Secrets are not really important, what is important is the process of finding secrets

Mireille 2021-12-09 08:01:22

This film is an example of Hitchcock's use of McGoffin. Although Hitchcock uses the emotional entanglement of the hero and heroine as the plot clue in this film, which is considered to be a love theme, the secrets they want to explore and the uranium ore used to make the atomic bomb in the film are the core of the development of the film’s plot. . But the secret that the protagonist of the film is searching for is that we haven’t seen it at the end of the film, but what does it matter? Hitchcock has already told us that the secret is not really important. The important thing is the process of finding the secret, suspense. It's storytelling.

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  • Alvina 2022-04-24 07:01:06

    Greek humor, but also revealed a touch of the indifference of the patriarchal society. The ending is brilliant, and Bergman's acting is amazing.

  • Eula 2021-12-09 08:01:22

    All aspects are almost perfect! Lao Xi absolutely knows how to use music, such as the end of the game, calmly without a second of music, the vision and rhythm are better than the group; left blank in the suspense, the skill until the end is also amazing; just relying on the three main roles Performance is enough for five stars.

Notorious quotes

  • Captain Paul Prescott: [about Alicia] I don't like this, I don't like her coming here.

    Walter Beardsley: She's had me worried for some time. A woman of that sort.

    Devlin: What sort is that, Mr. Beardsley?

    Walter Beardsley: Oh, I don't think any of us have any illusions about her character. Have we, Devlin?

    Devlin: Not at all, not in the slightest. Miss Huberman is first, last, and always not a lady. She may be risking her life, but when it comes to being a lady, she doesn't hold a candle to your wife, sitting in Washington, playing bridge with three other ladies of great honor and virtue.

  • Devlin: You don't look so hot. Sick?

    Alicia: [lies defiantly] No. Hangover.

    Devlin: That's news. Back to bottle again, huh?

    Alicia: It sort of... lightens my chores.