The film stars Teresa Wright as Charlie, a bright young woman living in Santa Rosa, CA. Shadow of a Doubt is not glamorous nor does it feature international intrigue, instead it tackles the sinister underbelly of peaceful small town America. Hitchcock offers some sublime direction to complement the poetic screenplay and stunning lead performances. However, if he did consider Shadow of a Doubt to be his favorite film, I cannot blame him. Like with anything Hitchcock says, I just don’t know what to believe. Hitchcock later denied the remark, and then went on to repeated it in other interviews. In 1964, Hitchcock said so himself, in an interview with TV host Fletcher Markie. Now, Alfred Hitchcock Presents? That would be another matter entirely and very noir TV.Shadow of a Doubt is considered to be Alfred Hitchcock's favorite film of his. The best noir never give us a happy ending. And Alfred for all his morbid subject matter almost always gives us a happy ending, the rank sentimentalist he is. The "quest" in Hitchcock's films are most always righteous ones. These aren't good fellows gone a little wrong due to circumstance they're real heels through and through- Norman Bates, Brandon & Phillip, Bruno Anthony. There's a distinct lack of anti-heroes you're rooting for as the central figures. Primarily in that- The lead is a good guy. The label gets slapped on a lot of of his work due to misunderstanding of the usage of similar elements and his affinity for dark cinematography from his and noir's shared roots in German Expressionism but the crux of his films are antithetical to noir. Oh, somebody woke up and chose violence today? (JK)Īs a scholar of both I agree with the assessment of no.
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