Hitchcock review: Easy Virtue (1928), Blackmail (1929)
Easy Virtue (1928)
A limpid silent film about a divorcee (scandalous!) who tries to escape the shame of divorce by running away to the Mediterranean, marrying another man, and then divorcing him.
I'm too close to this subject to find any pleasure in watching other people deal with it. Especially when it's wrapped in societal stigma of the 20s.
1.5 out of 5 stars.
Blackmail (1929)
Hitchcock's first talkie.
Some interesting backstory on that.
Once the murder happened things picked up considerably, and overall it exhibits much of the psychological drama that Hitchcock is famous for.
2.5 out of 5 stars.
A limpid silent film about a divorcee (scandalous!) who tries to escape the shame of divorce by running away to the Mediterranean, marrying another man, and then divorcing him.
I'm too close to this subject to find any pleasure in watching other people deal with it. Especially when it's wrapped in societal stigma of the 20s.
1.5 out of 5 stars.
Blackmail (1929)
Hitchcock's first talkie.
Some interesting backstory on that.
Once the murder happened things picked up considerably, and overall it exhibits much of the psychological drama that Hitchcock is famous for.
2.5 out of 5 stars.