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And he went through the air.
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Nothing holding him .
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No cords, no strings, nothing.
:26:07
Just flew through the air
and caught right in there.
:26:12
Absolutely fantastic to see him do it.
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One take, as I recall.
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once he was there,
then Hitch cut into me.
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This hand that held the torch
was removable
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and could lay at an angle,
such as you're facing me like that.
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So that my head was here
looking into the camera,
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and he could do all my scenes
lying there.
:26:51
I'll get your sleeve.
:26:53
When Alfred Hitchcock
ran the picture for Ben Hecht,
:26:58
who was probably the most ...
:27:00
well, certainly one of the most
famous writers in Hollywood.
:27:04
Ben Hecht looked at the picture
and at the end,
:27:07
when the lights came up
in the projection room, he said,
:27:10
''He should have had a better tailor.''
Referring to the sleeve coming off.
:27:16
The sleeve. The sleeve.
:27:21
That is to say
:27:23
the whole idea of the
threads going one at a time
:27:27
was... very visual suspense.
:27:31
And maybe if l'd had a better tailor,
:27:34
you couldn't have had
an ending to the picture.
:27:39
- Can you get a grip with your feet?
- I can't.
:27:42
The only mistake Hitch
made in this picture
:27:44
was that l, the villain,
was the one in jeopardy,
:27:47
and he always regretted that.
:27:49
The audience could not
have the sympathy for the actor
:27:54
who's playing it
because he's the villain.
:27:56
Hurry up with the rope!
:27:57
But as a technical piece,
it's extraordinary.