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Alfred Hitchcock and Voyeurism, 2003.
An analysis of the connection between voyeurism and cinema in the Alfred Hitchcock films "Rear Window" and "Vertigo".
2,128 words (approx. 8.5 pages), 3 sources, APA, $ 66.95
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This paper examines how Alfred Hitchcock?s films deal with many psychological themes, including the idea of voyeurism. It reviews two of his films; "Rear Window" (USA, 1954, Alfred Hitchcock) and "Vertigo" (USA, 1958, Alfred Hitchcock) and discusses the occurrence of voyeurism within the narratives of both films. It also looks at the idea that certain aspects of the films can be said to be representations of the voyeuristic nature of cinema-going itself.
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"I will now look at Vertigo and consider how the voyeurism and the gaze of the film can be seen as much more sexual than that of Rear Window. It has been said that Rear Window seems like a comical ?test run? for the more obsessive and frightening nature of Vertigo, and that Rear Window, Vertigo and Psycho form a sort of trilogy of films that contained the them of voyeurism. Vertigo was not as popular on its original release as Rear Window. This is probably due to the fact that there is a lot more complexity and psychology in the story, or because James Stuart seemed too old to play the romantically obsessed man. The story is about Scotty (James Stewart), an acrophobic detective who has been hired by a friend to trail his beautiful and troubled wife, Madeline. His quest at first is an innocent one, but he soon becomes Madeline?s obsessive stalker. "
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Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho", 2007.
A review of Alfred Hitchcock's famous film "Psycho."
1,100 words (approx. 4.4 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 38.95
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This paper analyzes Alfred Hitchcock's masterpiece of suspense, the film "Psycho." The reviewer describes the innovations, taboos and transgressions that Hitchcock explored in this film. Additionally, the paper discusses the emotional states of fear and horror that the film inspired, and how Hitchcock enticed his audience by giving them just enough information to lure them into the world of the protagonist, Norman. The paper also discusses how Hitchcock promoted his film prior to its release. The reviewer concludes that in "Psycho," Alfred Hitchcock lured his audience into the forbidden, made them uncomfortable but at the same time made them enjoy the brief experience of unspoken transgressions as seen in the film.
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" When Norman purposely gives Marion the key to room number 1 so he can watch her through a peephole in the office, Hitchcock is enticing the audience with another transgression, voyeurism. The audience is forced into this secret world, forced to participate in Norman's forbidden thrill as he watches her undress. Such scenes resulted in much criticism. For example, a letter to the New York Times claimed that Psycho was "deliberately calculated to stimulate the jaded appetites of the middle-aged and arouse the worst latent instincts of teen-agers," suggesting that the transgressions depicted might be contagious (Hendershot). "
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Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho", 2004.
An analysis of a particular scene in Alfred Hitchcock's film, "Psycho".
1,130 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 0 sources, MLA, $ 39.95
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This paper presents a detailed analysis of film techniques used in the scene, "Looking for Arbogast" in the Alfred Hitchcock film, "Psycho".
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"In the scene "Looking for Arbogast", Hitchcock capitalizes on the shock value of the previous scene, "Death and the Detective", where we see Mother murder Arbogast. In this scene we see Lila, played by Vera Miles, and Sam Loomis, played by John Gavin. The lighting in the hardware store is very dim, creating many shadow effects. We see Lila back lit twice, which is reminiscent of the first time we see Mother, providing a nice contrast between the..."
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Alfred Hitchcock's "Strangers on a Train", 2007.
This paper explores the use of double images as they relate to the details of the plot in Alfred Hitchcock's film "Strangers on a Train".
2,735 words (approx. 10.9 pages), 0 sources, $ 81.95
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This paper discusses that, in "Strangers on a Train", Alfred Hitchcock does not state openly the theme but rather gives the viewer clues in his frequent use of double images. The author points out that a double image in the film signals that the viewer is about to see an enactment of opposites in the characters of the story, which are not necessarily visible physically but often indicate the character's internal qualities. The paper explains that double images in "Strangers on a Train" signal conflict about to occur in the story (especially relating the characters), represent the protagonist's inner thoughts, fears and desires, and represent Bruno as part of the dark side of Guy's psyche.
