In Shadow of a Doubt, Young Charlie realizes that Uncle Charlie is a killer from what source?8/26/2023 ![]() Same with Sophie Miller: a caring and competent psychiatric working in a mental institution who is attracted to a mysterious patient and trying to help him? It just screams ‘Spellbound’…įinally, sore precisely, some major themes swimming through the master’s filmography also made their way to the storyline of the show. She was probably fleeing something terrible from her past –as hinted by Jane-, even thought she used seduction unlike the frigid Marnie. Some other characters get their background from a movie storyline: ‘Marnie’ inspired the elusive conwoman in ‘Miss Red’, who kept changing her identity to get money. It’s a symbolic choice for the writers, as it may be a way to represent that Jane’s clinging to his tainted past. Under a deceptively sweet and lovable appearance, she was a cruel cold-blooded woman… just like the dead woman in ‘Rebecca’, whose influence kept floating around her mansion and polluting her husband’s life. The crow watching the team from above the dead body in ‘Red Rum’ reminded a bit of the threatening atmosphere of ‘The Birds’, as well as the pigeon which attacked McAllister in ‘Red John’.Ī few characters were also probably named after the characters of some of Hitchcock’s movies: for instance Rebecca, RJ’s minion who killed Bosco’s team. Also the detail of focusing on the camera to insist on the decision Jane is taking in ‘Blinking Red Light’, or the filming from under the shoe the murderer was shooting at in ‘Red Velvet Cupcakes’ remind from afar of the ending of ‘Spellbound’, which put great emphasis on the revolver – even if TM doesn’t elaborate so much on visual effects.įurthermore, there are many winks dispersed through the entire series: the diamonds hidden in a chandelier in ‘Ladies in Red’ were a shout out to ‘Family Plot’ (a phony psychic found diamonds hidden in pretty much the same way). – The directing sometimes imitates the one in the movies too: the filming from above hints that the team is continuously being watched. The phobia idea is developed pretty late in the series as a clue to RJ’s identity and the way to defeat him, but the interesting point here is that the show tends to focus on nearly every shade of red to allude to the serial killer. ![]() Edwards is afraid of white (and in particular of parallel lines on a white surface) in ‘Marnie’, the protagonist is afraid of red. Plus, in some movies, the characters have a phobia involving a particular color: in ‘Spellbound’ the supposed Dr. – Colors have a specific meaning: in the show the general range of colors includes many shades of grey, like in Hitchcock’s color movies. – The attention to details is characteristic of the master’s movies: in the show, the resolution of the case often focuses on a symbolic object. – Indeed, the femmes fatales in his films used to be cold-blooded blonds, a detail which transposes in TM as recurrent red-haired victims, witnesses and murderers. Happy anniversary! □Īs it has been stated before, he films noirs seem to be a source of inspiration for a number of details in the show: the vintage car Jane used to drive the fedora he wore once the fact that he’s allegedly a good guy, but he’s prone to expeditious methods and has plenty of moral ambiguity… Yet, through the film noir code, some aspects of the storyline seem to reference more precisely Hitchcock’s thrillers. ![]() Note: this is especially dedicated to Reviewbrain, my lovely trusting trusted blog partner for one year. Ho ho ho! It’s Hiatus gift time on the blog! Enjoy and have the merriest end of years! □
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