Review of Marnie (1964) by Will M — 03 Mar 2008
Marnie bridges Hitchcock's more naive psychosexualizing (Spellbound) and his late-career plunge into sadism (Frenzy). There's an easy reading of the psychological and gender relations in this film (the reading that David Chute opts for) and then there is a stranger, less comforting insinuation that the Sean Connery character (and, by extension, the paternalistic and patronizing impulse behind the film itself) is actually the sick entity at play.
Hedren is, as usual, intense and brilliant. Her whispering to the horse is one of the most moving scenes in Hitchcock's body of work. Rise above knee-jerk anti-Freudianism, relish the projected backdrops, and enjoy.
This review of Marnie (1964) was written by Will M on 03 Mar 2008.
Marnie has generally received positive reviews.
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