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"When Bruno suggests that they each have someone to get rid of--he his father and Guy his wife--and that they should "exchange murders," Guy doesn't take him seriously. He thinks Bruno is eccentric. As Guy gets off the train, he laughingly says he agrees with everything Bruno suggests. Guy leaves his unique cigarette lighter behind on the train, possibly because he is so anxious to escape from the odd, obnoxious, and overbearing Bruno. The lighter has embossed "double" tennis rackets crossing each other and the inscription "A to G." The image suggests that doubles are a metaphor for double-crossing."
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Thriller Films and Alfred Hitchcock, 2004.
A discussion and analysis of several of Alfred Hitchcock's spy thrillers.
2,700 words (approx. 10.8 pages), 8 sources, APA, $ 95.95
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This paper discusses and analyzes Alfred Hitchcock's spy thrillers, "Sabotage", "The Man Who Knew Too Much", "The Lady Vanishes" and "The 39 Steps", and identifies consistencies in the thriller genre.
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"According to Martin Rubin, the label thriller describes a cinematic and literary genre which has certain identifiable characteristics and which represents a quantitative as well as qualitative concept. Rubin suggests that virtually all narrative films could be considered thrilling to some degree because they contain suspense and action and a sense of departure from the routine world into a realm that is more marvelous and exciting. However, to be a cinematic thriller, a film must meet other conditions, such as the doubling..."
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Alfred Hitchcock's "Foreign Correspondent" and "The Birds", 2006.
An analysis of the themes of safety and security in Alfred Hitchcock's films, "Foreign Correspondent" and "The Birds".
1,575 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 4 sources, $ 62.95
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This paper discusses the topic of safety and security in two of Alfred Hitchcock's movies: "Foreign Correspondent" and "The Birds". Essentially, using these two films as a backdrop, the paper makes the argument that people feel secure when things are predictable. When things become unpredictable they are insecure.
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"Films often offer a glimpse of the social, psychological and political conditions of their times. For example, in "Film Violence and the Institutionalization of the Cinema" J. David Slocum notes, Hollywood cinema has figured importantly in efforts to posit media as significant forces in the consolidation, extension, and continuation of the established social order (Slocum 649). What this means is that films say a lot about the social, psychological and political conditions of the time they were made in. This means that a movie from the 1940s will have significantly different social and political messages then a film made in the 1960s."
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Alfred Hitchcock Films, 2002.
Analyzes three movies by Hollywood director, Alfred Hitchcock.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 3 sources, $ 35.95
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An analysis of three movies of Alfred Hitchcock, and how he deviated from Hollywood norms. By understanding the use of German Expressionism and Documentary Realism in Hitchcock's films, we can see the Hollywood glamour of moviemaking he counteracts.
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Alfred Hitchcock's "Shadow of a Doubt", 2002.
Discussion of Alfred Hitchcock's attempt to force a perspective on viewers when he made "Shadow of a Doubt".
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"Shadow of a Doubt" was a box office success and remains an outstanding example of Alfred Hitchcock's ability to craft a mystery film into a something which was more than mere cinema; it was also a serious psychological study. In order to achieve this, Hitchcock had to alter the way in which the viewer expected to see films.
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Alfred Hitchcock's "The 39 Steps", 2005.
This paper discusses Alfred Hitchcock's "The 39 Steps" (1935), an early, relatively unknown film, which marks and separates his films from those of all other directors of the 50s and 60s.
3,500 words (approx. 14.0 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 98.95
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This paper explains that Alfred Hitchcock's "The 39 Steps" (1935) reveals the themes for which he will soon be famous such as human complacency, disparity between appearance and reality, the salutary effect of a night journey, the difficulty of trust and the fear of confinement. The author points out that the narrative structure; the structural movements of complacency, crisis and recovery; the use of complacent and oblivious characters but not pessimistic character and a well developed model of life, alternating between confinement and release, in terms of physical but not so much in terms of psychological, confinement. The paper relates that the film is truly a Hitchcock film as demonstrated by his use of the Dutch tilt, stairways, extreme high angles and emerging body parts.
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"Hannay takes Annabelle to his flat and the two wind up in his kitchen where we will be introduced to the icon of the checkerboard floor, the complacent character type, the beginning of the typical structural movement, and the themes of complacency and of the disparity between appearance and reality. It is here that Annabelle reveals to she is a spy. Refusing to believe her, Hannay plays the role of the complacent character and thinks he knows everything about the world around him. This character type is in every Hitchcock movie and they are all punished for their complacency. These characters have the predictability of the world taken away from them, and they spend the rest of the movie trying to recover. Complacency is not always punished with physical danger."
