These guys weren’t dirty, rotten scoundrels. No, they were a clean pair of heels: neat of appearance, polite of demeanour, no foul language. Even their getaways were clean
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I liked the film...dylanmitchellJune 29 2009, 12:13:51 UTC
I consider it one of Hitchcock's best. Regarding the perfect crime: Many imperfect ones remain undiscovered. I suppose luck has a lot to do with it. It really doesn't take a genius to murder someone: Just a disturbed individual with an enormous ego. Lizzie Borden is a good example. O.J. Simpson is another. Their crimes were far from perfect, yet they got away with. You have an interesting journal.
Re: I liked the film...dylanmitchellJune 30 2009, 11:25:51 UTC
Their crimes were far from perfect, yet they got away with. I swear to god I included the word "it" at the end of my dark sentence. LJ is fast becoming like a Pinter play. I give up.
Re: I liked the film...reggie_c_kingJuly 3 2009, 21:57:37 UTC
You certainly make an interesting and valid point. I think, perhaps, the perfect crime or the perfect murder, certainly, sounds grander than it is. A murder case is based on means, motive and opportunity, but, really, only two of those are actually necessarily. One requires means and opportunity, but it is possible to kill without motive. A murder committed for no other reason than itself is, I suppose, the closest to the perfect murder, as its effect cannot be traced back to a cause and, therefore cannot be wholly proven. See the last chapters of The Vatican Cellars, I guess.
Or leave the question of death in doubt or, better still, unraised.
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Mr. Stewart was an inspired choice. Who could have done it better? Lugosi?
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Or leave the question of death in doubt or, better still, unraised.
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