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Frenzy was a homecoming of sorts as it was Hitch’s first film shot in the UK since he left during the 40’s. I would disagree with those who claim that Frenzy can’t stand with Hitch’s best work; Hitch’s droll and dark sense of humor change what could have been a run of the mill thriller into a minor masterpiece. The best bits in Frenzy are every bit as startling and powerful as those in Rear Window, Vertigo and North by Northwest. Although his wife Alma’s heart attack couldn’t have informed the pre-production stages of the script and film, it certainly had an impact on the atomsphere captured in the film. There is an underlying darkness here only hinted at before (most explicitly in The Birds, Vertigo and Marnie).
The performances are uniformly excellent. The fact that Hitch chose stage actors and lesser known British film actors for this film gives it a bit more grit and reality than his earlier films. Anthony Schaffer’s script plays with the routine cliches of suspense films. A number of sequences (including the scene where the murderer is trying to retrieve a bit of incriminating evidence from one of his victims) flirt with sardonic humor. The dialog like most of Hitch’s films is outstanding. Here Schaffer, again, turns many of the cliches (some from Hitch’s own films) from film dialog into a droll commentary on both the action and the film audience as observers.
The extras included on this DVD are particularly outstanding given the standing this film has with most film buffs. The new interviews with Anna Massey, Jon Finch and others sheds considerable light on Hitch’s methods during the making of the film and discounts a number of myths about him (including the idea that he didn’t really work much with the actors. While he trusted the actor’s instincts he also recognized that a well rehearsed film is akin to a storyboarded film; it’s clear that preparation for both aspects were equally important).
Why is this film a “lesser” Hitchcock for most critics? It probably has to do with the more contemporary edge in some of the scenes. Frenzy has more in common with the brutality evident in early Hitchcock classics like Murder than with Rear Window or Shadow of a Doubt (a film that shares a lot of the same themes although Frenzy is a darker, more contemporary take on the same type of story). Frenzy clearly is Hitch’s last great film and although it occasionally slips, its best moments are every bit the equal of his best films. On the whole the strengths of Frenzy outweight the weaknesses and make this terrific film a must for Hitch fans. One interesting observation in closing about Frenzy. Everybody points to Hitch’s classic films as influencing Brian DePalma. It’s clear that DePalma (who had already begun making films prior to 1972)borrowed more from Frenzy than other Hitchcock classics. Even a film like DePalma’s Sisters (released the year after Frenzy) owes a great debt to this film.
Think about this.The man was 70 when he directed it—6000 miles away from home.For someone who had enjoyed the comfort and routine of shuttling each day from Universal to Bellagio Road for the last twenty years,this was pretty radical—and it couldn’t have been any picnic sitting all day on those wet,chilly London streets either. I never appreciated all of this at the age of 21 when I was running “Frenzy” as a 16mm college rental.At that time,I enjoyed a good,tense—maybe not top drawer,but certainly up to standard—Hitchcock thriller.Having seen it many times in the intervening years, I have modified my opinion—”Frenzy” is a GREAT Hitchcock thriller.I won’t say “one of his best”,because how much room do we have in a pantheon that includes “Shadow Of A Doubt”,”Notorious”,”Strangers On A Train” and so many others?Let’s just say that “Frenzy” is utterly different from the rest—-another bold stroke from a director who was always ahead of the cutting edge. It’s also one of the wittiest pictures ever made—funnier than any one of a hundred celebrated comedies I can think of.Anthony Shaeffer had a lot to do with that—he was the writer—and it’s a masterful job he turned in—if only these two could have done a whole series of thrillers together!Besides the well-known set-pieces(the potato truck,the back-tracking shot from Barry Foster’s doorway,etc.),there are so many wonderful little throwaway moments to treasure—Jon Finch stepping on the grapes,Foster picking his teeth with the tie pin—so many priceless details.Hitchcock obviously loved being in that Covent Garden—it’s teeming with moving crates of fruits and vegetables—people hiding out among the deliveries,casually picking samples and eating—it’s all so relaxed and evocative—you feel as though you’re right there in the bustle of a typical London day. It’s great that Hitchcock was able to share such a vivid and colorful homecoming with us—the fact that it’s such a marvellously grisly and twisted ride is like the icing on the cake.Yes,the first rape/murder scene is truly disturbing,and I wish he’d toned it down,but Hitchcock was clearly pushing the limits here—releasing a few of those demons that had been pent-up through so many of the code-compliant pictures he’d made for so many years.It’s a lapse in taste,but I’ve forgiven it.There’s so much to love in “Frenzy”,it’s hard not to—besides,you’ve all got fast-forward buttons.MCA should release this on DVD—truly a buried treasure among Hitchcock classics.
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