The 39 Steps

AArdvark · Post by **AArdvark** » Mon Aug 19, 2013 4:44 pm

Just watched this over the weekend in preparation for the upcoming show at Geva Theater. Can't get all the jokes unless I'm actually familiar with the movie.

Movie was vintage 1935. I always disliked the way Hitchcock used sound stages for everything. Back then people couldn't tell the difference apparently. It was a pretty good practice run for North By Northwest. Oh yeah, everyone had a Scottish accent so it was particularly difficult to understand when the characters started talking fast. Some of the words I did manage to catch were:

"Oot" means out

"Oop" means up

pinback · Post by **pinback** » Mon Aug 19, 2013 9:14 pm

So, it's like Canada.

Ice Cream Jonsey · Post by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Mon Aug 19, 2013 10:05 pm

I feel that there are a lot of movies from 1939 that I would like to see and should see, but I haven't.

I got a Netflix account for my girlfriend and I, by the way. So far we have watched exactly nothing.

The one movie I always wanted to see was "Witness." The one with Harrison Ford. I think he got nominated for an ... award? An Oscar? An Oscar.

But every time I go to watch it, I see the word "Amish." God.

Also, Netflix does not stream the Lethal Weapon movies.

lethargic · Post by **lethargic** » Mon Aug 19, 2013 10:12 pm

The 1930s Alfred Hitchcock movies all just blend together for me. I couldn't begin to tell what the different is between The 39 Steps, Secret Agent, Sabotage or Number 17. It's like one long movie with people who look alike doing similar stuff. But it's one long awesome movie.

lethargic · Post by **lethargic** » Mon Aug 19, 2013 10:13 pm

Ice Cream Jonsey wrote:I feel that there are a lot of movies from 1939 that I would like to see and should see, but I haven't.

Why 1939? What do you have against 1937?

AArdvark · Post by **AArdvark** » Tue Aug 20, 2013 3:06 am

It's interesting to see the plot devices that have been copied so many times by more modern movie makers.