Family Plot
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Some other composer, I don't know,
on a film that he made about a murder.

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And he instructed the composer
to make the music light.

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So, he said he went
to London to record the music,

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and this composer had every
double bass and bassoon and timpani,

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and every instrument
in the city of London

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capable of making an ominous,
lugubrious sound.

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Just the opposite of what
he wanted, so I said to him,

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"Mr Hitchcock, seems like for a murder
that's very appropriate."

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Put that thing away.
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I always quote his exact words.
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He said, "Mr Williams,
murder can be fun."

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So, he had this idea
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of irony and many sides
to the prism of what one sees.

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- (Man) Where'd you put the diamond?
- (Woman) Where everyone can see it.

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- You didn't.
- I did.

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- Are you going to tell me where?
- You'll have to torture me first.

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(Woman Giggling) Oh, I intend to...
in a few minutes.

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(Williams) The specific details
of the music in that movie

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was with the use of the voices
having to do with this psychic.

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(Blanche) I feel a holding back.
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What's the trouble, Henry?
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And he did have an idea
of having voices.

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He said, "It should be impressionistic
with the women's voices."

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And also his ideas about music
were very closely linked

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to a very methodical editorial process.
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The precision of the editing reflected
the precision of the shooting.

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I could tell you one
little anecdote, also, about

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a scene in the film where
we didn't have a disagreement

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about where the music
should play but a discussion.

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There was a room where
the criminal had been,

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and the camera pans
to the window, which is open.

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And the curtains blow in the breeze,
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and this reveal of the camera
tells us the criminal has escaped.

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Good day and good luck.

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