I read that Dial M for Murder this year would be part of our anual Independent Film Festival (called IndieLisboa) and since it was one of the Alfred Hitchcock films that I had not seen yet what a perfect opportunity to check it, more so in the big screen and with a special edition in 3D.

I must confess that I am not a fan of 3D and I was a little apprehensive, you all must have already read it around here many other times in my reviews that I don't like 3D very much but I thought that this would be a totally different experience. I knew that the techniques used were appropriated for 3D and afterall The Master never done it wrong!

In 1953 Alfred Hitchcock filmed it with 3D cameras but it ended up just being released in theaters normal 2D. 3D was not properly an interesting thing at that time. All of the camera techniques used are absolutely amazing! It was one of the best experiences that I had in theater and definitely one of the best in 3D too. You literally feel that you are inside the film right there beside the actors. You feel so close to them that the tension that is built works even more perfectly. The depth is used in an amazing way! I've only seen this kind of depth used once in 3D, that time was in Martin Scorsese's film Hugo.

The plot of Dial M for Murder is terrific! It tells us the story of an ex-tennis player that made up a plan to murder his wife that is having an affair with one of his friends. If she dies he also will receive a lots of money with insurance. The plan is perfect, but things did not go as expected so he made up with a plan B. The story is so intense and that tension is brilliantly built little by little. The dialogues are great and the performances were also very important to make everything work so well. Ray Milland and Grace Kelly had fantastic performances playing husband and wife so as Robert Cummings as the lover and Jonh Williams as the funny Chief Inspector Hubbard.

I had a totally different idea from what this film would be because of the 1998 remake A Perfect Murder, with Michael Douglas and Gwyneth Paltrow but it was nothing like this!

Without any doubt Dial M for Murder is one of Alfred Hitchcock best films and I am so glad that I had the opportunity to had seen it at the big screen and also having the amazing 3D experience.