Alfred Hitchcock's successful screen thrillers earned him the nickname "Master of Suspense," but he is also considered one of the greatest film directors in the history of cinema. He started out in British productions as a title and set designer, working his way up to the position of screenwriter and director by the mid-1920s. His notable early movies include The Lodger (1926), Blackmail (1929, the first British feature to use synchronous sound) and The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934).
He had commercial and critical success while still in Britain, and thrillers such as The 39 Steps (1935) and The Lady Vanishes (1938) solidified his reputation for combining mystery and suspense with dashes of humor.
In the '40s Hitchcock began making movies in the United States, hits such as Rebecca (1940), Shadow of a Doubt (1943) and Spellbound (1945, featuring a memorable dream sequence by Salvador Dali) as well as less successful but still technically daring films like Lifeboat (1944) and Rope (1948). He was in top form in the 1950s, and his movies from the era are still popular, including Strangers on a Train (1951), Rear Window (1954, with Jimmy Stewart and Grace Kelly), Vertigo (1958), and North by Northwest (1959, starring Cary Grant and Eva Marie Saint).
Madeleine Carroll (February 26, 1906 - October 2, 1987) was a British actress, who was popular in the 1930s and 1940s. She was born as Edith Madeleine Carroll in West Bromwich, England, and she graduated from the University of Birmingham, England. She became an American citizen in 1943.
During World War II, Madeleine Carroll was an American Red Cross voluntary worker. She served in the 61st Field Hospital, Bari, Italy in 1944, where many wounded American airmen flying out of air bases around Foggia were hospitalized.
She appeared in two Alfred Hitchcock movies The 39 Steps and Secret Agent. She also appeared in The Prisoner of Zenda, One Night in Lisbon, and My Favourite Blonde (with Bob Hope).
Madeleine Carroll was married four times: 1) Captain Philip Astley (1931-1940) 2) Sterling Hayden (1942-1946) 3) Andrew Heiskell (1950-1965) 4) Henri Lavorel
"À bout de souffle" ("Breathless" / "Außer Atem") by Jean-Luc Godard with Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Seberg, Henri-Jaques Huet, Daniel Boulanger, ... France 1960
"Alphaville" by Jean-Luc Godard with Eddi Constantine, Anna Karina, Akim Tamiroff, Howard Vernon, Jean-Pierre Léaud, László Szabó, ... France / Italy 1965
Lemmy Caution alias Ivan Johnson and Natasha von Braun discuss the meaning of love
Johnson: No, when I talked about falling in love Natasha: In love? What’s that? [Johnson walks around Natasha] Johnson: This Natasha: No, I know what that is: it’s sensuality Johnson: No, sensuality flows from it It cannot exist without love Natasha: So what is love, then? [Natasha’s voice:] Your voice, your eyes... ...your hands, your lips... Our silences, our words... Light that goes... ...light that returns A single smile between us both In quest of knowledge... ...I watched night create day... ...while we seemed unchanged O beloved of all, beloved of one alone... ...your mouth silently promised to be happy Away, away, says hate; never, never, says love A caress leads us from our childhood Increasingly I see the human form... ...as a lover’s dialogue The heart has but one mouth Everything ordered by chance All words without aforethought Sentiments adrift Men roam the city A glance, a word Because I love you Everything moves To live, only advance! Aim straight for those you love I went towards you, endlessly towards the light If you smile, it is to enfold me all the better The rays of your arms pierce the mist
"Nouvelle Vague" ("New Wave") by Jean-Luc Godard with Alain Delon, Domiziana Giordano, Jacques Dacqmine, Christophe Odent, Roland Amstutz, Cécile Reigher, Laurence Côte, Joseph Lisbona, ... (Switzerland / France 1990)
Plot
Nouvelle Vague marks the beginning of a period in Jean-Luc Godard's career in which he made films that looked back on his previous work. In these retrospective films, Godard asked himself whether it is possible to continue as a film director under the conditions imposed by international commercial cinema. Appropriately enough, Nouvelle Vague concerns the return of a man (Roger Lennox / Richard Lennox, played by Alain Delon, superstar of 60s and 70s international cinema) who may or may not have returned from the dead.
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