family plot

Though a quite simple scene, there's something moody and atmospheric about the scene in Alfred Hitchcock's Family Plot where Bruce Dern sleuths in the cemetery. Here's some stills from the 1976 picture courtesy of the "1,000 Frames" project.

edith head & hitch

Edith Head passed away 31 years ago today but the costumes she designed for film and particularly the movies of Alfred Hitchcock are immortal.  Assembling these screenshots (from the 1000 Frames of Hitchcock project), I noticed the frequent use of purple (especially its ironic use in Topaz), that older characters who are typically dowdy in film have a sense of style and sophistication in her work and how she was able to add little touches to even the minor characters to make them distinct and memorable.

Notorious

Rear Window

The Trouble with Harry

To Catch a Thief 

The Man Who Knew Too Much

Vertigo

The Birds

Marnie

Torn Curtain

Topaz

Family Plot