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Everything is caused by McGoffin
Sherwood 2021-12-21 08:01:13
This film is the basis of Hitchcock's later films. The principle of suspense is formed in the film. The protagonist Hannei meets the heroine as soon as he enters the scene, so that the audience knows the plot of the film within three minutes and promotes the core: protecting a state secret from foreign spy organizations. At this time, Hannei was mistaken for the murderer by the police. Therefore, he had to find out the truth under the double chase of the rent and the police, and regain his innocence. At this time, the audience's attention was undisturbed on the innocent protagonist Hannei, so that it was not possible until the end of the film. Solve the suspense. With the continuous development of the plot, the audience is constantly guessing about Hannei's fate. In fact, we have participated in the setting and completion of the entire suspense while we are concerned and identified with Hannei's destiny, and are no longer just a bystander. This typical Hitchcock escape from loneliness almost incorporates all the elements of Hitchcock’s later successful films: an ordinary person is inexplicably involved in a danger, a hunt by a terrorist organization, a misunderstanding by the police, There is also a beauty who is always making trouble around her, but the end is to conquer the beauty and expose the enemy's conspiracy.
Extended Reading
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Crofter's Wife: Do London ladies look beautiful?
Richard Hannay: They do. But they wouldn't if you were beside them.
Crofter's Wife: [to Hannay as her husband walks in] You ought not say that.
Crofter: What ought he not to say?
Richard Hannay: I was just saying to your wife that I prefer living in town than the country.
Crofter: God made the country. Is the supper ready, woman?
Crofter's Wife: Aye.
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Crofter: Aye. I might have known. Making love behind my back.