Sunday, October 30, 2022

The Body in the Woods:


'He looked exactly the same when he was alive, only he was vertical.'
Jennifer

One of my favorite Hitchcock films is actually not a horror film,  but the 1955 comedy, mystery tale, The Trouble With Harry.   Harry's a dead man, and although no one seems to mind, they all feel responsible.  After Harry's body is found in the woods, several locals must determine not only how and why he was killed, but what to do with the body...


The Trouble With Harry (1955)
Visual Interpretation 


One of the reasons I love the film so much goes beyond the story to the location and visuals.  The film is set during Autumn and it's filled with colorful Autumn imagery and colors.  The color were actually part of the film's original marketing. Red! Gold! And Glorious! The full flavor of autumn in Vermont in VISTAVISION

Although very much alive, artist and model Luke G headed out into the woods to recreate Harry's hillside position surrounded by the glorious red and gold.  It was a bitterly cold day when Luke re-created these moments from the film and I'm grateful for his time, and for his freezing his beautiful body off, to capture a few moments to commemorate the film.



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