{"id":1900,"date":"2026-10-20T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aplombpublishing.com\/podcast\/?p=1900"},"modified":"2026-02-08T20:37:59","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T20:37:59","slug":"a-perfect-murder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aplombpublishing.com\/podcast\/2026\/10\/20\/a-perfect-murder\/","title":{"rendered":"A Perfect Murder"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With the new book Hitchcockian: Non Hitchcock Films with the Hitchcock Flair now available, we are highlighting three films that fit the theme but are not detailed in the new book. Author John William Law discusses A Perfect Murder in this episode.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Perfect Murder is a 1998 film starring Michael Douglas, Gwyneth Paltrow and Viggo Mortensen in a loose remake of Dial M For Murder.  The love triangle gone wrong is a stylishly updated and well directed and acted film that offers hints at the original movie, while being totally unique as its own film. 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