365 Days. 365 Films.

The second and last silent Hitchcock for now is Easy Virtue, a story about a woman involved in a divorce case who remarries and tries to keep her past a secret from her new husband.

I have to admit that I thought that this film was a little more than disappointing after watching Downhill. By synopsis, this seems to have more of a plot, but when watching both, Downhill seems to have been better crafted all together. The plot is, in theory, as weak as Downhill, but a lot more seems to happen in that film or at least the characterisation is better and you therefore care more about what happens.

The direction however is, again, stunning. There are a lot of aspects of the cinematography that even today’s best directors couldn’t get away with, and in my opinion, cinematography is the most important aspect to silent films. Overall though, not really a very interesting film to watch, and if you want to educate yourself about film or Hitchcock specifically, you’re better off watching Downhill or one of his other (and better) movies.