“The 39 Steps I saw recently. Black-and-white, you know, British, more British-y Alfred Hitchcock and, like all his movies, there is something absolutely special and magnificent about it. It’s just a great plot that just… Surprises keep coming to poor Robert Donat. There’s a helicopter in it, and one of the worst special effects I’ve ever seen is the helicopter flying overhead. And that’s another Hitchcock trademark, in my opinion, is to have some very fake-looking shot somewhere.”