The Key to Reserva

December. 14,2007      
Rating:
7.9
Trailer Synopsis Cast

Finding an unfinished script written by Alfred Hitchcock himself, Martin Scorsese attempts to recreate it himself as Hitchcock would have.

Kelli O'Hara as  Grace Thornberry
Simon Baker as  Roger Thornberry
Martin Scorsese as  Self
Michael Stuhlbarg as  Louis Bernard
Christopher Denham as  Leonard
Richard Easton as  Mr. Carroll
Thelma Schoonmaker as  Self

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Reviews

VeteranLight
2007/12/14

I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.

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Contentar
2007/12/15

Best movie of this year hands down!

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TaryBiggBall
2007/12/16

It was OK. I don't see why everyone loves it so much. It wasn't very smart or deep or well-directed.

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Roxie
2007/12/17

The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

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Horst in Translation ([email protected])
2007/12/18

This sounds like a dream come true, doesn't it? Unfortunately, the outcome is pretty much the worst possible outcome for this encounter of directing legends. The only good thing about it were the scenes in the concert hall that really resembled Hitchcock's style. Everything else in this 9-minute short film from 8 years ago is pretty forgettable though, such as the Scorsese interviews. The worst, however, is the way that Freixenet was included and we get reminded that this is actually an advertisement spot. Pretty bad. I like Michael Stuhlbarg as an actor and he is probably the most famous cast member here. Sadly, his role was truly insignificant and he also had no audible dialog just like everybody else apart from Scorsese pretty much. Disappointing effort here. Not recommended.

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MisterWhiplash
2007/12/19

Martin Scorsese goes to lengths at the start of The Key to Reserva to present it like it's buried treasure he's discovered; his enthusiasm seems genuine, even funny (i.e. when he goes on about if Hitchcock were alive he'd direct it, but he's not, so...) and then he presents what he's directed- missing pages from a few pages of script that were never shot by Hitchcock. But as the film unfolds, which seems like the greatest homage, as opposed to a real abandoned script, to the master of suspense ever made, there's the eerie feeling it is just that. I loved seeing Scorsese go into a kind of master's class demonstration of how to emphasize all of the obsessions, which were highlighted in the screenplay... And yet, it also seemed a little fishy. It wasn't until later on that a friend, who also saw the short, told me it was fake. Curses! And the birds at the end too were part of the gimmick I bet! All kidding aside, it's a splendid tribute to Hitch, with a dastardly sense of timing with the scene at the opera, a strange amalgamation of the tensest of Hitchcock's grab bag calling to the likes of Sabateur (ironically, or just oddly enough, twenty years ago Dario Argento, a disciple of Hitchcockian suspense to a very-much Italian horror degree, had a sequence almost just like this one in his film Opera). Simon Baker plays the killer, and there's a timing to his movements that suggests something like perfect clockwork, a kind of divine madness that comes more out of technique then in storytelling. Then again, it's the story itself, however short, that brings it out as such. In the end it's all a big goof by Scorsese played on the audience, but a brilliant one, and he puts himself in the background knowing of his own persona in the process. Matter of fact, that's the real key to reserva, if you'll forgive the not-quite pun: process is the way it goes, be it timing a murder to an orchestration, or a dolly shot or crane move to just the right pitch. And, of course, always with a knowing grin as with the master's best work... which reminds me, you'd never know it, but it's a wine commercial!

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timcostello1
2007/12/20

"The Key to Reserva" is the most innovative piece of film-making I have seen for a long time. It was recommended to me by a fellow Hitchcock enthusiast but actually seeing it really blew me away. The plot was so unexpected and the execution by Scorsese, a master of cinema, was flawless. The moment I reached for my phone to tell my buddies about this masterpiece it started ringing anyway with my pals also wanting to spread the news! But now we all have the same question for Martin Scorsese: 'Will you please finish writing and shooting the film?' Yes, yes I know you can't emulate that other master, Alfred Hitchcock, but 'The Key to Reserva' can take on a life and indeed style. of its own with barely a backwards nod. This can be a winner in the right hands and Scorsese has shown that he has the magic touch and is just the man to do it. So, Sir, please take us out of our agony and say you will. From Tim Costello, Ireland.

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Glenn Andreiev
2007/12/21

I have been a longtime fan and imitator of Alfred Hitchcock from day one. I opened up the file for "Key To Reserva" and I had to watch many times. As explained in the prologue, Martin Scorsese found some notes depicting a three minute scene from an unrealized Hithcock film called "The Key To Reserva". Scorsese decided to film the three minutes in the style of Hitchcock, basically the style of late 1950's Hitch ("The Man Who Knew Too Much", "North By Northwest", even "Torn Curtain") Not Marty style, Hitchcock style. Well, it was like Hitchcock came back from the grave (actually his ashes) and lensed this great piece. We have a hero in a blue business suit, ala Roger Thornhill, seek out a hidden key in an elegant theater box. It's pure Hitchcock, even down to the crazy Hitchcock logic (The key is hidden in a place that would be scientifically impossible. But we're watching Alfred entertainment us, not teach us.) Our villain hardly looks like a villain. He looks like anybody can mop the street with him, but watch it, still waters run deadly and deep. Throw in references to "Rear Window" "Notorious" "Saboteur" a Bernard Herrmann score, and you got one tasty cinematic snack!

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