’George A. Romero’ at the American Museum of the Moving Image"‚ The Village Voice(New York)‚ January 8–14‚ 2003 http://www.filmsite.org/posters/psyc2.jpghttp://www.filmsite.org/reddot.gif Alfred Hitchcock’s powerful‚ complex psychological thriller‚ Psycho (1960) is the "mother" of all modern horror suspense films - it single-handedly ushered in an era of inferior screen ’slashers’ with blood-letting and graphic‚ shocking killings The master of suspense skillfully manipulates and guides the audience
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Ryan Dayton Movie Critique HUM 150 Bradley Nygren Movie Critic Τhe film I chose to critique this week is the classic family comedy Home Alone (1990) directed by Chris Columbus. Leading actors in this film is eight year old Kevin McCallister played by Macaulay Culkin‚ along with Peter McCallister‚ the father‚ played by John Heard‚ Mrs. McCallister played by Catherine O’Hara‚ Marv‚ who is the first burglar‚ played by Daniel Stern‚ and Harry‚ the other burglar played by Joe
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The Elusive Audience: Comparing Tino Ballio and Robert Ray’s Examination of the Moviegoing Audience on the 1950s By Justin Daering Between 1948 when the Paramount decision was made‚ and 1969 when the last of the majors was bought out by a conglomerate‚ the structure of the film industry underwent its most drastic alteration since its inception‚ and a prolonged period of economic struggle and uncertainty. Two film historians‚ Robert Ray and Tino Balio‚ have created causal accounts of
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The prevalence of terror in the movies Psycho (1960)‚ Eyes Without a Face (1960) and Village of The Damned (1995) is astonishing and quite scary. The methods used to achieve heightened tension and terror in these films is remarkable and includes various camera angles and tricks and audio to foreshadow. The primary reason these films are so terrifying to the viewer is that they can actually occur and are not about some fantasy or supernatural world. The terror in these films plays on the emotional
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What’s better than the anticipation of seeing a movie you’ve been waiting for to come out on the big screen? The question is‚ Where to go see it? Movie theaters are the place to go but you really only have one choice during the colder climates in winter‚ early spring or late fall. But during the other times of the year there still is the option that being the outdoor drive-ins verses the indoor theaters. Other than IMAX showings‚ drive-inns and movie theaters offer about the same picture quality
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Man with The Movie Camera: Shot Change constructs a New Perspective Avant Garde Film Midterm 11\3\95 Question #4 Time was used by Vertov as an important factor in editing as well as in the daily lives of humans. With editing he utilized the essence of time to his advantage. Vertov wanted a certain rhythm of cuts to exist in the movie. He desired a choppy effect. The cameras‚ themselves‚ were supposed to produce a rithym in movements‚ too. The point was he wanted to make
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"Suspicion" and "Rebecca". Rebecca was his only movie that ever won the Academy Award for Best Picture Hitchcock never won for Best Director. Later‚ in the 50’s‚ came his more infamous films such as "Strangers On A Train"‚ "Dial M For Murder"‚ "Rear Window"‚ "Vertigo" and "North By Northwest". These films made Hitchcock who he was and made him famous. After the movie‚ North By Northwest‚ the Master of Suspense directed his masterpiece‚ Psycho. The one movie that most of the public know because of its
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Synopsis The movie Les Miserables is a novel written by Victor Hugo published in 1862. It is considered the one of the greatest novels of the nineteenth century. The movie is about man‚ Jean Valjean‚ who experienced corruption and injustice in many years. When he was given a chance to live freely‚ he saw God. His blinded heart transformed. This remained in him throughout the story. Love and justice reigns in his heart whatever happened. Story/Screenplay The main character of the movie is Jean Valjean
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MacGuffins‚ each complicating and furthering the plot. The identity of George Kaplin becomes the initial MacGuffin‚ as it unites the main character with his antagonists and motivates him to follow them. Another MacGuffin is revealed later in the movie‚ once Thorndale becomes an honorary government agent; he must find a statue containing microfilm with government secrets on it before the villains can smuggle it out of the
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books become very popular they are often turned into a movie. Movie producers can predict by the success of book sales if a movie is worth creating. Readers spend their money on books to commit time into reading it‚ similarly to a movie audience. The movie audience spends their money on the ticket to watch the movie. Readers are likely to spend the money and time to watch a movie if they have read the book. I agree with the statement that movie-audience relationship has more in common with that of
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