Film History Through Hitchcock

Running head : Analysis of the works of Alfred Hitchcock

An analysis of the works of Alfred Hitchcock based on the British Film Young and Innocent

The film Young and Innocent directed by Alfred Hitchcock , a man known for the most thrilling films in Hollywood is about a young man who is suspected as the murderer of an actress , who was his friend . The film is all about how he flees from the police and finally finds out the real murderer . He , then with a clean image , joins his love . As in the case

of most of the Hitchcock 's film this film also portrays a man as the dominant character . The female 's only role in his films is to support or love the male . The films are centered around a murder and in most case the murderer of the main female character . Most of the characters in his different films resemble each other . This essay is intended to analyze the theme in the film Young and Innocent and to compare it with the themes of some of the other films of Hitchcock to see whether the themes are character of most of the Hitchcock 's films are same

As in the case of any other Hitchcock 's film , this film is also filled with anxiety and melodrama (Young and Innocent - 1937 . The difference of this film compared to other films of Hitchcock is that there are many soft touches , which would touch the inner heart of the spectators . With...