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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Lodger |
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Alfred Hitchcock's first thriller and third directorial effort, The Lodger is a reworking of the Jack the Ripper murders. A serial killer on the loose in London leaves a calling card on each of his blonde, female victims. While unspoken, there is an intimation that these killings have a sexual component to them.
Meanwhile, pretty blond Daisy lives with her parents in a rooming house. Daisy has a boyfriend, Joe, who is a detective investigating the string of murders. When Jonathan Drew, a close-mouthed stranger, rents a room in the
house where Daisy and her family live, he's suspected of being the killer. Daisy's mother becomes convinces of Jonathan's culpability when he returns to his room quite late on the same night that another attractive blonde is
killed. The police take Jonathan into custody, but with Daisy's help, he goes on the lam.
--Elana Starr, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of The Lodger |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 10%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 50%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1900-1920's
Crime & Police Story?
Yes
Crime story:
- catching/stopping killer
Romance
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Eccentric:
Yes
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- short/standard wavy (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- blonde
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn wavy
Body type
- average (woman)
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
Main Adversary
Identity:
- fight for survival
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- England/UK
City?
Yes
City:
- London
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- non-gory references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- challenged
How many deaths in film?
- 3-4
Kind of violence:
- knives
Check here if B&W
Yes
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- English
Any profanity?
- None
Is this movie based on a
- book
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