Superfluous Clock
‘THE BBC thriller The Clock, heard | from 2YA, was rather like an ordin- | ary woman taken in hand by Dior: if | she had been forced to get her clothes | from the little shop round the corner | she wouldn’t have been worth a second | glance. The sheer brilliance of the technique certainly did blind one to the shortcomings of the plot-the monotonous beat of the clock gave a sense of urgency which the unembellished narrative could scarcely have _ sustained, (Only subsequently did the impious thought occur-what had the clock to do with it, anyway?) Then, too, Norman Mitchell’s characterisation of DetectiveInspector Mantis (the small-talk camouflaging the mighty brain) produced shivers of apprehension in his hearers where a less. experienced actor might have produced shivers of dislike.
M.
B.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/NZLIST19530717.2.22.8
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
New Zealand Listener, Volume 29, Issue 731, 17 July 1953, Page 11
Word count
Tapeke kupu
129Superfluous Clock New Zealand Listener, Volume 29, Issue 731, 17 July 1953, Page 11
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Material in this publication is protected by copyright.
Are Media Limited has granted permission to the National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa to develop and maintain this content online. You can search, browse, print and download for research and personal study only. Permission must be obtained from Are Media Limited for any other use.
Copyright in the work University Entrance by Janet Frame (credited as J.F., 22 March 1946, page 18), is owned by the Janet Frame Literary Trust. The National Library has been granted permission to digitise this article and make it available online as part of this digitised version of the New Zealand Listener. You can search, browse, and print this article for research and personal study only. Permission must be obtained from the Janet Frame Literary Trust for any other use.
Copyright in the Denis Glover serial Hot Water Sailor published in 1959 is owned by Pia Glover. The National Library has been granted permission to digitise this serial and make it available online as part of this digitised version of the Listener. You can search, browse, and print this serial for research and personal study only. Permission must be obtained from Pia Glover for any other use.
Log in