Maybe it's because he shot this in Germany and it's the same period, but the some of the shots were reminiscent of Lang or Pabst. Especially the pan of the faces in the audience. Ending the shot on the sleeping woman is a perfect punchline - a harbinger of Hitchcock's use of humor throughout his career.
Daily Dose #1: Spiralling into View: The Pleasure Garden (1925)
in The Master of Suspense: 50 Years of Hitchcock
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Maybe it's because he shot this in Germany and it's the same period, but the some of the shots were reminiscent of Lang or Pabst. Especially the pan of the faces in the audience. Ending the shot on the sleeping woman is a perfect punchline - a harbinger of Hitchcock's use of humor throughout his career.