This still shot from Blackmail by Alfred Hitchcock is a favorite of mine because of the Jester painting in the background. The Jester from this film is a metaphor for many different things. One of which being that he is like the man who painted it (the dead guy). Near the end of the film there is a shot of the Jester and in a way it reflects the dead man laughing at Alice because she never got to have a voice. In a way he sort of got away with his crime. Throughout the entire film the audience wants to shake Alice to make her speak up and tell her side of the story.
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