A Boat Against the Current

A cultural "omniblog" covering matters literary as well as theatrical, musical, historical, cinematic(al), etc.

Showing posts with label Bernard Herrmann. Show all posts

Showing posts with label Bernard Herrmann. Show all posts

Saturday, June 20, 2020

Flashback, June 1960: Hitchcock’s ‘Psycho’ Sets New Template for Thriller Genre

Sixty years ago this week, Psycho shocked audiences in every conceivable way upon its release. Given a minimal budget by a leery Paramo...

Wednesday, June 29, 2011

This Day in Film History (Birth of Hitchcock’s Music Master, Bernard Herrmann)

June 29, 1911—The premature birth of Bernard Herrmann to Russian immigrants in New York City’s Lower East Side was not unlike how he conduct...

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MikeT: I'm a librarian (no, NOT a "cybrarian" or "information scientist" or any of the other trendy terms the profession has come up with), as well as a freelance writer/researcher; my political leanings are contrarian, much to the dismay of friends on the left and right, and so I will give anyone looking for my vote exactly what they deserve -- the back of my hand

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