:55:02
Then at the end,
we have the car crash.
:55:05
And the first thing you see
is the car is upside down,
:55:08
and here's Barbara's head
peeking out of the top.
:55:12
And then she's going
to try to get out of the car.
:55:15
She starts climbing out,
and her foot is on my face,
:55:18
'cause the car is upside down like that.
:55:21
Well, that's just, you know. Hitchcock
said, W omen always walk on men."
:55:23
"They walk all over 'em."
So, why not, you know?
:55:25
Then I come underneath the car
with my head out that way,
:55:28
and he said, "You be a worm,
and she'll be a bird."
:55:31
Well, that's inventive.
:55:36
(Devane) When I first met him,
he said, "William Powell."
:55:39
I don't know if I could play
on that scale, anyway,
:55:41
but I wasn't quite sure what he meant.
:55:44
I knew he wanted it kind of light.
:55:46
That's all he said to me was,
"William Powell."
:55:48
Brilliant planning.
:55:51
They don't have a single lead to follow.
:55:53
And about three weeks into it,
at lunch one day I said to him,
:55:56
"You know, Hitch, I assume
I'm doing what you want,
:55:59
otherwise, you would tell me."
:56:02
And he said, "Of course." That was it!
:56:05
He didn't say anything else.
:56:07
And when he was shooting,
he would say, "Cat's feet."
:56:10
And you'd learn that
"cat's feet" means pause.
:56:17
I have a scene where I say
something like "Merry Christmas."
:56:20
And I said, "Merry Chris-" "Cut."
:56:23
I said, "Hitch, wh-what are you doing?
I have to say 'Merry Christmas.'"
:56:26
"No. No, Bruce.
Because when you say the 'mas,'
:56:29
I'm going to be over here
so, we don't need to shoot it now."
:56:33
So, when I tell directors
that on Family Plot
:56:37
we only shot 1 10,000 feet of film,
:56:41
period, and printed 55,000.
:56:43
That's a two-to-one ratio on
a two-hour-and-20-minute movie.
:56:46
Arthur Adamson.
What can I do for you gentlemen?
:56:49
Sorry to bother you, Mr Adamson.
:56:51
Andy Bush, Bureau of Inspectors,
and, uh, this is Lieutenant Peterson.
:56:55
- Hi.
- My pleasure.
:56:57
(Devane) I had directed a play called
Are You Now, Or Have You Ever Been?