Sunday 18 April 2010

Marnie

Later Hitchcock, reasonably regarded, in plot and themes it is certainly innovative, if it is not necessarilly the master's best directed piece.
It takes too long to get going, but the post-genre heart of the film, when it comes, is a fascinating premise well, if rather hastily, done. The characters are decently complex, though we may have liked more characterisation as we struggle to really understand the undoubted depths of Hitchcock's creations.
There are a few arresting images, of lightening, red, the harbour, even if no scenes quite do this. Hitchcock has a few nice plays of suspense, but largely we are watching the movement of a psychology, a tough gig to pull off.
This is an interesting, an intriguing, rather than a massively heart-stopping piece of Hitchcock's work. Of course it is peerlessly well put together, if not memorably so.
So, we have a fascinatin premise at times explored well, even if the emphasis is a bit off. Nearly excellent, in truth a must-watch good.

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