ALFRED HITCHCOK MOVIE

To prove his innocence, she must analyze his dreams.īy the mid-1940s, pop psychology was on the rise in America, fueled in large part by the fallout and trauma of World War II. Edwardes (played by Gregory Peck) is an amnesiac who may just be a murderer. Unfortunately for Bergman’s lovestruck character, the dashing Dr. Spellbound stars Ingrid Bergman as a psychiatrist who falls for her new boss, Dr. Rather than the traditional, blurred Hollywood dream sequence, Hitchcock “wanted to convey the dream with great visual sharpness and clarity, sharper than the film itself.” “I wanted Dalí because of the architectural sharpness of his work,” the filmmaker explained in a 1962 interview. Although Dalí had officially broken with the Surrealists a few years earlier, his fantastical paintings-replete with melting clocks, deep shadows, and long vistas-ensured his continuing status as an American celebrity.īut Hitchcock didn’t hire him for the publicity value. The request came at the behest of director Alfred Hitchcock, busy planning the dream sequence for his psychoanalytic thriller Spellbound (1945).

ALFRED HITCHCOK MOVIE

In 1945, Salvador Dalí’s movie agent called him up and ordered a nightmare.

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