Hitchcock's Unexpected Love Story
34sContrasts Hitchcock's murder reputation with a genuine love story, surprising viewers.
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Alfred Hitchcock, the master of suspense, is known for devious plots and murder, but his film 'Notorious' is a genuine love story. It follows a woman who falls for a man while drunk, becomes a spy for the US, and marries a Nazi conspirator, all while navigating deception and unspoken love.
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Hitchcock's reputation
Alfred Hitchcock was known as the master of suspense, with films centered on devious plots, paranoia, deceit, and murder.
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Notorious as a love story
Notorious is a genuine love story about a lady who falls in love with a guy while blackout drunk.
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Spy premise
The US sends the drunk lady to Germany as a spy with no training, and she agrees.
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Comparison to Psycho
The movie is even better than Psycho, with a scene where the man karate chops her and sends her to marry a Nazi conspirator.
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Mutual deception
Both characters are in love but are such good actors in real life that they can't trust each other in the movie.
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Theme of denial
As we grow older, we learn to deny instinct and compromise, but a person can only withstand so much.
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Dishonesty's toll
In the movie, dishonesty is literally killing her; she is delirious and bedridden in a den of deception.
Notorious is a Hitchcock film that subverts expectations by being a love story amidst espionage and deceit, exploring the destructive power of dishonesty.
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Love story from Hitchcock
Unexpectedly, Hitchcock delivers a genuine love story, surprising given his reputation for suspense and murder.
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Better than Psycho
The claim that Notorious is even better than Psycho is a bold and notable opinion.
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Actors in real life
The observation that both characters are such good actors they can't trust each other is a clever twist.
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[00:00] Alfred Hitchcock
[00:09] was known as the master of suspense.
[00:15] But he was also notorious for the
[00:17] content of his films which centered
[00:19] around devious plots, paranoia, deceit,
[00:22] and above all,
[00:25] murder. He even has a movie that's just
[00:27] is straight up called Murder. He's the
[00:29] last director you expect a genuine love
[00:32] story from, which is what Notorious is.
[00:34] It's about a lady who falls in love with
[00:36] a guy because she is blackout wasted.
[00:40] >> I I'm going to drive.
[00:46] >> With driving like this good, she'll
[00:48] never be able to reach the end credits
[00:50] on Cruising USA. So, the USA says,
[00:52] "Let's send this lady back to Germany to
[00:54] be a spy for us with no training." And
[00:56] since she's so drunk, she agrees. The
[00:59] premise is Psycho, and it's from the
[01:01] maker of Psycho. And this movie is even
[01:03] better than Psycho. Just because he
[01:04] karate chops her and knocks her out cold
[01:07] on their first date and then sends her
[01:09] off to marry a Nazi conspirator, she
[01:12] thinks he isn't in love with her, but
[01:14] actually he is. The problem is that
[01:16] they're both such good actors in real
[01:18] life that they can't trust each other in
[01:20] the movie. They're both in love, but
[01:22] only when the other person isn't
[01:23] looking.
[01:24] >> What a little pal you are. to although
[01:26] to be fair, the lady does become a
[01:27] secret agent just to please the student
[01:29] and he's still playing hard to get. Like
[01:31] really, it's funny and then it's cruel
[01:34] and then you think, wait, what if he
[01:36] actually doesn't like her though?
[01:46] As we grow older, we learn to deny
[01:49] instinct and compromise because the
[01:51] world is compromised. But a person can
[01:54] only withstand so much.
[01:56] >> Why won't you let me be happy?
[01:58] >> Nobody's stopping you.
[02:00] >> In the movie, the dishonesty is
[02:02] literally killing her. She's delirious,
[02:05] bedridden in a place where Nazis can't
[02:08] even be real with each other. She's
[02:10] trapped in this den of deception,
[02:13] waiting for a sliver of reality to come
[02:16] to her like a dream.
