Stage Fright (Hitchcock, 1950): BFI Southbank, NFT1, 8.50pm
This film, part of the Alfred Hitchcock season, is also screening at the BFI on 12 and 19 August.
Chicago Reader review:
'This 1950 Hitchcock film came between Under Capricorn and Strangers on a Train,
and if it isn't the equal of those two sterling achievements, it's
still an intriguing experiment. It's a murder mystery set in the stage
world of London, and almost every scene features some sort of deception,
from theatrical performance to bald-faced lying. Even the director, it
turns out, isn't to be trusted. The issues aren't satisfactorily
resolved, but Hitchcock seems to be exploring the ways in which various
falsehoods—the falsehoods of acting, storytelling, and art in
general—can lead to the truth, and the equally powerful ways in which
they can betray it. There is also some very strange business involving a
Cub Scout and a bloody doll, but that image, perhaps, is best left
unexplored.'
Dave Kehr
Here is the trailer.
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