July 16, 2022
Truffaut wrote about H:
In America you respect him because he shoots scenes of love as they were scenes of murder. We respect him, because he shoots scens of murder like scenes of love.
Anyway, its the same man we are talking about, the same man, and the same artist. (R. Allen)
The romantic ideal in H’s work, whether it is affirmed or undercut, is linked to aestheticism
H’s films of romantic renewal, To Catch, North
Romance is affirmed thru the embrace of artifice, but the romantic facade harbors the threat of nihilism within it (R. Allen, 123).
The possibility (potential) of love and trust to redeem two lives from fear, guilt, and meaninglessness is a recurrent theme.
Initially, there may be a tension or struggle between love and trust.
This is most evident in “Notorious.”