Alfred Kinsey

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…

Flapping Complacency Can you imagine a place where birds, harmless creatures, could bring up such terror and fear. No? Well Mr. Hitchcock has indeed brought that thought into a cold, suspenseful, reality. Spoiled socialite, Melanie Daniels is shopping in a San Francisco pet store when she meets Mitch Brenner, who is looking to buy a pair of love birds for his young sister's birthday. He recognizes Melanie but pretends to have mistaken her for an assistant. She decides to get her own back…

The first thing I noticed about The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance was how the camera remained mostly objective for the entire movie. I thought that this was interesting since the story is mainly told through the perspective of Ransom Stoddard who seems to be the main character and yet I don’t think there’s a moment in the film where we get a shot entirely from just his perspective. I wonder if this had been done on purpose to remove the viewer from the action on screen and allow them to have a…

Angela Sciarappa Paper type A 10/14/25 Wes Craven and Ingmar Bergman This paper is supposed to be an analysis of a key filmmaker who has been informed by and influenced by earlier creators of film. For my film maker I chose Wes Craven and for his influence I chose Ingmar Bergman. Wes Craven is widely known around the world as the creator of the infamous horror characters Freddy Krueger and Ghost face from Scream. He of course created many other films other than the gruesome tale of Krueger…

The highly popular and classic film “Vertigo” directed by Alfred Hitchcock is a cinematic masterpiece for its time. Critics such as the ones from the Variety Staff have their own opinion and gave the review- “James Stewart, on camera almost constantly, comes through with a startlingly fine performance as the lawyer-cop who suffers from acrophobia.” I highly agree with this review due to the important role James Stewart plays in the misdirecting, and ever so suspenseful film. To begin, Stewart's…

The Highwayman is a poem by Alfred Noyes that will send a chill down your spine. The poem uses very descriptive language to create a theme that will possibly leave the reader spooked. The opening lines, “The wind was a torrent of darkness upon the gusty trees, the moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy trees” use vivid language that fills the reader’s mind with threatening images that can remind the reader of an experience that he or she had. Noyes engages the senses in the first part by…

movie Psycho there is a scene where the lead female actress Janet Leigh is in the shower and she gets murdered, but it doesn’t actually show her getting stabbed. The history of this movie is that it is horror movie, and it was directed and produced by Alfred Hitchcock, and written by Joseph Stefano, starring Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, John Gavin, Vera Miles and Martin Balsam, and was based on the 1959 novel of the same name by Robert Bloch. In the 1960 and 1998 version of the movie Psycho I…

There are many extraordinary classic films; however, Vertigo, by Alfred Hitchcock, tops the list. Alfred Hitchcock and James Stewart were household names in the 1950’s. Stewart had appeared in more than fifty films, and three of those fifty were directed by Alfred Hitchcock. The two had previously worked together on the film Rope in 1948; the film Rear Window in 1954; as well as, The Man Who Knew to Much in 1956 (Spoto 569-576). Vertigo, released in 1958, is the fourth, and final, film…

conform to femininity or be defined by man, Marion Crane seems to be frightened of the dominating male character in the film. She is passive and obedient towards his commands, abiding his instructuctions contradicting female views. The film Psycho by Alfred Hitchcock was the exemplary work of the 20th century, this film reveals the rapid development of film in comparison to the developments of the…