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The so-called "MacGuffin" means something that does not exist. It represents a topic or a simple plot and idea, and the suspense and plot that arises from it. That is, someone or something does not exist, but it is an important clue for the development of the story. This is Hitchcock's most commonly used method of film expression.
"Thirty-Nine Steps" is the beginning of the spread of "Mugffin". The whole film revolves around the "Thirty-Nine Steps" spy organization, but about this conspiracy organization and the information stolen by other properties. He didn't explain anything. In the later masterpiece "North by Northwest", there is one of the most typical "Mugffin"-the conspiracy called Keplin does not exist at all. This concept is more or less used in all Hitchcock's films. He always uses a virtual character as the main line in the film, such as the Avengers in "The Tenant" and the Li in "Butterfly Dream". Becca, Madeleine in "Victoria". Sometimes imaginary events are used, such as the murder of a salesman in "Rear Window".
Alfred Hitchcock was the best actor in the British film industry before the war. His masterpiece "Thirty-Nine Steps" is a wonderful detective film. Hitchcock’s biggest advantage in this film is that he uses ten characteristic or most vivid scenes, namely, from amusement parks to political gatherings and the Salvation Army, from the fields of Scotland to the majestic iron bridge, etc. , To show the real life in Britain. There are many moving techniques in the film, but they never fall into meaningless performance. This film's depiction of daily life is not so much a demonstration of the approach of the newly formed documentary school, but rather a reflection of the excellent traditions of English literature.
When this director with special talents and rich sense of humor strongly contributed to the establishment of a new genre with his model and influence, some young directors wandered on two extremely opposite roads, that is, between documentaryism and Korda. Style between the movies.
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