Episode 2: The Dada Effect
Alfred Hitchcock—Master of the Surreal
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15m
The Dadas were the original punk rockers. And they were by far the most outrageous art movement that ever walked the earth. Was Hitchcock one of the them? No, not really. But his films do have a certain... Dada audacity. Part 2 of our series explores the intersections between Hitchcock's films and the crazy Dadas who blew the whole western art "scene."
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