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Post by janntosh on Aug 19, 2020 17:27:15 GMT
One of Hitchcock's lesser known films, though supposedly his favorite film of the ones he directed. This is a terrific slow burn suspense thriller where a girl realizes her uncle may actually not be what he seems. The domestic setting helps add an unsettling atmosphere. The only real problems were the relationship between the girl and her uncle almost felt romantic at times, which was kind of odd, and Joseph Cotten's death in the end was pretty unintentionally funny. It seems death scenes back then were pretty awkwardly shot. Other than that, watch this movie if you haven't.
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Post by kolchak92 on Aug 19, 2020 17:42:46 GMT
I've gotta see this thing at some point. I've heard it was an influence on David Lynch when he made Blue Velvet.
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Post by politicidal on Aug 19, 2020 18:23:43 GMT
Pretty good thriller. Only thing that doesn't really hold up is the guy playing Teresa Wright's love interest;I guess they needed something to lighten the ending a little.
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Post by Captain Spencer on Aug 19, 2020 18:49:41 GMT
Good Hitchcock thriller, I liked it.
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Post by Marv on Aug 19, 2020 18:50:18 GMT
Its my favorite Hitchcock film.
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Post by mattgarth on Aug 19, 2020 18:53:37 GMT
Hitch at his best -- Wright & Cotten give great performances
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Post by jcush on Aug 19, 2020 19:17:07 GMT
You should probably put a spoiler warning.
It's a very good Hitchcock movie. Cotten and Wright are really good in their roles.
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Post by Feologild Oakes on Aug 20, 2020 6:35:45 GMT
I think its Hitchcock's best movie.
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Post by angel on Aug 20, 2020 10:19:23 GMT
I've gotta see this thing at some point. I've heard it was an influence on David Lynch when he made Blue Velvet. One of my favourite Hitchcocks, you'll probably be disappointed if you go into it expecting to see Blue Velvet though, they're very different films.
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Post by wmcclain on Aug 20, 2020 11:48:39 GMT
Shadow of a Doubt (1943), directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Hitchcock invades Capra territory! This is my favorite of his 1940s pictures, and I know he was fond of it. Random notes after a first viewing of the Blu-ray: - The psychic bond between Uncle Charlie and Young Charlie is covertly romantic: in parallel scenes we see them on their beds, both bored and dissatisfied
- Bored because he has grown old in his villainy and she is just entering into her adult powers and the world is too small for her.
- More romance: he gives her a ring and sleeps in her bed. All the other girls think he is a mysterious older boyfriend.
- The Merry Widow murders: Uncle Charlie isn't in it for the money. He's on a mission. When were hear that he "changed" after a childhood injury, does that make us more sympathetic?
- When the uncle and niece become adversaries, we know what he can do, but she is formidable as well. Teresa Wright has excellent physical presence, communicating so much with posture and the way she holds her shoulders and stomps down the street when on a mission.
- It's a striking image: he watches her watching him. That little slip of a girl as his nemesis.
- Henry Travers and superbly nerdy Hume Cronyn provide light comic ghoulishness: meek and mild characters fascinated with mystery stories and perfect murder methods.
- The quick romance with the police detective is a unfortunate subplot. The character and actor are too bland compared to Uncle Charlie.
- Irony: the man on a psycho-mission to rid the world of useless society women will be lauded as a community benefactor. True, he darkened a few lives but brightened many others. By strict utilitarian calculation, is that a net plus?
- The merry widows are like moths to the flame. Note the woman in the last scenes who thinks she is running off to San Francisco with Uncle Charlie. He didn't even ask her.
In the Truffaut interviews, Hitchcock says that in America, unlike in Britain, many writers and actors didn't want to work with him because they looked down on his genre. He admired Thornton Wilder and was happy to have him writing this picture. Dimitri Tiomkin score. Available on Blu-ray. Contrast and black levels are good, detail fair.
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Post by TheOriginalPinky on Aug 20, 2020 17:41:37 GMT
Wonderful thriller! In my top five Hitchcock flicks.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Aug 21, 2020 2:31:48 GMT
..., watch this movie if you haven't. and try to forget the surprise ending of the film which was posted by the OP !
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