On the surface, the stolen confidential information is the core of the entire film, and the protagonist's purpose of entering and chasing is therefore the result. However, Hitchcock did not radiate this theme to the entire movie. The focus of the audience's eyes is always the constant "chase" and "escape." Confidential information is weakened, and what hangs in the audience the most is not the mystery of the information itself and the serious consequences that will be caused by the loss of information, but the life and death of the protagonist Hannah.
The most talked-about classic segment in this film is the passage in which Hanna lived temporarily in a farmhouse in the Scottish Highlands and was later betrayed and forced to escape. The picture keeps switching between the faces of Hannah, the farmer, and his wife, so that the psychological changes and personality traits of the three people are undoubtedly revealed in this small paragraph. The exquisite performance technique and the refined language of the film, even if this short film can be regarded as an extremely wonderful short film, it is not exaggerated at all. It is worthy of appreciation and comment.
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