Adam-Troy Castro

Writer of Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, and Stories About Yams.

 

When Your Husband Drives You Crazy: the two versions of GASLIGHT

Posted on July 29th, 2012 by Adam-Troy Castro

  First Commentary by Adam-Troy Castro Gaslight aka Angel Street, The Murder in Thorton Street,  A Strange Case Of Murder  (1940). Directed by Thorold Dickinson. Screenplay by A.R. Rawlinson and Bridget Boland, from the play by Patrick Hamilton. Starring Anton Walbrook and Diana Wyngard.  84 minutes. ** 1/2 Gaslight (1944). Directed by George Cukor. Screenplay […]

Inaction Movies: the two versions of REAR WINDOW

Posted on June 27th, 2012 by Adam-Troy Castro

First Commentary by Adam-Troy Castro Rear Window (1954). Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Screenplay by John Michael Hayes, from the story by Cornell Woolrich. Starring James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Wendell Corey, Raymond Burr, Thelma Ritter. 112 minutes. *** 1/2 Rear Window (1998). Directed by Jeff Bleckner. Screenplay by Larry Gross and Eric Overmyer, from the story […]

Murders Gone Messy: Two versions of Blood Simple

Posted on April 6th, 2011 by Adam-Troy Castro

If you point a gun at someone, you’d better make sure you shoot him, and if you shoot him you’d better make sure he’s dead, because if he isn’t then he’s gonna get up and try to kill you.  – Ray.   Marty’s a guy born to get shot someday.     Also quite messy. First […]

 
 
 

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