![]() ![]() In it, timeliness and lateness reflect the ideological presuppositions of their creator, Alfred Hitchcock. Perhaps nowhere in Hitchcock’s work is this principle more poignant than in Shadow of a Doubt. Often, it is causally associated with the threat of death and destruction. It represents a supreme transgression against the cosmological presumption. Consequently, lateness represents more than just a faux pas. ![]() They represent the maintenance of moral order, synonymous with cosmic order. Saving time and keeping time therefore represent more than just observing a social nicety. In his corpus, such notions are manifested by the symbolic role of time. ![]() (This article, my contribution to the 4th Annual Alfred Hitchcock Blogathon, is excerpted and adapted from a chapter of my full-length book found here: )Īs a life-long Christian, Alfred Hitchcock’s moral universe is predicated on an orderly system, human responsibility, the possibility for redemption, reinforcing faith with good works, and inherited guilt. ![]()
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