In reply to: For Sprack and other "older" movie buffs. posted by usmcirish
to make sure I'm not being attacked by a crop duster.
Especially that he put a forest on the top of Mt. Rushmore and Cary Grant's mother is younger than he is. But that movie is great from start to finish, just about every scene is brilliant - including the very end with its wink at the censors.
Same with The Searchers, where the setting in west Texas is filmed in Ford's real favorite place, Monument Valley, hundreds of miles away. But it's worth it because the photography is knock-your-socks-off stunning.
Switzerland/are interested in Europe. He was inspired to write the movie the Birds while staying at the Badrutt's Palace hotel in St. Moritz. The legend has it a flock of Crows flew at his balcony while staying at the hotel.