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 …
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Alfred Hitchcock
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Soundtrack and remakes Realistic: Score is Hitch’s canny exercise in minimalism Back at sea: Film’s star returns for the only radio version Sci-fi: Three quasi-remakes transpose story to outer space …
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Home video Missing boat must be hunted down as it’s seldom in any collections In the same boat: Almost all early DVDs have compromised audio Hitch’s original soundtrack can only …
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Shorts and controversies Salient warning of fascists’ capabilities angered critics They roundly rejected earnest plea to hit enemies harder Racist controversy shown onscreen spilled over into real life Author Steinbeck …
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Cuckoo in the nest: This underrated, underseen Hitchcock will blow you out of the water! WWII-set drama with nine-strong ensemble cast is one of his grimmest and very best films …
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Revisiting contemporary and modern critical appreciation Alfred Hitchcock’s dire warning not to underestimate Nazi threat Physically demanding shoot injured and almost killed film’s actors Piece of tour de force filmmaking …
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Soundtrack and remakes Intact: first Hitchcock not to suffer any censor or distributor cuts Tiomkin score makes ironic use of then popular Merry Widow Waltz Story spawned many radio adaptations and screen quasi-remakes …
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Revisiting contemporary and modern critical appreciation Alfred Hitchcock brings murder to unsuspecting community Devil in our midst: It takes Girl Power to end existential threat One of the Master of …
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Soundtrack and home video Not just Torn Curtain: Saboteur also has two separate scores The alternate score is on most physical home video releases Carefully chosen diegetic music underlines key …
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War effort: the Master of Suspense fights the fascists and sounds a warning against complacency Another Hitchcock Wrong Man in a double chase as falsely-accused goes on run to find …