Hitchcock and Dualism in Psycho The characters in Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho (1960) each have a dual nature that is masterfully portrayed through character development and use of mirrors throughout the film. The very first shot in Psycho is zooming in from an open view of the city where it is a bright and sunny day. As the shot zooms in further and further it comes into a dark and shaded room that shows Marion Crane (Janet Leigh) and Sam Loomis (John Gavin) having an affair in a undisclosed hotel
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889 1/6/12 7TH hour Psycho Critique With screeching violin music blasting rhythmically in the background‚ Arbogast is slashed to death by a psychotic murderer who seemingly appears out of nowhere. The fact that this scene made me‚ a connoisseur of modern day horror movies‚ jump‚ proves the fact that this 1960`s classic‚ Psycho is a home-run. Alfred Hitchcock is and should be recognized as a movie making genius with his excellent development of the horror movie Psycho‚ complete with great camera
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the majority of genres‚ “horrors” have been altered and manipulated over time in order to coincide with the time period. With this being said‚ two films particularly enforce this post-modern “horror” and yet both contain an array of sub-genres‚ mutating “genre” into a more complex idea. Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho along with Mary Harron’s American Psycho are both post-modern “horrors” with a collection of sub-genre’s attached to them‚ leading the audience to question the originally believed “horror”
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Film Analysis The viewing of films is important in today’s society because audiences are able to see life events acted out in front of them. This provides the viewers with a greater understanding and knowledge of the historical events that occurred and delivers a clearer image of the message trying to be conveyed. The film Milk is an adaptation of real events that occurred on the streets of San Francisco during the nineteen seventies. It focuses on how homosexuals were threatened by politics
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appeared to enjoy killing women in particular including one that he seemed genuinely affectionate for. Throughout the film‚ Patrick kills over 20 people. Many times he could not tell whether or not the events were real or simply a part of a psychotic delusion brought on by his problems. His character revealed the inner goings on in his mind by narrating these thoughts throughout the film. Patrick acknowledged that what he was doing was wrong. He noted that he had been depersonalized and that he had lost
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Alfred Hitchcock’s 1960 film Psycho utilizes some innovative editing techniques‚ especially for its time. Particularly‚ the scene where Marion Crane drives her newly purchased 1957 Ford contains many edits that help drive the story. The approximately three-minute scene is comprised of 36 shots; however‚ there are only two distinctive shots throughout the entire sequence. As Marion drives‚ her mind begins to drift as she starts thinking about how her boss and others back home may suspect her of
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Wambaa Mathu 9/20/07 Arch 423 ASSIGNMENT #4 ENVIRONMENT - BEHAVIOR IN FILM GIRL‚ INTERRUPTED I Title of film: Girl‚ Interrupted Film director: James Mangold Film producers: Carol Bodie and Winona Ryder Year of film: 1999 Film stars: - Winona Ryder plays the part of Susanna Kaysen the autobiographical main character who is admitted into a psychiatric ward to be treated for borderline personality disorder following a suicide attempt. - Angelina Jolie is the character Lisa Rowe‚ an ex-junkie and
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The Administration for Children Services mission is to protect and promote the safety and well-being of NYC’s children‚ families‚ and communities by providing excellent child welfare juvenile justice‚ and early care and education services. The Child protective (Case Manager) services duties are to protect and strengthen children families and young adults by intervening and implementing services for families when needed. They are to provide resources to places where the families can receive assistance
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Film Analysis: “MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING” Introduction to Sociology “My Big Fat Greek Wedding”‚ is a wonderful movie all about the Greek sub-culture in Chicago. This movie explores‚ and demonstrates many sociological points. This movie is exceptional because‚ this movie also shows the values of Greek immigrants living in America. Furthermore‚ the American Greeks in this movie promotes three traditional values - marry a Greek boy or girl‚ have Greek babies‚ and feed everyone. This is a value that
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Exploitation films have been produced since the beginning of film‚ but once the Production Code was no longer in effect‚ more these films could be produced and at a faster rate. One genre of exploitation cinema is the drug crime film. Starting as early as the 1930s‚ filmmakers made movies about the dangers of doing drugs. These films were often cheaply made and aimed at a small audience (Clark 4). They were theatrically simple‚ with an uncomplicated narrative: “these are films whose entire function
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