8/24/2023 0 Comments Cast shadow of doubtUncle Charlie arrives by train in Shadow of a Doubt-a favorite means of Hitchcock’s to imply a sexual encounter. Park Chan-wook)Ī few visual references in Stoker to its predecessor include the use of stairs as a way of illustrating the emotional distance between uncle and niece. (It’d be interesting to see how Hitchcock would have approached a female figure as complex and loose as the hormone-fueled India.) Matthew Goode, Mia Wasikowska and Nicole Kidman in ‘Stoker’ (2013, dir. India Stoker on the other hand is a rebellious teen who hates her mother and whose father-daughter bonding activities were hunting and taxidermy. Young Charlie in Shadow of a Doubt is practically a moral compass, trying to do right by her mother and family. The young “heroine” role is also played entirely different. ![]() He’s likewise a charming mystery man who makes all the girls in her school giggle and makes the newly widowed Evelyn Stoker (played by Nicole Kidman) crave an intimate relationship with him. While young Charlie falls out of love with her uncle in Hitchcock’s film, India seems to fall in love as her uncle’s secrets are unraveled. Stoker seems incredibly edgy in comparison. Joseph Cotton and Teresa Wright in ‘Shadow of a Doubt’ (1943, dir. In more than one instance, as young Charlie begins to unravel her uncle’s secret background, the elder Charlie “unintentionally” grasps her wrists too tightly. Many of the two shots with Uncle Charlie and young Charlie resemble almost too closely movie posters for the romantic dramas of the era. I say *slightly* because this is where the restraints of the time-period and production code may have limited the depiction of the quasi-incestuous relationship, which Stoker does not shy away from. But the elder Charlie’s charm is quickly tainted by displays of slight sexual aggression toward his niece. Her excitement is an innocent and over-the-top infatuation with her uncle. She expresses feeling a connection to him she likens to being twins, or having telepathy. The only one who discovers his deceit is the one who loves him the most-young Charlie. Uncle Charlie is a handsome, wealthy “businessman” with mystery and charm. Shadow of a Doubt is no exception to Hitchcock’s usual motif of a likeable, charismatic criminal. In this film, Charlotte “Charlie” Newton (Wright) is excited by the prospect of a visit from her Uncle Charlie (Cotton)… only to discover he’s not as wholesome as she thought. I chose Shadow of a Doubt, a 1943 film noir thriller starring Teresa Wright and Joseph Cotton. For a classic choice, Hitchcock is naturally at the top of the list. You could go with Halloween-any of the 10 versions, from John Carpenter’s original to Rob Zombie’s re-imagining (plus sequels!).īut if you’re like me and don’t like to admit that all of the above terrify you, you might opt for a more subdued scare-like a psychological thriller. You could go for the occult with The Exorcist and Rosemary’s Baby, or spooky sci-fi with The Thing and Alien. ![]() During those stay-at-home nights when the weather in LA is “cold” enough for big sweaters and hot chocolate, your fright-flick options are endless. New , Kimberly Marcela Duron compares a newer independent release with an older classic to see what similarities they share, how they diverge and hear what the conversation between the two films says about filmmaking as the art form continues to innovate and evolve.Īs soon as the clock strikes midnight on October 1, the spirit of Halloween becomes inescapable, from seasonal aisles at the grocery store to pumpkin-flavored coffee-and most importantly, movies.
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