... the picture. We fade in on a thermometer that reads 90 degrees, the camera slowly tracks around the room showing us various photographs, magazines, a camera among many other things. The camera continues to track up the casted leg of Jimmy Stewart sitting on his wheelchair sleeping. The camera continues out the window to reveal the ... cannot talk bout Pure Cinema without talking about self-relfexivity, or a film's recognition of itself. Many film critics suggest that within the film Rear Window lies unforgettable layer of self-reflexivity. Robin Wood talks about this phenomenon in his sel...

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... a secret, and no one must know. Norman listens through the walls, as he does this, the stuffed birds on the wall cast shadow over his already dark face. Hitchcock used an over the shoulder shot to show Norman removing a picture (of a lady wrapped in sheets being dragged away by a man) from the wall , it's almost like we (the audience) are standing behind him, waiting for our turn ... she dresses. A close up of Norman's eye as he peeps through the hole reveals more about his evil side as he watches her dress. The camera shows a static mid-shot as he replaces the picture, his face still i...

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... a complex web of genres, narrative templates, tones and styles. It is a film which ingeniously mixes the visual iconography and archetypes of horror, a nascent film noir and a Capraesque domestic comedy, and is widely regarded as Hitchcock's breakthrough Hollywood picture, his first film attempt to fully come to terms with both American culture and Hollywood cinema. As such ... (look out for the ring). Throughout, Hitchcock brilliantly undermines the staples of family, marriage, money and the law by demonstrating the close geographic, stylistic and psychological proximity of genre, object...

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... his future wife Alma Reville, who also worked for the company. They were married in December of 1926 at Brompton Oratory. Alma had a good sense to detail and would go on to collaborate on all of Hitchcock's projects including one of his own favorite, Psycho. She oversaw initial script development through final post-production. It is said that it was Alma ... who noticed Janet Leigh's dead body twitch in Psycho which was immediately corrected. In 1928, their daughter Patricia was born. She later appeared in three of her father's films including the previously mentioned Psycho. Because Nu...

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... his future wife Alma Reville, who also worked for the company. They were married in December of 1926 at Brompton Oratory. Alma had a good sense to detail and would go on to collaborate on all of Hitchcock's projects including one of his own favorite, Psycho. She oversaw initial script development through final post-production. It is said that it was Alma ... who noticed Janet Leigh's dead body twitch in Psycho which was immediately corrected. In 1928, their daughter Patricia was born. She later appeared in three of her father's films including the previously mentioned Psycho. Because Nu...

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... is apparent that she has her own interior life. This is shown by the use of mirrors and reflections within reflections. The final character archetype that is found in Fellini's films is the "macho man." This is probably best illustrated in the harem sequence in 8-1/2. In this the main character imagines himself as the master of all women he has ever desired, real or fantasized. In City ... style adds a very personal tone and a feeling of being involved in the movie. His way of shooting, his real life approach, and his natural settings forms the ultimate suspension of disbelief for any p...

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... a current market for modern films, but an even greater surge in the youth market was coming up. Although the mixed reviews and sexuality kept a fair number of Hitchcock's older fans away from Psycho, this did not put off the younger audience. Beyond the violent content, the Slasher film gave a clearer picture of current sexual attitudes. Although such attitudes may have shocked and upset ... more mature audiences, the younger generation was delighted to see a film that reflected their lifestyle. For them, it was a major ... by way of an expository epilogue through which the audience ach...

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