This 1981 American classic horror film directed by Brian De Palma. The protagonist of this story Jack is a film sound man from Philadelphia. When recording sound for a low-cost horror film, he accidentally recorded the evidence of a murder of a presidential candidate and got involved in a bizarre political conspiracy. Palma is known as "the Hitchcock of the United States" and "the Master of contemporary Suspense Film". He is also considered as “part of the New Hollywood wave of filmmaking”[ "Brian De Palma Biography (1940–)". Film Reference. Retrieved 2012-01-14.]. When Palma was a child, he spent several days following his father's in order to find the evidence of cheating, so that this unfortunate childhood experience became the psychological
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This is a film about how to observe the hidden conspiracies and lies beneath the surface. Palma has never stopped searching for the film revolution and social change. Although this film uses the body of popular genre films, Palma’s revelations about the state of American political corruption after Watergate were straightforward. This film was released in 1981----the year President Reagan came to power and the United States was in a deep panic. The nightmare of the Vietnam War had not subsided and the strong control of the government led the recession which caused by inflation to the economic brink of collapse. The public's choice of Reagan who represented the "optimism" showed their eagerness to get rid of this unhappy situation, but Palma proved that it was a mistake. It’s like the theme of this movie: The truth is always hidden behind the great rights and at any time they are in danger of life. In such a turbulent environment people can only believe in themselves. Palma also deconstructs American mythology by describing the nervous state of social ethics. Paranoid conspiracy and power politics create ethical dilemmas for the protagonist. The film focuses on the illusion of sound in the film and the
This is a film about how to observe the hidden conspiracies and lies beneath the surface. Palma has never stopped searching for the film revolution and social change. Although this film uses the body of popular genre films, Palma’s revelations about the state of American political corruption after Watergate were straightforward. This film was released in 1981----the year President Reagan came to power and the United States was in a deep panic. The nightmare of the Vietnam War had not subsided and the strong control of the government led the recession which caused by inflation to the economic brink of collapse. The public's choice of Reagan who represented the "optimism" showed their eagerness to get rid of this unhappy situation, but Palma proved that it was a mistake. It’s like the theme of this movie: The truth is always hidden behind the great rights and at any time they are in danger of life. In such a turbulent environment people can only believe in themselves. Palma also deconstructs American mythology by describing the nervous state of social ethics. Paranoid conspiracy and power politics create ethical dilemmas for the protagonist. The film focuses on the illusion of sound in the film and the