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I only ask because Zacharek uses two very strange examples in her review.
The first is the "squirrels/nuts" simile. If getting a good review is like collecting a nut, then does that make Zacharek's reviews some sort of alterno-legume?
Also, this is just odd:
Zacharek: "Although he used sound brilliantly, the dialogue in a Hitchcock film generally tells us very little; the visuals, and the implied but indelible connections between them, tell us everything."
Zacharek says how Hitchcock films are low on dialogue, then later in the review she reference "Lifeboat" -- Hitch's talkiest picture! (Okay, maybe "Rope" is talkier, but still...)
I take it Zacharek didn't see "The Paradine Case" or "Marine" or the final scene in "Psycho," or "Rear Window" (lots of dialogue, there), or "Dial M for Murder," or "Notorious," or...
Hitchcock is happy to use copious dialogue when it's good dialogue.
