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Wow...

posted 14 years ago by Tetra123
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...it's amazing how modern young Hitchcock's technique and style, was. The off center close-ups and natural reactions of the characters. The way the camera glides and pauses so naturally. So unusual compared to his peers. And it never feels intentionally Avant-garde in its imagery, like "Vampyr" or "Dr. Caligari's Cabinet"--two films that, while they were excellent and felt modern in their own respective ways, were very different from "Easy Virtue". I would, oddly enough, compare it to "Psycho" in this respect; it feels unstuck from time and very natural in execution. You don't get too distracted by the stylistic expressions of an era.

[–] ilpohirvonen 11 years ago

I thought the same thing. I was surprised by the film's low rating. It's not excellent or anything like that, but I would put it in my top-5 of Hitchcock's silent pictures.

[–] Tetra123 11 years ago

There's a subtlety and emotional naturalness to it, that's strikingly modern; it feels spontaneous and like the real 1920's. It's also interesting to see Hitchcock before he established his signature style.