Ingrid Bergman and Cary Grant heat up the screen and fool postwar censors Sex, intrigue, espionage and poisoning: Master of Suspense brews a heady mix Political: Even at 80-odd years …
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Revisiting contemporary and modern critical appreciation Alfred Hitchcock goes atomic with a prescient plot about uranium His famous MacGuffin was the secret ingredient for nuclear bombs Acclaimed tale of a …
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Concerto Rózsa specially adapted his Spellbound Concerto for live performance It’s since become one of the most popular works in classical repertoire Composer devised two lengths and arrangements, others added many …
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Re-recordings There are two full length re-recordings of Rózsa’s Oscar-winning score First one was a guilty favour for missing out on a lucrative opportunity Second most complete to date, even …
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Soundtrack Miklós Rózsa’s Oscar-winning score is one of Hitchcock’s very best But his original recordings have never been issued outside of the film Massive publicity boost due to specially-recorded radio transcription …
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Home video Freudian thriller has had many distinct home video transfers Unfortunately all are flawed in some way and some omit red tinting Some releases mistakenly add misidentified “overture and …
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The Master of Suspense probes into the subconscious mind for a cerebral thriller Freudulent: Based on once popular but now largely debunked ideas on psychoanalysis Sigmund’s theories no longer universally …
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Revisiting contemporary and modern critical appreciation Alfred Hitchcock delves into fashionable Freudian psychoanalysis True to form, the director sends a Wrong Man – or is he? – on the run …
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Towards end of WWII, UK Ministry of Information commissioned a Holocaust documentary Hitchcock was brought on board as “treatment advisor” and helped shape its aesthetic But rapidly changing political priorities …
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The Master of Suspense turned his talents towards French wartime propaganda He’d been stung by harsh accusations of abandoning Britain in her hour of need After making his anti-Nazi film …