Clickety-clack goes Hitchcock's brain.
Is the vanished lady found?
Should those strangers on a train
beyond a shadow of a doubt be bound
north by northwest?
The train is filled with See men
chase unlucky protagonist ...
"Won't you come into my cabin?"
What's the locomotion of the shot?
Get the story all-aboard.
Get the hero in a real tight spot.
Get the music Herrmann-scored.
A tunnel fast approaches, train on track
to enter in. Clickety-clack.
Alfred Hitchcock is the director of such classics as The Lady Vanishes, Strangers on a Train, Shadow of a Doubt, North by Northwest.
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i enjoy a good hitchcock film for sure...he knew how to make them...and give us a good twist as well....thanks for the memories...
ReplyDeleteHitchcock was a genius at creating suspense (and terror) out of everyday, commonplace things -- a ringing telephone, a bath shower, a leg of lamb, a window -- and a train.
ReplyDeleteGood poem.
Hitchcock went beyond a good story. He knew how to lift the story to great heights with amazing atmosphere! And a train was one means!
ReplyDeleteahhhh - love me some hitchcock...very nice poem, bringing him alive again..
ReplyDeleteI like this ... tight and moves along at a fast clip ... like the famed train!
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