Alfred Hitchcock's great contribution to postmodern unease was thrusting murder into the center of everyday life. Killing was no longer the exotic province of cunning, sophisticated masterminds but the base response of ordinary (and occasionally deranged) people to unhappy circumstances. Hitchcock's shocking revelation was that most of us have the capacity to commit murder, given the moment and the means. (We didn't spoil your eggnog latte, did we?)
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