1. The immediate Hitchcock touch I noticed was his use of reaction. Like "Rear Window" especially, he shows the action unfolding then cuts to the reaction of the audience in this case.
2. I agree that Hitchcock's themes appear here but at the utmost infancy. The theme of voyeurism comes through as well as the object of affection being a blonde woman.
3. Hitchcock was never a big fan of sound if I recall correctly. He always preferred that the images drove the story and the themes. Many filmmakers of the era felt that silent films were at their purest without sound.
Daily Dose #1: Spiralling into View: The Pleasure Garden (1925)
in The Master of Suspense: 50 Years of Hitchcock
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1. The immediate Hitchcock touch I noticed was his use of reaction. Like "Rear Window" especially, he shows the action unfolding then cuts to the reaction of the audience in this case.
2. I agree that Hitchcock's themes appear here but at the utmost infancy. The theme of voyeurism comes through as well as the object of affection being a blonde woman.
3. Hitchcock was never a big fan of sound if I recall correctly. He always preferred that the images drove the story and the themes. Many filmmakers of the era felt that silent films were at their purest without sound.