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Alfred Hitchhiking
- Thread starter Joe Riley
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- Presenting Alfred Hitchcock's personal Bentley, which he drove during a golden age of his films.
- With aluminum coachwork and a 4.9-liter I-6, this defined the sport and luxury that the Bentley badge stands for today.
- Rarely seen in left-hand-drive, this example is in excellent condition, and the famous past ownership just makes things more fun.
Dial B for Bentley, because Hitchcock's own Continental is for sale on Bring a Trailer (which, like Car and Driver, is part of Hearst Autos). Like his films, it's the kind to thing to make you gasp, though in admiration rather than fearful suspense. READ MORE
Nancy Hart
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Gas station explosion from The Birds
Anthony Perkins, circa 1960.
(Image credit: Archive Photos/Getty Images)
Perkins felt typecast after acting in 'Psycho.'
"The role of Norman Bates was a career-defining one for Perkins—for better or worse. Perkins allegedly felt that he was typecast as a villain in Hollywood. He even bought out the remainder of his Paramount contract to move to Europe and start his career afresh there. He made his European film debut in Goodbye Again in 1961, which earned him a Best Actor Bravo Otto nomination, a Bambi Award nomination, the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor, and a David di Donatello Award for Best Actor."Vertigo at midnight: The psychology of my “Alfred Hitchcock dream.”
"I keep dreaming that I'm falsely accused and can't prove my innocence. That fear is real for many people in America."
"Do you occasionally have nightmares? Almost all people do, although interestingly the incidence of scary dreams tends to drop off between the ages of 25 and 55. Nevertheless, I still have them, and you probably do too. Unlike many people, though, the dreams that terrify me are rarely violent in nature, or at least not where I’m the object of violence. I was once a horror writer and I love Scorsese movies, so you’d think violent imagery would creep into my dreams more often than it does. Although I never have exactly the same dream twice, my dreams often do follow very similar patterns. For over 30 years I’ve been plagued with what I call my “Alfred Hitchcock dream”: a scenario in which I’ve been accused of a crime I didn’t commit, and there’s no way I can prove my innocence." READ MORE