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Notorious (1946) -- A. Hitchcock
Dark Hitchcock romance
(some call it his best, some call it sadomasochistic) which takes place in the
aftermath of WWII in South America where escaped Nazi scientists are still
plotting away. Of course, what they are
cooking up down there is just a MacGuffin for Cary Grant and the CIA to chase
after with the help of bad girl Ingrid Bergman.
Of course she falls for Grant but he is a chilly constricted bastard to
her. Hitchcock is in full flower using
tracking shots to reveal "key" plot elements and point-of-view shots
to show consequential subjective states. He intercuts those dwindling champagne
bottles to really ratchet up the suspense.
As Claude Rains is forced to find out, you only hurt the one you love. We almost feel bad for him, Nazi that he is
(another of Hitch's nasty experiments in audience identification?). Masterful.
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