![]() The modern world appears to be wasteful, dirty, and empty of any meaning. The camera pans to two homeless men, a side effect of unemployment in an urban environment. The waltz scene is immediately juxtaposed by a wide shot of two bridges with angular designs, in contemporary Philidelphia, symbols of modernity. Hitchcock places the camera that captures a glorified image of the late 19th century from the perspective of a child to depict the fantastic world that Uncle Charlie imagines as a much better time than modernity. This shot is at the eye level of the child. ![]() The position of the camera scene is not at eye level where it would most naturally be positioned. With this easter egg, Hitchcock asks if the audience is paying attention. ![]() One woman, however, is wearing a black dress. Each man in a black tuxedo spins around a woman in a white dress. The opening scene of Shadow of a Doubt features a seemingly infinite loop of a man and a woman dancing to a waltz to the tune of Merry Widow Waltz by Franz Lehár. ![]()
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