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Tripp Review: Make Mine Music

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By Jon Tripp

Not much to see here, folks. Basically a collection of Silly Symphonies with delusions of Fantasia‘s grandeur. The highlight is probably the segment “All The Cats Join In”, a jazz-era romp that looks like it features the Archie gang and contains some surprisingly ribald humor for a Disney production… It almost feel like a “this is your kid on jazz!” PSA for parents.

Side note: steer clear of the Disney Gold Collection DVD, which is not only abridged (missing “The Martins and The Coys” segment) but also features an embarrassingly bad transfer and is artificially transferred into widescreen, cropping the top and bottom of the frame. All around, an underwhelming viewing experience.

Tripp Review: Vertigo

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Unpopular opinion: Vertigo is not Hitchcock’s best film. It’s not even his best film starring James Stewart (that would be Rear Window). Nor does it have his best trippy nightmare sequence (that would be Spellbound).
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I can’t help but feel the story would be improved without the big reveal in Judy’s hotel room; keeping the audience in the same mindset as Scottie. [I’m not completely off-base here; even Hitch wanted the flashback omitted.]

That said, even a decent Hitchcock film is better than most films and there’s lots to like here, especially on a technical level, and also Stewart’s performance.

Scottie’s post-breakdown obsession has always bothered me (yes, I know that’s the point), but more upsetting than that is Judy’s and the rest of society’s willingness to go along with it: “Yes sir, we know what you like” as Judy is breaking down in the corner. That’s messed up, 1950s America.

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️ 1/2