Seeing this on the big screen, heightens the power of a film that already seemed incredible enough on our small screens at home. Seeing this movie the way it was meant to be seen, one notices what a visually stunning movie this is. No movie has ever photographed the city of San Francisco better than Hitch and cinematographer Robert Burks did here. However even the inside scenes are just as well shot and planned. Who (especially who that has seen this movie in a cinema) can forget the image of Kim Novak walking up to Jimmy Stewart basked in the eerie glow of that green light. However none of these visuals are here to show off. They instead only pull you further into the hypnotic spell of what you are watching. No better word describes the feeling of this film better than hypnotic. This is definitely one of Alfred Hitchcock's slowest paced films. However this works perfectly to its advantage (especially again in a cinema). The film slowly lures you into its hypnotic spell and after a while you are simply unable to look away from the screen. After seeing this movie I always have to adjust again to just living life, because I get so sucked into the movie that it briefly becomes reality to me. This is not a movie you can be on a computer or your phone while watching. You have to let the movie pull you into its power while watching. If you do you will not regret it as this is one of the most powerful movies ever made, and if you get the chance to see this on the big screen, don't miss it.
-Michael J. Ruhland
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