Alfred Adler

Man (1956), Vertigo (1958), North by Northwest (1959), Psycho (1960) and The Birds (1963). For the sake of comparison and to support my arguments I have made references to other prominent films of Hitchcock. My study also proposes to analyze how Alfred Hitchcock positions the culture of America in the 1950s in his films, how he represents the middle-class society, ideology and culture of America. It also aims to bring out how cultural studies can be applied to understand the Hitchcockian…

Vertigo is a sensation of whirling and loss of balance, associated particularly with looking down from a great height. This feeling translates to the 1958 movie directed by Alfred Hitchcock titled Vertigo, which is based on the novel “D’entre Les Morts” by Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac. The film is a romantic story of obsession, manipulation, and fear. In the film, a detective is forced to retire after his acrophobia, fear of heights, and accompanying vertigo causes the death of a fellow…

A.J. Ayer is an emotivist, which is a non-cognitivist meta-ethical position which classifies all ethical statements as meaningless displays of emotion. Meta-ethics, not to be confused with normative ethics, is meant to establish whether morality truly exists, and not which particular ethical statements are true. According to Ayer, there are no such things as genuine ethical judgements, rather, all ethical judgments are distinguished as pseudo-judgements (i.e. judgements that sound like they make…

Alfred Hitchcock’s 1958 film Vertigo is now considered by the American Film Institute to be the best film of all time. With that title comes some flack for “beating” out all of the other films that come out ever. Obviously this title is subjective and doesn’t make the film anymore better or meaningful than it previously was, but the backlash from film critics are kind of ironic being about Vertigo. People are writing article after article and blog post after blog post about how Vertigo doesn’t…

Film has been a growing culture since the beginning of the twentieth century, and no one has contributed to this culture quite like Spielberg has. Steven Spielberg grew up in a Jewish family and began his film career at just 16. His debut was with his short film in a local theater of his hometown. Spielberg is the best filmmaker of all time because of his unbelievable contributions to science fiction, his unparalleled capabilities as a storyteller, and his industry-influencing movie masterpieces…

watching Vertigo and my god, what a masterpiece. It is, of course, as good as anyone says it is. This film is packed with fantastic suspense techniques, a whole lot of mystery and a great amount of unhealthy obsession. There is no doubt about it, Alfred Hitchcock executed this film to nearly perfection BUT this film would not be the masterpiece it is without another incredible genius, Bernard Herrmann. His compositions throughout the entire movie literally made the movie and I am sure that most…

The Bourne Identity is an action, spy thriller, and a love movie. The movie is directed by Doug Liman and one of the main stars is Matt Damon. Throughout this movie, it has you on the edge of your seats because with all the action and love scenes in it. As I began to watch the movie more and more I noticed that I have already seen the movie because it felt like déjà vu. In the film you see that Bourne is running away and trying to find his identity at the same time. That brings me to what I want…

My “utopia” is called Transmorphia where people are given the ability to morph into any living organism or be half of that organism, someone could have eagle wings with lion feet and human head with a lizard’s tail. With goodness there’s bound to be darkness. There are evil creatures that lurk in the darkest corners of Transmorphia. The first dark creatures are called Grievers. Grievers are little creatures that can take the shape of anything in the world. They can take the shape of a crying…

In every company, there are certain aspects that the business excels in; whether that is customer service, money, product quality, etc. In regards to Fox Searchlight Pictures, the one dominant facet is the quality of their films. Throughout the duration of the company, Fox Searchlight has created some of the most beautiful, unique works of art; this can be seen through The Grand Budapest Hotel, Garden State, and Black Swan. A copious number of their films are praised for cinematography,…

“The Masters of Suspense & Music” Alfred Hitchcock was the mastermind responsible for revolutionizing the horror, suspense and thriller genres. Inspired by French and Italian films, Alfred Hitchcock set out to produce a film that will not only break from current Hollywood trends but transform the entire film industry. Hitchcock’s 1960 film, “Psycho,” is considered the leading film from the New American Era, that pioneered many elements for the horror and psychological thriller genres. The…