So, yeah, we're gonna look at these Hitchcock photos today. He was,
this is from 1953, you know, he just finished strangers on a train, which was a,
a very successful movie. He decided to have these parties. Now,
what do you think of these photos? I mean.
Let's just look at that first one though, because it, it,
it it's like the light is a hat or what is, it looks,
feels like he's like influenced by the surreal movement, you know,
almost like a Dolly photograph. What do you think? You know,
I just wanna know where everybody's at. Where's the, where are the party goers?
Yeah. Who are the.
Party goers? Exactly. I had too much to drink. Is that a lampshade on?
Yeah, it's a haunted. It's a haunted reality. Let's go to the second picture.
Let's see. Okay. I mean, well mean I.
I guess maybe these are, maybe these are guests that came to the party.
I mean, well, first of all, like, okay. She was out of, uh,
David, not David Copperfield. What was the one where come on?
Which Dickens is miss Habersham.
Oh, it's uh, that's such a great movie. Great expectations.
Great. Yeah. It's it was a good.
The cake is all haunted and strange and she's in.
But then he's like contract happening with him,
but also a little Bridgeton there in the photo. .
Look at this next one. You know, he, he, uh,
it's so strange cuz he he's such a haunted specter of a,
of a person in the flower and the cigarette, you know,
outside of this building when this is going on, they just to prove ironically,
the uh, salt vaccine, you know,
so it was 80 to 90% effective and this is the year that that really happened.
So that's the backdrop, the Korean war is ending and,
and he's in there doing these totally strange, bizarre things.
But what, what is he holding in his hand?
And like she's got the flour and the cigarette,
which is really sign of the times.
Looks like maybe it's maybe it's a script for his next.
Movie's go to the next one. All right. Let's.
See.
He was really beautiful guy. When he,
when he was just standing there looking is this is a strange photo that he would
select this cuz his eyes are closed and, and look.
At, but look, he's looking at a Quirke though.
You know? Yeah. Oh yeah. Is that what that, yeah. How about the next one?
Sliding down the banister.
Is this all the same party? Do we think?
I think he threw these parties. He did one party,
a different party where he painted everything blue, you know,
which is totally strange.
And you know why you would have a party of just blue things,
but it it's kind of a, you know,
the image is themselves are so beautiful. I mean, Martina you're,
you're a creative director. What do you think of these imagery? The imagery,
the way you selected it?
I think what I love about this one is the emotion cuz I'm already win for when
he hits the, the end. Wait and look at, look at the footprints on the,
on the wall. I love the photo. Yeah, right?
Yeah. Look at the next one. You know, it's like,
this is such a haunted and strange photo, you know,
that's probably his driver or something, you know, like a stand item.
This is also when the USSR got the hydrogen bomb. So it's like, that is
what year? 1953.
So is that what and what is in that glass? Okay. Is it water? Is it a martini?
Is it like absinthe?
I don't know. Yeah. The next one I think is the actual party,
um, where people look a bit uncomfortable and they're, you know,
some people are just like, what am I doing here? You know?
Uh, yes. Yeah. Actually looks like one of our editors that.
The next one looks like Mrs. Arsham for real, she was going for that.
But look at, look at the picture behind him on the wall, you know, it's like,
it's, it's so strange and beautiful. But again.
These characters though are not really characters out of his films. Yeah.
Cause his films have more realism. Right? Yeah.
So these are these feel like out of, um, like, like I said,
they feel very or something and surrealism and Count Dracula,
I don't really.
Think he's enjoying himself too, you know?
Well, stark it's a dark story happening there. Yeah.
That flower Is getting around yeah.
Yeah.
If you go to the next one, the party's definitely happening now. Yeah.
There's party hats. Who is the photographer?
I bet it's a really good photographer. Um, you know,
it's it's interest the, um,
the invitation to come to the party. Imagine if you had this invitation,
uh, morbid morgue muscles, suicide Suzettes,
Cognay Cobra, homemade fried.
No, no, no, no. Jesse, Jesse, Jesse .
Homemade fries, homicide Ragu of reptile.
Charcoal. Keep going on the pictures. You guys charcoal broiled,
same witch legs, corpse, croquettes, barbecued banshee, opium
omelets. You know, I mean, imagine what you think. If you got this invitation,
it would be like a joyous, cool thing to, to be able to come to and you know,
to get away from the tensions much like today,
except for we're just now starting to get the vaccine.
So it's kind of a lovely thing.
You can call it joyous. This is not my idea of a good time.
Just okay. I just say, okay.
And uh, there you go. I mean, that's at least he's smiling there.
It looks like who is that? It looks like a politician there on 13th.
That 13th photograph is pretty, uh,
pretty tremendous. Yeah.
It actually looks kind of fitting for our times. Doesn't it? .
Well act in.
I, you know, this last picture, you know, could be anytime now, you know,
like the bird and the people can't see anybody's faces and cobwebs, you know.
The cobwebs are incredible.
You, uh, I mean they knew how to do this. I know.
Has anything changed? I would say a lot has changed. Well.
I think it's just a, you know, you wonder whether, um,
JJ or somebody is doing that party now. Um, you know,
like with the same imagination and, and joy,
I don't think it's happening quite today,
but maybe they found a way to make it happen on, on zoom, in a different way.
You.
Know, you know,
the other way to think of it is look at the script in their hand.
If you think about Quentin Tarantino, right.
They wouldn't let anybody out alive with that script. Yeah.
Just think about it as the first reading. Yeah. Stage reading. But uh,
I do like the end there. Yeah. Very end. And with that,
I think it's time to think of a, of.
You. Yeah. Yeah. Thank you. You guys. Okay. Well, thanks.
Have a haunted evening.
Yeah.
Alfred.
I presume.