tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1668690844478666903.post2592022312249423908..comments2023-10-19T07:40:24.458-07:00Comments on Noir and Chick Flicks: Hitchcock: Blackmail (1929)Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03476174860119487509noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1668690844478666903.post-83908460314696601762010-11-08T03:54:56.624-07:002010-11-08T03:54:56.624-07:00Ladyeve, Thank you. Sounds like you had an amazing...Ladyeve, Thank you. Sounds like you had an amazing theater experience,<br />watching "Blackmail" on the "big" screen. How wonderful that you had the opportunity to compare the two movie versions.Dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03476174860119487509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1668690844478666903.post-46705959902790851202010-11-07T15:06:33.653-07:002010-11-07T15:06:33.653-07:00Great pix of Anny Ondra on your front page, Dawn! ...Great pix of Anny Ondra on your front page, Dawn! Thanks for an interesting and well-researched blog.<br />A few months ago I had the chance to see Blackmail in a theater accompanied by the Alloy Orchestra. Mind boggling! Later I rented the sound version, mostly for the sake of comparison. I preferred the silent. Perhaps I saw it in an ideal setting, but the silent seemed better crafted (the sound wasn't great) and more ambiguous - it seemed to me the Scotland Yard boyfriend did not completely understand for quite a while what his girl had actually done. In the sound version it's clear early on that he knows exactly what happened. I love ambiguity - and I think it was more dramatically effective for him to find out later in the plot. It added another layer of suspense, too, I think.The Lady Evehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11963115499930520653noreply@blogger.com