Firstly I would like to say that Rear window is a true classic film. The film is a is the mother of all suspense thriller film and the director Alfred Hitchcock is the father of the genre. The predictability of the film proof its originality ‚pioneered and innocence compared to the films of its genre today. Films today has matured from its roots which is Rear Window but have not lost its core elements. The only difference between films today of the same genre and Rear Window is that movies nowadays forcefully
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My character‚ Miss Torso is outgoing and full of life. She has a passion for dancing and it finds a way into every aspect of her life. She dances whilst making breakfast and entertains male guests as it is highly amusing. The enthusiasm I embody cannot be faked and is clearly seen in the opening scenes. Hitchcock‚ my director manipulates my character and her personality to be overtly sexualised and purely for the viewing of male counterparts. I resent the portrayal of my character having to rely
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Alfred Hitchcock’s Rear Window continues and expands on traditional themes of the Detective Fiction Genre. In 1841‚ Murder in the Rue Morgue by Edgar Allan Poe broke the traditional character constraints of the Crime Fiction Genre‚ by introducing a new type of lead detective figure. The ideal detective figure encompassed traits of superiority‚ intelligence‚ wit and a keen sense for observation. The lead detective figure is a sophisticated character that is not bound to the constrictions and limitations
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The scene begins when Lisa comes to Jeff’s apartment with dinner. After the waiter leaves the dinner‚ Lisa and Jeff have a drink next to the window discussing Lisa’s day and Jeff’s future plans. Lisa is sitting on the right side of the window and Jeff is on the left side. In the middle of the window‚ there is a beam that splits the window into two halves. People in the background can clearly be seen in the opposing side of the apartment complex. Alfred Hitchcock uses this scene to get the movie watcher
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of his keen eye for creativity in the simplest of forms. He created art out of the “artless.” Most importantly‚ he created suspense from lighting‚ building up nerve-racking situations‚ and the use of his directing and filming skills. The film Rear Window is no exception to this. Hitchcock created one of the most suspenseful
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neighbor’s windows. Modleski argues that the more important character in Rear Window is the female lead‚ Lisa. She suggests that the photographic portrayal of the female in the film is stronger than that of the invalid protagonist‚ Jeff. Lisa is pictured as active and competent‚ while Jeff is portrayed as incapable and imprisoned within his apartment. She is aggressively sexual while he displays fear of interaction. Juxtaposed with these two characters are their alter egos in a neighboring window: the
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Silent Subversion in A Woman On A Roof Abstract This paper centers on the unnamed woman sunbathing on the roof of her own‚ using her indifference and silence as rebellion toward the three men ’s provocation working on another roof‚ trying to explore women ’s subversion toward the gender bias and their self-consciousness raising in the society. Key words: silence;indifference;rebellion;subversion 1. Introduction Doris Lessing
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Emmanuel School of Religion Empire Subversion in Colossians: a review of Colossians Remixed RJ Powell For New Testament Theology Dr. Ramsaran 15 May 2006 Johnson City‚ TN http://www.larynandjanel.com/blog/book_review_colossians_remixed_subverting_the_empire.html I have often found myself in a dilemma here in seminary‚ struggling between the polarized Christian sub-culture of conservative vs. liberal‚ biblical literalism
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Didacticism and subversion can both contribute to the devaluation due to the hidden agenda placed within the literature. Didacticism focuses on moral instruction‚ which can lead to bad writing‚ if it’s not the primary focus it will serve a purpose within the book (“Aesthetics”). Children’s literature written in early times was devalued because of the overly didactic material and has been marginalized for many years (“Purpose”). Subversion within children’s book are messages that otherwise may be
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‘.. Rear Window reads like an ironic reversal of Bentham’s ‘Panopticon’ as exploited by Foucault’ Write an essay exploring the significance of the surveillant theme evident in the film Rear Window. “We’ve become a race of Peeping Toms – what people ought to do is get outside their house and look in for a change.” – Stella‚ Rear Window‚ 1954. The theme of surveillance is all too clear in Alfred Hitchcock’s 1954 film‚ ‘Rear Window’. From the opening credits‚ we immediately get a sense of what
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