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Our Surreal Midcentury, Part 7: "Spellbound"
Our Surreal Midcentury
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In this introduction to Hitchcock's "Spellbound" (1945), Joel Gunz sketches a history of Surrealism's occult and esoteric origins along with their connection to the director's psychoanalytical thriller.
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