sisters sœur de sang #film #movie #movies #cinema #cinephile #Louisa Rose #Margot Kidder #Jennifer Salt #Charles Durning #William Finley #Lisle Wilson #Barnard Hughes #Mary Davenport #Dolph Sweet #Bernard Herrmann #70s #usa #1970 #Youtube #Horreur #Horror #epouvante #Thriller #American movie #psychological

[hubris-i]

Ok, so everyone's talking about the characters and the plot, and the cinematography and whatever, but can we take a minute to talk about the score?

Like, Bernard Herrmann' genius in blending the folk styles of russian and neapolitan music? The clear ispiration from both Tchaikovski and Vivaldi in Goncharov's leitmotif, symbolising both his russian and italian connections? The use of the duduk for Andrey's theme, to hint at his failure in Armenia? THE ORIGINAL OPERA PIECE THAT PLAYS OVER THE BOAT SCENE WITH KATYA AND SOFIA???

I dunno about y'all but this shit makes me feral

#goncharov #bernard herrmann #film score #unreality

[scenephile]

I am a good Catholic girl.

#obsession #Brian De Palma #geneviève bujold #cliff robertson #paul schrader #neo-noir #psychological thriller #Bernard Herrmann #scenephile #movie quotes #film quotes #movie scenes #movie scene #film scene

[screamscenepodcast]

Anthony Perkins. Janet Leigh. Alfred Hitchcock. It's 1960's PSYCHO! In a nearly three hour long episode, your hosts dig into the novel, its film adaptation, and how everything changes after PSYCHO's release.

General content warning for discussion of transphobia, violence against women, psychosis, serial killers and cannibalism.

Context setting 00:00; Synopsis 40:23-44:30; Discussion 1:38:02; Ranking 2:32:39

#horror #podcast #anthony perkins #janet leigh #alfred hitchcock #vera miles #john gavin #martin balsam #robert bloch #ed gein #joseph stefano #john l russell #george tomasini #bernard herrmann #paramount pictures #peggy robertson #james cavanagh #psycho #SoundCloud

[thevaultofretroscifi]

#Bernard Herrmann #1951

[citizenscreen]

Orson Welles, director, seated with lunch, while conductor Bernard Herrmann works with the musicians during rehearsal for the CBS Campbell Playhouse presentation of “The Hurricane” in 1939.

#orson welles #bernard herrmann

[dying-suffering-french-stalkers]

Was anybody gonna tell me that Bernard Herrmann composed a Moby-Dick cantata or was I just supposed to find that in the depths of Wikipedia myself?

#i know what i'm listening to at lunch today #moby-dick #bernard herrmann #music #audio