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RvaBread22 — 10 years ago(February 16, 2016 02:42 PM)

I know people ponder on why Hitchcock liked this film so much. They consider it "average thriller" or whatever. But I can see why he did . There's something about the film that is very intriguing and timeless- even to this day. Its the perfect blend of superficial sweetness with dark subtext. The pacing is great, the acting and script is phenenomenal. Its just a really good story. I have seen many other Hitchcock movies- including "Psycho" but I don't desire to watch them over and over the way I do this one.

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Agreed. There are so many layers to this film, you keep finding nuances in it with every viewing. It's a simple (and yes, brief) mystery/thriller on the face of it, but Hitchcock and Wilder added so many things going on below that surface that it grabs you anew each time.

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A lot of "film noirs" tended to be short (under 2 hours). The movie "Laura" is also short. I guess maybe they felt people didn't want to be held in suspense for long periods of time . However, I think maybe its being shorter makes me want to watch it over and over again. Its a good film to watch when you are short on time, lol.

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Neither do I. It's problem is that it's too shortway way WAY too short. For its era, I can understand the brevity, and the film still packs a punch because of the mixture of dread with daily all-American life. But it's too brief, so that young Charley's dread isn't sufficiently realizedfor the viewer in 2016.

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