Conrad, Poland and the Terrorist Threat—Sabotage!
HitchCon '22: Hitchcock in a Time of Crisis
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21m
Both Joseph Conrad's The Secret Agent and Hitchcock's loose adaptation of the novel, Sabotage, convey the pervasive feeling of (inter)national crisis. This talk will shine a light on the neglected Polish and Eastern European context behind the film.
Sebastian Smoliński teaches film studies in Warsaw, Poland, and is co-producer of the podcast "Foreign Correspondents: Deeper into Hitchcock."
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