Alfred Molina was born in London on May 24‚ 1953.His mother‚ Giovanna‚ was an Italian house-keeper who cleaned rooms in a hotel and worked as a cook. His father‚ Esteban‚ was a Spanish immigrant from Madrid who worked as a waiter and chauffeur. He decided to become an actor after seeing Spartacus at the age of nine. He studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London and later HB Studio in Greenwich Village in New York City. His stage work includes two major Royal National Theatre productions
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Psycho Analysis Psycho was directed by Alfred Hitchcock. The horror film was made in the 1960s based on the novel Psycho by Robert Bloch. The film was distributed by Paramount Pictures in 1960 to 1968 and then by Universal studios 1968 to present. The thriller illustrates the encounter of secretary Marian Crane played by Janet Leigh who is hiding in an abandoned motel and the motels owner Norman Bates played by Anthony Perkins‚ it then proceeds to describe the aftermath of their encounter. The
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Alfred Hitchcock It is said that a director’s main objective is to create films that capture their audience’s attention and one director who has defiantly demonstrated this in all his film is Alfred Hitchcock‚ using various film techniques and his very own cinematic style. Hitchcock fashioned himself a distinctive and recognisable style. The audience is encouraged to identify with the camera which moves in a way that is supposed to mimic a person’s gaze‚ forcing viewers to engage in a form of
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Patrick Massey Professor Knight Rhetoric II‚ Section 26 March 14‚ 2011 Often‚ works of fiction are based on actual events‚ and this is the case with Alfred Hitchcock’s 1948 thriller‚ Rope‚ and the 1924 murder trial of Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb. Hitchcock envelops the audience in suspense in his portrayal of the bizarre murder case of Leopold and Loeb in which they murdered a fourteen-year-old boy for no apparent reason. In the movie‚ Brandon and Philip‚ two wealthy‚ smart men‚ decide
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There were many great directors during the 19th century era of film‚ but one renowned filmmaker of that time was Alfred Hitchcock‚ who “is among the few directors whose films almost constitute a genre unto themselves‚ the suspense-filled “Hitchcock thriller” ’ (2 Dixon & Foster 102). In his career‚ Hitchcock directed many films from the late 1920s to the early 1970s‚ before dying in the 1980s (1Biography.com Editors 1). His first feature film‚ in Hollywood‚ was Rebecca (1939)‚ and then he went on
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Alfred Hitchcock movie review Alfred Hitchcock was a brilliant technician who blended sex‚ suspense and humor. Hitchcock directed more than fifty feature films in a career spanning six decades. He remains one of the most popular and most recognized filmmakers‚ and his works are still popular today. Hitchcock was able to master not only the art of the film making but also the art of the psychological thriller. Hitchcock trademark techniques that made his film classics today include “Emotion”‚ “The
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In many of Alfred Hitchcock’s films‚ we are able to see how specific periods influence his work. In the case of postwar era‚ Hitchcock is able to evoke the aftermath of World War II issues and themes through the sub-text of films like I Confess (Warner Brothers‚ 1953) and The Trouble with Harry (Paramount‚ 1955). Though each film is completely different from the other‚ stylistically‚ genre-wise‚ tone-wise‚ scenery-wise; they both revolve around death‚ albeit approached from an entirely different
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Alfred the Great Alfred the Great ruled between the years of 871- 899. He was a son born to Aethelwulf‚ King of Wessex and his queen‚ Osburga‚ in 849 in Wantage‚ Berkshire London. He was born of the royal house of the Jutes of Wight. He was the fourth son born and had one younger sister. He became king only after each of his older brothers had ruled for some time. When he did rule he ruled at a time that they were battling the Vikings. In his period of ruling he defended the Vikings and became
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In the short film Despair‚ Alfred Hitchcock’s filming techniques are very evident. Alfred Hitchcock is known for using many different styles of filming which have influenced many directors since the early 1900s. The director of Despair uses Hitchcock’s technique to build tension‚ add action‚ and keep the viewer on the edge of their seat. Despair is a film of Elizabeth Bowen’s "The Demon Lover." The first example in the film is camera is not a camera. Jeffrey Michael Bays says‚ "The camera
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Good morning ‚ . Alfred Bernhard Nobel born on October 21 ‚1833 was a Swedish chemist‚ engineer‚ innovator‚ and armaments manufacturer. Nobel held 350 different patents‚ dynamite being the most famous. Born in Stockholm‚ Alfred Nobel was the fourth son of Immanuel Nobel ‚ and Andriette Nobel . Following various business failures‚ Nobel’s father moved to Saint Petersburg in 1837 and grew successful there as a manufacturer of machine tools and explosives. He invented modern plywood and started work
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