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What emotional fears trouble Marnie in Alfred Hitchcock’s film?
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Alfred Hitchcock
Alfred Hitchcock's talent as both filmmaker and storyteller is abundantly evident in a film catalog that includes Dial M for Murder, Vertigo, Psycho, and The Birds.
In Alfred Hitchcock’s 1964 film Marnie, the title character is a compulsive liar who suffers from kleptomania. Beyond these behaviors, she is deeply troubled by specific emotional fears, which include:
- A fear of sex
- A fear of thunderstorms
- A fear of the colour red1
These phobias are rooted in severe past trauma that her employer, played by Sean Connery, attempts to help her uncover after they marry.1