From the ceiling to gain perspective) to create a distorted image that added to the suspense of the film and the atmosphere of unreality that pervades it.
The film focuses on psychoanalysis and weaves into its narrative an emerging love story between a repressed analyst played by Ingrid Bergman and a potentially psychotic amnesiac played by Gregory Peck. Suspense enters into the relationship between the analyst and patient in that the former is uncertain as to the veracity of her patient's memories and dreams; further, she is at times threatened by his potential for violence. Pecks' character, Dr. Edwardes, experiences a disturbing personality change whenever he sees parallel lines such as inverted fork-markings on a tablecloth.
The technique of "doubling" is used in the movie to underscore the bifurcated personality - almost a schizophrenia - that is to be found in Dr. Edwardes' character (Wick, 1995). Doubling refers to this technique as well as to the positioning of the character in virtually opposite situations or guises. Visually, this is evident in the multiple pianos that dangle from the ceiling and in the Dali-inspired and written dream sequence (Wick, 1995).Further, as Giannetti and Eyman (2001) note, doubling refers in film to the imposition of one image upon another - a technique that Hitchcock used to good effect in this and other films of the period.
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