Tag: Hitchcock
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HITCHCOCK’S WOMEN: A Secret on Young Shoulders – Charlie Newton in SHADOW OF A DOUBT (1943)
Rebecca McCallum returns with a new essay in her series on Hitchcock’s Women, this time zeroing in on a tale of domestic terror which was Hitch’s favourite of his own films… Made in the height of WWII, Hitchcock’s takedown of the American family offers a bleak and brooding tale, reflective of the paranoia and nihilism…
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HITCHCOCK’S WOMEN: Breaking Silence With A Song – Jo McKenna in THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH (1956)
Rebecca McCallum continues her essay series exploring the representation of women in the films of Alfred Hitchcock… Ever his own harshest critic, in 1956 Hitchcock sought to remake his 1934 film The Man Who Knew Too Much. He condemned the original as ‘the work of a talented amateur’ but he was clearly pleased with the results…
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