Alfred Hitchcock's Family Plot

Instead of pretending to find an heir, Blanch actually intends to find him with George doing the detective work. On their way home, in near-delirium over their new found good fortune, Hitchcock' provides one of his uses of construction when the pair nearly run down a woman who passes in front of their cab. She will turn out to be Fran, the wife of the missing heir George and Blanch seek, Arthur Adamson. Much more dangerous and experienced criminals, Fran and Arthur kidnap people and in return receive large diamonds they keep hidden. Ironically, neither wants to be found. Hitchcock keeps the two couples in contact with each other by a seri

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old you about danger, didn't I? First it makes you sick, then when you get through it, it makes you very, very loving" (Hitchcock, 1976). Hitchcock's usual tightly constructed plot and attention to detail are evident in Family Plot. His use of photography is also something that reinforces his themes of greed, crime, and innocence entrapped by danger. In one scene in the cemetery, we see this when George and a newly made widow are stalking each other. They are walking on grass paths, but Hitchcock uses an angle shot from above that makes both of them seem like they are trapped in a maze. This captive perspective reinforces Blanch and George becoming more captive to the evil and danger of Arthur and Fran. Hitchcock also uses his trademark irony to reinforce some of the minor themes in the film. Typically lacking any religious overtone in his films, in Family Plot Hitchcock makes a few pointed references to religion. When Fran wonders how Arthur was so readily able to kidnap the Bishop, he explains to her that religious people are so inhibited and "polite" and trained to follow the church that none of them dared moved in the cathedral (Hitchcock, 1976). In another scene, Blanche and George are in a diner. As they
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