Hitch

Since the movie entry I've heard from friends who have told me that when they think of me they remember my fondness for movies. I had no idea I spoke about movies that much! I was reminded by an old friend,W.,that one of our last face to face conversations happened to be about our movie - madness. . . and that I watched the DC movie channel, as did he, that had really wonderful films every week. Baltimore had a movie matinee with Tchaikovsky's piano concerto as the theme song. I have a friend who is taking a film class about Woody Allen! Isn't that great! Anyway, I told her that his comedies are like Bob Hope movies. Go ahead. Watch a Bob Hope movie and than an Allen. His serious movies are like Bergman's. We digressed to a Wayne's World discussion and the Grim Reaper not playing chess but Twister. If you've never seen the Seventh Seal - you wouldn't get the joke. I posted that photo of Alfred Hitchcock because he has influenced so many directors and after all with this last name of mine I feel an obligation. I wear a pin with his face on it and I can't tell you how many times a shop clerk will comment on it and say, " Oh - Is that your Dad?". And of course at that moment the conversational divide takes place in my head. Shall I launch into a brief nod to his importance as a director? Recite a long list of films they may have seen? Nah. I just say," Yes, a wonderful man, my dad Hitch." When my girls were little I gave them a film challenge of sorts. They were NOT allowed to watch TV without asking permission and even then I tortured them with all sorts of chores and tasks ( bed made? dishes done? world peace?) BUT if they were going to watch a movie...Okie doke by me. So one summer they asked me who I thought they should watch. I think they meant movie star. But I gave them Hitchcock , the director,to begin the film journey. Not allowed to view Psycho though. Anna had a job that summer - but Cara was free to waltz into Video Americain with me and choose the films. Somehow she discovered Esther Williams. Maybe because Cara was such a good swimmer. So I'm not really sure if in her mind she has Million Dollar Mermaid mixed up with Strangers on a Train.