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Alfred Hitchcock, 2004.
A look at the different forms of expressionistic thought exhibited in Alfred Hitchcock's films.
904 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 31.95
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Using Alfred Hitchcock's films "Rebecca" and "Rope", this paper discusses how Hitchcock's style expresses national film movements like German Expressionism, Soviet Expressive Realism and British Social Realism.
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?Rear Window? by Alfred Hitchcock, 2002.
An review of Alfred Hitchcock's film "Rear Window" with an emphasis on the filming technique used.
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This paper evaluates the first two scenes ?Rear Window? by Alfred Hitchcock by looking at his filming methodologies shot by shot. The main character Jeffries sits and watches life through the window much as the viewer sits and watches that same life on a movie screen. The paper shows how Hitchcock's manner of presentation points to the thematic issues to be considered in the plot--voyeurism, guilt, isolation and reaching out to others.
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"The opening scene in the film takes place in a single shot, and Hitchcock uses a fluid camera to pan in a nearly 360-degree arc to show the entire setting. This establishes the setting, many of the characters, the situation that exists at the beginning of the film, the role of the central character, and much about that character. An enormous amount of information is conveyed visually as the camera pans around the courtyard, remaining always in the window of the photographer's window, which will be the point of view of the courtyard throughout the film until near the end."
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Alfred Hitchcock, 2004.
An analysis of the life and works of film director, Alfred Hitchcock.
1,202 words (approx. 4.8 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 41.95
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This paper discusses the "king" of melodramatic films, Alfred Hitchcock. The paper contends that Hitchcock was (and remains) the originator and master of a kind of mystery thriller that no one has been able to duplicate. The paper presents a biography of Hitchcock's film career and a brief synopsis of several of his films. The paper explores Hitchcock's recurrent theme of an innocent protagonist being falsely accused for a crime.
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"Hitchcock started in the movie industry, age 19, when he was hired to design titles at the Famous Players- Lasky London studios. He learned scripting, editing and art direction, and rose to become assistant director by 1922. That year, he directed his first (and unfinished) film, "No. 13, or Mrs. Peabody". It was three years later that he directed and completed his film "The Pleasure Garden", an Anglo-German production filmed in Munich. "This experience, plus a sting at Germany's UFA studios as an assistant director, help account for the Expressionistic character of his films, both in their visual schemes and thematic concerns.""
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Alfred Hitchcock, 2002.
Analysis of the style, technique, and trademarks of Alfred Hitchcock's film making.
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This paper discusses the elements of film style used by Alfred Hitchcock in his legendary films, particularly in "Strangers on a Train". The analysis notes the outstanding instances of Hitchcock's film technique, including his trademarks, considers the historical time in which the films were made, and evaluates the manner in which Hitchcock created the best suspense films in cinematic history.
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Alfred Hitchcock and Stephen King, 2003.
A comparison and contrast of the writing of Alfred Hitchcock and Stephen King.
1,840 words (approx. 7.4 pages), 10 sources, MLA, $ 63.95
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A comparison and contrast of the writing styles of Alfred Hitchcock and Stephen King. It looks at how both are similar in presenting the everyday life and in terms of building suspense, sexual tension and the macabre. It also discusses Hitchcock's collaboration with screenwriters on the scripts for the films and King's prolific output as a novelist who is more graphic than Hitchcock.
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"The writing styles of Alfred Hitchcock and Stephen King are similar in a number of ways. Both writers exhibit a writing style in which we find suspense, sexual tension, the macabre and inhibited or uninhibited character ..."
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Alfred Hitchcock, 2006.
An analysis of 'The Man Who Knew Too Much' by Alfred Hitchcock.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 2 sources, $ 44.95
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This paper reviews Alfred Hitchcock's film 'The Man Who Knew Too Much'. According to the paper, it was first released in the United Kingdom in December of 1934. It was not released to American audiences until March of the following year. It was filmed at Lime Grove Studios in London England and filming began after Hitchcock completed his direction of Waltzes From Vienna in 1933. Producers, Michael Balcon and Ivor Montagu had the script prepared before Hitchcock agreed to take on the direction of the film. The paper further discusses how Hitchcock was said to have been given free reign over the direction of the film, although he was also given a small budget to complete the task. The cast for the film was recommended from varying sources. This included Peter Lorre, who was a German actor presented to Hitchcock through Sidney Bernstein.
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