Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Hitch Crock



Some critics still sit on the fence
They're split on the Hitch of Suspense
The nix his best bits
As lifted from Fritz,  
His scripts as unlikely events 

I once heard a writer boo-hiss
His masterpiece “logic amiss”
To fail to give in
To Vertigo’s spin
Takes a patient immune to film bliss

To fall for romantic film art
Requires implanting a hear
For that which we feel
Is equally real
As narrative strands pulled apart  

3 comments:

  1. There once was a genius, rotund
    Whose films folks were eager to fund
    But then he made MARNIE
    Most critics cried, "Blarney!"
    His subsequent work they all shunned.

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  2. That Marnie is odd and perverse
    A Klepto hiding things in her purse
    Alack and alas
    Except for the gas
    Torn Curtain was decidedly worse

    The film, set amidst the Cold War
    At best is luke warm, at worst bore
    A Hitch-Herrmann bout
    Bernard’s score was out
    The two never spoke anymore

    Thanks for playing!

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  3. "No Country For Old Men" I did view
    A movie to which I say P-U
    Thought it'd never end
    (It didn't, my friend)
    Yet it still got a golden statue

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