Indeed tis a wacky little film. Acquired it in a 4 pack that I bought for Ragewar
and was pleasantly entertained for the duration!
Shadow Of A Doubt (Hitchcock)
Hitch's personal favourite is a strange film to watch nowadays. Foreshadowing some of the darker motifs in the later cannon whilst retaining a veneer of respectability as 'just' a thriller
. Joseph Cotten's sofly spoken performance is the grit in this really rather rancid oyster. Teresa Wright is bored and restless. Small towns can do that to you. So when her debonair uncle resurfaces ... is this a chance to see the outside world, even if it is through his eyes?
Not as out there as Vertigo or the one with the hotel
... this is still at its core a gaze into the abyss.
Extreme Cinema. Something else he invented then. Not a great place to start (see The Lodger ) but a great example of an artist beginning to flex his muscle.