First of all, I had high expectations for it and I was not disappointed after reading it.
Second, because of time and energy, I read it in two parts. For a long time after I watched the first half, I kept thinking about it and wanted to know the fate of this woman.
The success of this film is to create a Fantasy. Hitchcock's intentions are very obvious. His shots are almost all around Mrs. Paradine, from the piano scene at the beginning of the film, to the subpoena in the middle of the court scene, and then The panorama when the servant came to the stage (although this scene is very common, but it should be considered a breakthrough at the time), and the lawyer's wife as a foil. With all these details, this woman: beautiful, mysterious, noble, reserved, preoccupied and exotic. Isn't this the perfect object of all men's inner fantasies?
Therefore, I am a little indignant at everyone's scolding, because, excluding the classics in the classics of Xi Lao, and then excluding the classics, the remaining standards can still be used as models. The comparison between the film and his other works is really unfair to Hitchcock.
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