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When Hitchcock's heroines suddenly turn away from the camera, the complexity of their hair stands in for the other reality that they are turning towards--a reality that competes with the vision of the director.

For a character like Marnie, her hair stands for her animal nature--the repressed complex of criminality and sexuality that constantly calls her social relations into crisis. She even seems to speak through her hair as when, on a honeymoon cruise with her new husband, Mark, she violently turns from him in response to his advances, while still continuing to speak.