It’s the first time, of many, that I’ll be highlighting the world of Alfred Hitchcock, and it’s an absolute delight. Because the second film that I picked from 1943 ended up Alfred Hitchcock’s personal favorite film of his career, Shadow of a Doubt. And it’s amazing. But, even if I love Life and Times of Colonel Blimp I can’t imagine that it could topple the film that I’ll be discussing today. I know I should, and hopefully will get around to it eventually, but it can be a tad daunting to jump into a three-hour war epic, a genre that I’ve typically had quite a bit of trouble getting into. The first film I thought about tackling was the British epic Life and Times of Colonel Blimp. I had heard great things about it, and it’s widely considered one of the finest films of the 1940’s. So, I began looking through the films that came out in 1943, and had two strong contenders to try out. The first was 1929, which I filled with the campy and sleazy melodrama Pandora’s Box. And the second year was today’s, 1943. I’d found that I’d seen at least one film from 1920 to current day, with only two gaps. I’ve mentioned this before during the run of this Cinematic Century project, but this whole thing began with me realizing I’d seen a shocking amount of movies from most of the years of the Twentieth Century.
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