For those of you who could­n’t see the Hitch­cock films post­ed yes­ter­day (down with Joost for geoblock­ing!), I’ve hope­ful­ly found an alter­na­tive resource. The Inter­net Archive hosts some clas­sic films, and there you’ll find 4 of the 5 Hitch­cock films men­tioned yes­ter­day. Folks on Twit­ter have con­firmed that the films can be accessed in Mex­i­co, Bel­gium, Sri Lan­ka, Ire­land and Cana­da. So hope­ful­ly you’ll be in good shape too. Thanks to an uniden­ti­fied read­er for the tip:

The 39 Steps

The Man Who Knew Too Much

The Secret Agent

Young and Inno­cent

Def­i­nite­ly worth a men­tion. Craveon­line has pulled togeth­er some clas­sic Hitch­cock films. The list includes The 39 Steps, The Secret Agent, The Man Who Knew Too Much (above), Young and Inno­cent, and Black­mail. And from what I can tell, they’re all avail­able in full (sur­pris­ing­ly) and can be watched in full screen for­mat. If you’re hav­ing prob­lems view­ing these films, you can find them in our col­lec­tion of Free Movies Online.

The 39 Steps

The Man Who Knew Too Much

The Secret Agent

Young and Inno­cent

Here’s a piece from one of my col­leagues, Scott Hutchins. Take it away Scott…

Steven Soder­bergh was in San Fran­cis­co as part of the roll out for his four-and-a-half-hour, two-part epic Che, about the Argen­tin­ian doc­tor turned rev­o­lu­tion­ary Che Gue­vara.  Gue­vara is no stranger to Amer­i­can screens, espe­cial­ly after the pop­u­lar film, The Motor­cy­cle Diaries. So we won­dered why Soder­bergh want­ed to make anoth­er movie about him.  Soder­bergh is wide­ly con­sid­ered one of the most tal­ent­ed direc­tors at work in Hol­ly­wood today, but even some of his fans are scratch­ing their heads over this most recent film.  In the New York­er, film review­er Antho­ny Lane says, ‘I still have no idea what tru­ly quick­ens his heart.’  In this inter­view, we cer­tain­ly dis­cov­ered what gets his blood pump­ing.  Soder­bergh (who also direct­ed Traf­fic, Erin Brokovich, and Sex, Lies and Video­tape) dis­cuss­es his shak­en faith in the pow­er of film, what he has in com­mon with Fidel Cas­tro, and how noth­ing will ever be solved in the Mid­dle East as long as monothe­ists are involved. You can read the full inter­view at therumpus.net.

In a quick 59 sec­onds, David Lynch tells you the films and film­mak­ers that he likes best (see below). In equal­ly suc­cinct videos, though with a bit more salty lan­guage (read: lan­guage that’s not ide­al for work), Lynch also gives you his thoughts on prod­uct place­ment and the whole con­cept of watch­ing a movie on an iPhone. 

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About the Christ­mas clas­sic, “It’s a Won­der­ful Life,” a New York Times op-ed had this to say today:

It “is any­thing but a cheery hol­i­day tale.” It “is a ter­ri­fy­ing, asphyx­i­at­ing sto­ry about grow­ing up and relin­quish­ing your dreams, of see­ing your father dri­ven to the grave before his time, of liv­ing among bit­ter, small-mind­ed peo­ple. It is a sto­ry of being trapped, of com­pro­mis­ing, of watch­ing oth­ers move ahead and away, of becom­ing so filled with rage that you ver­bal­ly abuse your chil­dren, their teacher and your oppres­sive­ly per­fect wife. It is also a night­mare account of an end­less home ren­o­va­tion.”

And, with that, we present the 1947 film direct­ed by Frank Capra and star­ring James Stew­art:

 
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Let’s ease into the week­end on a high note:

via Life­hack­er via Over­thinkin­git

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