Ingrid Bergman and Cary Grant - amazing movie, the dialogue is so sharp, the camera work amazing. Hitchcock used several long shots in film, one where Grant and Ingrid kiss, then stop, then kiss, then look into each others' eyes, kiss, breathe on each other (my god!!! sexy!!!) and then walk away to the door, almost kiss and then Grant leaves. The shot took 4 hrs, of shooting, reshooting. Another great shot, at the big party after the wedding, the interior of this house built for the movie, camera at top of long staircase, comes down as if suspended in air, focusing on Ingrid's evil Nazi husband (Claude Rains) but the shot is wrong suddenly, the camera is on husband's jacket, not his face, then he moves and the camera continues to focus...on Ingrid's hand, and the key she is holding (to the secret wine cellar). What a shot! The movie ends with the long winding staircase, the one we know is so high from that earlier long shot. The ending is wow! Great ending. A great movie, made for a fraction of what films now cost to make, with great acting, great script - 1946 and Ingrid was just 31 - I would have to say Ingrid Bergman is the most beautiful woman in the world. (wait, there are beautiful women in slippery rock so lets say Ingrid is one of the most beautiful women in the world).
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