tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5408368436169661319.post5971926239238678134..comments2024-03-28T18:49:48.571-04:00Comments on Joe Torcivia's The Issue At Hand Blog: DVD Review: Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho: 50th Anniversary Edition (Blu-ray)Joe Torciviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00421096229407174474noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5408368436169661319.post-1480918071546713532010-10-31T20:49:48.751-04:002010-10-31T20:49:48.751-04:00Joe,
Haven't seen the scene in question, so I...Joe,<br /><br />Haven't seen the scene in question, so I can't be sure, but I think it was just a camera shot of a toilet. In 1928, that sight was apparently not for the squeamish movie-goer, flush sound or no flush sound.<br /><br />ChrisChris Barathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06845538037091279990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5408368436169661319.post-12484292564226068762010-10-31T04:25:01.552-04:002010-10-31T04:25:01.552-04:00Oh, and Chris…
In the 1928 film you cite… Even if...Oh, and Chris…<br /><br />In the 1928 film you cite… Even if there WAS a toilet, and even if it DID flush…<br /><br />Did anyone HEAR it flush? :-) <br /><br />Joe (…imagining a TITLE CARD, with the word “FLUSH!”)Joe Torciviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00421096229407174474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5408368436169661319.post-41911547104450602802010-10-30T20:12:24.512-04:002010-10-30T20:12:24.512-04:00Chris:
Ah, but did it show the toilet FLUSH?!
...Chris:<br /><br />Ah, but did it show the toilet FLUSH?! <br /><br />Happy Halloween! <br /><br />Joe.Joe Torciviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00421096229407174474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5408368436169661319.post-12646504289035258322010-10-30T20:05:33.996-04:002010-10-30T20:05:33.996-04:00Joe,
Actually, I've heard that King Vidor'...Joe,<br /><br />Actually, I've heard that King Vidor's film THE CROWD (1928) was the first movie to show a toilet on-screen. That was one of the reasons why L.B. Mayer predicted that Vidor's highly symbolic exploration of the life of a typical "everyman" would get great reviews -- and fail at the box office. Which it did.<br /><br />ChrisChris Barathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06845538037091279990noreply@blogger.com