That bass sound in this Movie reminded me of the dead silence while having a fear where you almost hear the pounding of your heart that can get faster and can cause swoosh sound in the ear from the flood in the vessels rushing through . The upbeat bass in movies makes me think of the feet dancing across the journey in the story where each note is a foot step weather it is a slow walk to better times and joy or racing to a goal . Scot's father was Jeff Corey as the father in that scene shown , Perry Smith had his father played by Charles McGraw as Tex Smith. I watched the DVD version and didn't know the movie was in B&W for 1967 because my TV in the late 70's was B&W when it was on the late show. I noticed a few 1967 cars in the backdrops along with post 1959 cars such as the Cadillac in the scrap yard as the 1959 police sedan pulls in next to the rear of a 1960 trunk area .
Did you also notice when walking on a crowded street after shopping the women were wearing 60s fashions? There are so many movies with similar errors like seeing a UPC symbol in a movie set in the 1960s.
There's one scene on the Highway where I noticed a Cars transporter Truck with several new 1968 Chevrolet's. The filming and Budget must have made it tough to be accurate and close down a Town to line Period accurate vehicles .
I liked how the aluminum siding on the Greyhound bus as it goes by morphs in the similar siding on the passenger train. One time years ago on cable tv they showed this movie and timed it out so that the murder seen happened almost to the minute while you were watching the movie. The murders took place on November 15th 1959 and they showed it on Nov 15 but cannot recall the year. I think it was TBS. That particular night they aired it it was a spooky windy night, it was haunting say the least.
I've been to the farm and in the home many times, and over a period of years. It has changed considerably since the actual crime. When the movie was made, the town of Holcomb, Garden City and other locations in the film were fairly unchanged since 1959-1960. That was April 1967. By 1972, a number of changes had taken place where various scenes of the movie were filmed. By the 1980s and '90s, the scenes were quite dramatically different. Buildings removed, streets paved, highways rebuilt or routed differently. The Clutter house and farm was changed significantly. Conrad Hall had the white Clutter house repainted pink. Apparently, this color (in a B&W film) photographs better as stark white. The house has been resided, the hedges and trees around the house have died or have been cut and removed. Sorry to say, the original boughs of Chinese Elms lining the Oak Avenue drive to the farm have nearly all disappeared. The inside of the Clutter house has not changed much at all. Nearly all the past owners paid respect to the original interiors of all floors, including the basement and utility rooms. Herb Clutter would be proud of his hometown, as Holcomb has really changed for the better. Paved streets, Santa Fe depot gone, both post offices removed and a new one built, subdivisions, a major new power plant--The Holcomb Plant--of Sunflower Electric G&T is nearby. The population of the town has dramatically increased. There is a livestock rendering plant there with many people having moved their to work in the plant. You cannot tell the difference between the city limits of Garden City and the beginning of Holcomb. What I remember back in the '60s, with sparse businesses lining U. S. 50 and lots of trees, has greatly changed. U. S. 50 has also changed. It no longer weaves through Holcomb. It is now the U. S. 50/U. S. 400 by-pass way to the north of Holcomb.
Perry had childhood PTSD. When the nun says, "young man" it triggered Perry off. He had been abused by nuns in childhood and any interactions with a nun would trigger him. Later in the film Perry gets triggered off again during the home invasion and what happened to the Cutters was the end result.
The stark beauty of Conrad Hall's photography made this film.
Hall did outstanding work on "The Outer Limits" in 1963-64.
Amazing cinematography!
The editing and cuts were very awkward in this film. This was one of its drawbacks. Rather harsh and unsophisticated.
That bass sound in this Movie reminded me of the dead silence while having a fear where you almost hear the pounding of your heart that can get faster and can cause swoosh sound in the ear from the flood in the vessels rushing through .
The upbeat bass in movies makes me think of the feet dancing across the journey in the story where each note is a foot step weather it is a slow walk to better times and joy or racing to a goal .
Scot's father was Jeff Corey as the father in that scene shown , Perry Smith had his father played by Charles McGraw as Tex Smith.
I watched the DVD version and didn't know the movie was in B&W for 1967 because my TV in the late 70's was B&W when it was on the late show. I noticed a few 1967 cars in the backdrops along with post 1959 cars such as the Cadillac in the scrap yard as the 1959 police sedan pulls in next to the rear of a 1960 trunk area .
Did you also notice when walking on a crowded street after shopping the women were wearing 60s fashions? There are so many movies with similar errors like seeing a UPC symbol in a movie set in the 1960s.
There's one scene on the Highway where I noticed a Cars transporter Truck with several new 1968 Chevrolet's. The filming and Budget must have made it tough to be accurate and close down a Town to line Period accurate vehicles .
I liked how the aluminum siding on the Greyhound bus as it goes by morphs in the similar siding on the passenger train. One time years ago on cable tv they showed this movie and timed it out so that the murder seen happened almost to the minute while you were watching the movie. The murders took place on November 15th 1959 and they showed it on Nov 15 but cannot recall the year. I think it was TBS. That particular night they aired it it was a spooky windy night, it was haunting say the least.
I saw this movie at the age of eight. A hapless babysitter took me while my parents were out of town.
I've been to the Clutter drive but not to the Clutter home... spooky especially with the winds howling!!
I've been to the farm and in the home many times, and over a period of years. It has changed considerably since the actual crime. When the movie was made, the town of Holcomb, Garden City and other locations in the film were fairly unchanged since 1959-1960. That was April 1967. By 1972, a number of changes had taken place where various scenes of the movie were filmed. By the 1980s and '90s, the scenes were quite dramatically different. Buildings removed, streets paved, highways rebuilt or routed differently. The Clutter house and farm was changed significantly. Conrad Hall had the white Clutter house repainted pink. Apparently, this color (in a B&W film) photographs better as stark white. The house has been resided, the hedges and trees around the house have died or have been cut and removed. Sorry to say, the original boughs of Chinese Elms lining the Oak Avenue drive to the farm have nearly all disappeared. The inside of the Clutter house has not changed much at all. Nearly all the past owners paid respect to the original interiors of all floors, including the basement and utility rooms. Herb Clutter would be proud of his hometown, as Holcomb has really changed for the better. Paved streets, Santa Fe depot gone, both post offices removed and a new one built, subdivisions, a major new power plant--The Holcomb Plant--of Sunflower Electric G&T is nearby. The population of the town has dramatically increased. There is a livestock rendering plant there with many people having moved their to work in the plant. You cannot tell the difference between the city limits of Garden City and the beginning of Holcomb. What I remember back in the '60s, with sparse businesses lining U. S. 50 and lots of trees, has greatly changed. U. S. 50 has also changed. It no longer weaves through Holcomb. It is now the U. S. 50/U. S. 400 by-pass way to the north of Holcomb.
Jeff Corey was his father in this movie not Charles Mccraw
Perry had childhood PTSD. When the nun says, "young man" it triggered Perry off. He had been abused by nuns in childhood and any interactions with a nun would trigger him. Later in the film Perry gets triggered off again during the home invasion and what happened to the Cutters was the end result.
That sounds like a double bass to me, from the first glissando, to the basic envelope, and the transparency (it's a double bass).
+Ross Bonadonna It's absolutely a double bass. I wasn't aware that Carol King played standup.
EDIT: Carol Kaye, doh!
+Grá Linnaea Carol Kaye, bassist.
Dammit. That's what I meant. Sorry.