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Podcast: New Books in Performing Arts
Episode: Diane Negra, "Shadow of a Doubt" (Auteur, 2021)
Description: Today I talked to Diane Negra about Shadow of a Doubt (Auteur, 2021).Shadow of a Doubt (1943) was British-born Alfred Hitchcock's fifth American film and the one that he at various times identified as his favourite and his best. This scrupulously organized film operates as a masterclass on principles of narrative design while generating resonant commentary on the nature of family life. Negra is Professor of Film Studies and Screen Culture at University College Dublin. Analysing the film's narrative system, issues of genre, authorship, social history, homesickness and 'family values', Negra shows how the film's impeccable narrati...