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Emiliano 2022-10-20 22:36:10
Behind Britain's first sound film is a powerful subversion of traditional narrative
There are always milestones in Hitchcock's sequence - debut, first Hollywood film, first film in color, and so on. In these junctures, Blackmail has been neglected and not given the place it deserves, it was hastily produced in the place of the sound film, and as the first sound film for Hitchcock...
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Wiley 2022-10-20 18:43:13
nonexistent victim
People often think of The Tenant as a true Hitchcock film. And "Blackmail" opened the sound film era for the suspense master, which was also the first sound film in the UK. It now appears that the metaphors Hitchcock fascinated and the details that people relished can be found in "Blackmail", which...
Sara Allgood
Extended Reading
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Mr. White: What's wrong, Alice? You're not a very cheerful this morning?
Gossiping Neighbour: You do look a bit peaky, I must say.
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Gossiping Neighbour: Well, I must be going. I can't stand here gossiping all day like some people. Chatter, chatter, chatter! Give 'em a chance to talk about other people's business and I'll take it.
