Marnie, from the novel by Winston Graham - 8.4 out of 10

Marnie, from the novel by Winston Graham
8.4 out of 10


Alfred Hitchcock, the director of this film, has been hailed as the Zeus of cinematography, the epitome of the film maker.

He is the one that made the notion that the director is the Supreme Being of films very popular in his time.
Never mind the actors, writers and any other members of the film crew.

Film d'auteur means that it is the Director Genius that delivers the masterpiece.
In Adventures in the Screen Trade by the great, regretted William Goldman we learn that this idea is wrong.

Furthermore, Hitchcock himself may have fallen victim to this surge in tributes paid to him.
Films made after he was ordained the Pope of the film industry are not as good, or at least this is what William Goldman argued.

Marnie appears to be a very good film, although not a classic.
It reminded this cinephile of the much more famous, quintessential Psycho.

Just like in Psycho, the protagonist, Marnie Edgar aka Tippi Hedren, takes some money from the office she had worked in.
In an interview where Martin Scorsese was also present, Brian de Palma talked about Birds and criticized the choice of Tippi Hedren as lead actress.

The prestigious, impressive Sean Connery plays Mark Rutland, the man who hires Marnie after her departure from the company she had prejudiced, and falls in love with her.
It would be a strained, tense relationship, although the man saves his love from jail, offers total support and loyalty.

Marnie had been traumatized by an incident that had taken place in her childhood.
Most of it would obviously remain untold, for the one who has reached this far in the note and thinks about watching the film.

But the fact is that the little girl Marnie has witnessed a clash between her mother and a man and this and especially the fact that she had had to interfere, try to protect her mother would have a devastating effect on her.

Ultimately, this may be an argument in favor of psychoanalysis and the theory that what happens in childhood marks the entire existence of the human being and in this case, it explains what the heroine did, her compulsory stealing and her attitude towards Mark and men in general.

Perhaps not among the best Hitchcock movies, but definitely worthwhile motion picture.