CINEMA CYCLE
(Cardio Workout And Reviewing Movies At The Same Time)
DATE REVIEWED: 11/17/2017
FORMAT: DVD
TIME RIDDEN / FILM LENGTH: 65 minutes
DISTANCE RIDDEN WHILE VIEWING: 19.3 miles
TOTAL CINEMA MILES LOGGED: 8030 miles
SYNOPSIS: British espionage / murder mystery, common fair for 1930s England
CONCEPT IN RELATION TO THE VIEWER: A chase and mistaken identity set in upper crust society where even the bad guys are politically correct.
PROS AND CONS: Not a great film but interesting to watch just to see how Alfred Hitchcock’s style and sense of storytelling evolved.
The plot is hard to follow and requires a lot of listening to fast dialogue between two characters in long oratory scenes. The film does not hold your interest much during the first 30 minutes and in fact, I had a hard time even following what was going on.
The last 20 minutes of the film are hilarious, only because they tend to use the big surprise scene to give the film a sort of payoff for the audience. In this case the elaborate Bus / Train chase all done with miniatures, which at times almost resembles a Bugs Bunny / Road Runner cartoon.
This film is a part of my LaserDisc Collection.
Clicking on the title will take you to the Internet Movie Database (IMDB) entry for this film.
This film was viewed while exercising on my recumbent cycle. A summary of my time spent working out on my journey through movie-land can be found on Strava.com.
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