To be blind, deprived of the power even to see the danger that threatens you, is a frightening experience... It also, obviously, gave director Terence Young the opportunity to carry out one of the most important rules of suspense: let the audience discover more than the principal character...
When we can see imminent danger which the victim, by definition, cannot see, the emotional impact is increased on the viewer... We desire earnestly to cry out in warning, but we cannot... We can only sit helplessly, and wait to see what become apparent... And when the sightless is a young and lovely woman, there are many twists and turns, disturbing moments, claustrophobic atmosphere, great suspense...
Most of the drama is played out in Hepburn's apartment in NewYork, and there is an outstanding development when Susy Hendrix (Hepburn), alone with her telephone cord cut and awaiting the return of the gangs, decides to use her disadvantage as a defensive weapon... Her one advantage in being blind was that she required no lightand she methodically destroyed all the light-bulbs...
After three brutal murders, only the master-criminal, a merciless villain (Alan Arkin) is left to confront her He selected the most terrifying way of terrorizing her... Susy lost her sight in a car crash or really the fire from the crash
Audrey Hepburn earned her 5th and final Academy Award nomination for her brilliant performance
When we can see imminent danger which the victim, by definition, cannot see, the emotional impact is increased on the viewer... We desire earnestly to cry out in warning, but we cannot... We can only sit helplessly, and wait to see what become apparent... And when the sightless is a young and lovely woman, there are many twists and turns, disturbing moments, claustrophobic atmosphere, great suspense...
Most of the drama is played out in Hepburn's apartment in NewYork, and there is an outstanding development when Susy Hendrix (Hepburn), alone with her telephone cord cut and awaiting the return of the gangs, decides to use her disadvantage as a defensive weapon... Her one advantage in being blind was that she required no lightand she methodically destroyed all the light-bulbs...
After three brutal murders, only the master-criminal, a merciless villain (Alan Arkin) is left to confront her He selected the most terrifying way of terrorizing her... Susy lost her sight in a car crash or really the fire from the crash
Audrey Hepburn earned her 5th and final Academy Award nomination for her brilliant performance