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    Christopher Nolan’s Memento is organized in a way that the story and character development is presented to the audience backwards and with the same amnesia as the character. We experience scenes out of order and backwards. In the film Leonard talks with the motel manager about his memory condition (Memento 8:00). However, this has happened before, we the viewers are just know seeing the exchange between the characters for the first time. This can help the audience have a connection with Leonard…

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    In most Hitchcock films, the characters drink brandy; it is a narrative element that is used to relieve the tension and restore from a scary or unexpected situation. When a character faints usually is offered brandy as a way to recover consciousness, feel better and even numb the feelings. For example, after Daisy finds the lodger in the street, handcuffed and cold, she take him to a restaurant and asks for brandy. This element also could be helpful for the action in the film continue or helps…

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    Spike Lee, through his undoubtedly inventive yet obtrusive camerawork, embodies emotional impact. From lateral panning and jumpy camera sequences to his use of perspective, Lee inspires intensity and apprehension. An odd synchronicity between the camerawork and subject matter fosters these emotional reactions and inspires inquisition; the viewer conceptualizes the camerawork to uncover a significance the narrative cannot deliver. The cop sequence retains suspense and effortlessly transfers…

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    Hitchcock had many other technical devices that he used in order to grab the viewers’ attention, such as having the audience as a voyeur and the MacGuffin. Hitchcock used voyeurism to blur the lines between the innocent and the guilty, as well to put the audience in a position in which they become personally engaged with the characters of the film. Having the audience as a voyeur, was able to put the viewers in the film as a sense just watching a movie. The viewers were in a way transplanted in…

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    Alfred Hitchcock's 1958 Vertigo, stars James Stewart and Kim Novak in this mystery thriller about a retired detective who has acrophobia or "vertigo". John Ferguson, or to his friends Scotty, is on a private investigation to find out if his friends wife is possessed. The story takes place in San Fransisco in the late 1950's and is about retired detective John Ferguson, who after a tragic accident has acrophobia and decides to give up on being a detective. One day, an old friend from college…

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    The Miracle on 34th street is a film remade in 1994 for the 4th time for entertainment of the entire family; it is a classic example of a Christmas movie in today’s society. The Miracle on 34th street was produced by William S. Beasley, John Hughes, and Bill Ryan. The Director for the film Miracle on 34th street is Les Mayfield. There were approximately 55 cast members for this film, the following are the actor/actresses that were given credit: Richard Attenborough as Kris Kringle,…

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    element of a movie is the costumes that every character wears as it impacts the story line. This is illustrated in the movie Rear Window, which shadows a photographer “Jeff” in a wheel chair spying on his neighbors and witnessing a murder. During the course of this movie there are several costumes that are important to both the story line and style of the movie. Rear Window is like a fashion show with all of the different costumes Lisa wears through out the movie. Jeff even mentions in the movie…

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    des auteurs has been controversially analysed through diverse approaches. Although these interpretations complement each other, covering the basic idea of the theory, the differences remain evident. This essay seeks to demonstrate not only that Rear Window (1954) is a clear example of auteur cinema but also that Alfred Hitchcock himself should be considered as an indisputable auteur. Firstly, it will define an auteur as a film director whose cinema is conceived as an art form that allows him to…

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    Name: Rudovic Sagouong English 102-B2 Rhetorical Analysis Essay Due Date: June 21th, 2016 the short story "It Had to Be Murder" by Cornell Woolrich and the Alfred Hitchcock version of the film Rear Window Inspired by a new Cornell Woolrich, it resembles some elements Rear windows Hitchcock, also based on a novel by Cornell Woolrich. This is the story of a kid 8 years old who used to tell tall tales and so his parents believe him anymore. As it is hot, he decided to sleep on the fire escape…

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    Rear Window is based on a story from the February 1942 issue of Dime Detective Magazine called "It Had to be Murder", written by Cornell Woolrich (under the pseudonym William Irish). Alfred Hitchcock, who was a longtime fan of Woolrich's pulp thrillers, was taken by the piece, but his goal in adapting it for the screen was to unify the narrative. Jeff doesn't have a girlfriend in Woolrich's version - Hitchcock and screenwriter John Michael Hayes added that in. They also invented Jeff's job as a…

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