decoys or "MacGuffins". Through his appearances in his own films‚ interviews‚ film trailers‚ and the television program ‘Alfred Hitchcock Presents’‚ he has become a cultural icon. In Hitchcock’s film ‘Psycho’ (1960) the opening credits itself already captures the audience’s attention. The word ‘Psycho’ appears on the screen being sliced and cut in sudden motions almost like a stabbing motion or knife actions which suggest murder. Also the music playing in the opening credits is very sharp and fast
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released into theatres based on the novel of the same title. Since the release‚ the film has gotten multiple good and terrible reviews regarding its plot and its special effects. The film won a Special Effects Academy Award and was nominated for Best Cinematography and Best Art Direction-Set Decoration. After watching Logan’s Run‚ it was evident that the special effects used in the film were terrible if you were to compare it to todays special effects. Since it was mostly computer based back then‚ it was
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stabbed over and over in a motel room shower (the late Janet Leigh in Psycho). The most problematic and extreme instance of Hitchcock’s attitude toward his cool blondes was his treatment of Tippi Hedren. Doubtless‚ this is one of the best-known. “Hitchcock failed to tell Tippi Hedren that he intended to film the attack scene using the real
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politically incorrect. However‚ the horror films of the 1960 ’s redefined and distinguished American horror with racial undertones as in Romero ’s "Night of The Living Dead‚" and indirectly addressing social and family problems as in Hitchcock ’s "Psycho." To most critics‚ these were the dying reels of horror. The thrasher and serial killer flicks of the 1980 ’s would steer the genre towards male chauvinism and the degrading concept of shaping horror into a new form of comedy. Today ’s horror genre
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capable of doing things that would normally seem unthinkable. Alfred Hitchcock‚ the self-acclaimed “Master of Suspense” explores the theme of duplicity in three of his well-known American films: Shadow of a Doubt (1943)‚ Strangers on a Train (1951)‚ and Psycho (1960). Ironically‚ the definition of duplicity is two-fold. First‚ it refers to deceitfulness and double-dealing. Second‚ it refers to doubleness or pairs – the quintessential doppelganger. By definition‚ a doppelganger is a double of a person and
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born on August 27‚ 1906 in La Crosse‚ Wisconsin but soon the family moved to a farm in Plainfield thus the reason he is known as the “Plainfield Ghoul”. Ed Gein is an American kidnapper and murderer that have influenced pop culture movies such as‚ Psycho‚ Texas Chainsaw Massacre‚ and Silence of the Lambs (“Bio.com”‚ 2012). In 1957‚ Gein was suspected for the disappearance of hardware store owner‚ Bernice Worden‚ because he was the last known customer to visit her place of business. When the police
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FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PIAUÍ CENTER FOR HUMAN SCIENCES AND LETTERS DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY DEGREE COURSE IN FULL STORY The Historical Relationship between History and Film Thyêgo Douglas Araújo dos Santos Teresina‚ November 2012 FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PIAUÍ CENTER FOR HUMAN SCIENCES AND LETTERS DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY DEGREE COURSE IN FULL STORY
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Nights of Cabiria and La Dolce Vita left me absolutely stunned‚ in awe of what I had just witnessed. I found both of these films to be unspeakably beautiful‚ and in my opinion‚ the best out of all Fellini’s major motion pictures which I have attempted to view this semester. Both films are unmistakably "Fellini" in the characteristic that define his films‚ especially through the world of fantasy‚ and deserve a thorough comparison. In La Dolce Vita‚ we are given a glimpse of a filmmaker
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Jazmyn Lynn Salivio-Topasna-Archuleta O’Leary English. Period Six. January 17th‚ 2014 Style Analysis Essay Tim Burton applies low-key lighting so he can flood the scene with shadows and darkness‚ which creates suspense and/or suspicion. For example‚ in the film “Charlie and The Chocolate Factory”‚ The lighting is used in Willy Wonka’s factory showing that it is every kid’s dream to visit it. Although it is his fantasy‚ Charlie knows that a fantasy is all it ever will be. To represent this
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I Am Tim Burton Who is Tim Burton? He’s that movie director that’s loved by Johnny Depp and reminds you of Edgar Allen Poe. Tim Burton is an abnormal movie director he brings unusual things to your TV screens that you won’t even think of. He’s the type of director that mixes up bad and good in one theme. Tim Burton‚ being an outsider as a young child‚ has led to his success as a movie director. Growing up as a child Tim Burton watched old scary movies and played in the cemetery
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