Plot points are linear links that make up the chain of traditional Aristotelian 3-act dramatic structure. This classic structure worked well in Hollywood for almost a century now. Although young movie makers are forcing the limits of this structure, plot points still rule the day as the ?tent poles? that hold up of the circus of our dreams. Here are the plot points of Hitchcock’s great and often underrated classic, Notorious (1946), as I see them.
Notorious (1946)
Starring: Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains, Louis Calhern, Reinhold Schunzel
Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock
Writers: Ben Hecht (Screenwriter)
ESTABLISHING SHOT: Miami Courtroom. Journalists waiting outside.
INCITING INCIDENT: German spy Huberman is sentenced to 20 years in jail.
PLOT POINT 1: CIA agent T.
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