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Susan McCabe From 1929 to 1939, before launching his Hollywood career, Alfred Hitchcock directed sixteen sound ï¬lms in Britain. While Hitchcock fans and ï¬lm scholars lavish more attention on his later work, many of his themes, motifs, and techniques emanate from this decade. Moreover, during this politically pitched era, England collectively suffered from the post-traumatic shock of the First World War, and turned a deaf ear to the growing signs of international upheaval. Quite naturally, the country was caught up in the economic and social fallout of the Depression. A decline of the Empire and an erosion of a Victorian way of life had begun to sink in. By 1935, knowledge of both Germanyâs massive rearmament and its atrocities against Jews and other âundesirablesâ became commonplace. Bewailing the âunteachability of mankindâ, Churchill urged without effect for the House of Commons to work with other European nations âto build up an adequate deterrent forceâ.1 Danger as well as apathy heightened as the decade went on. The fantasy that England was safely insulated persisted alongside the fears of those like Hitchcock who imagined more uncomfortable scenarios, such as violent incursions into the British Isles, from the twin threats of communism
Modernist Cultures – Edinburgh University Press
Published: May 1, 2010
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