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In this movie, Jeff spies on his neighbors and begins learning intimate details about each one of his neighbors. When he begins watching his neighbor Thorwald, he starts to suspect that he’s a murderer. The conclusion that his neighbor is actually a murderer astonished me, I thought that Thorwald was innocent and that most ofContinue reading “The essence of truth in voyeurism”

The 400 Blows was probably my favorite film that we watched during the course, mostly because of the interactions between the characters and for the depiction of the internal workings of a troubled boy, which I’ll admit may be my own bias. Although, I believe that Truffaut brings together Mis-en-sen, cinematography, editing, and sound toContinue reading “Use Of Elements To Tell A Story”

Us explores the morality of the social normative class structure that we as a society have adopted in our capitalistic society, which is in order to climb the ladder you must push someone down. Not only does Peele examine the pitfalls of the moral issue, but also the humanistic nature that helps feed the bastardizedContinue reading “Horror As An Effective Medium For Social Commentary”

In Tarantino’s film, he tries to showcase the ethical dilemma of violence. He uses a predominantly Jewish-American battalion systematically killing Nazis as the perfect platform to showcase this dilemma. If this dilemma is present in Jewish people killing Nazis as recompense, then it has to exist in almost every single situation, since it’s such aContinue reading “The Morality of Killing Nazis”

In Martin Scorsese’s film, Shutter Island, Andrew Laeddis works his way through an elaborate role play scenario trying to track down a mysterious 67th patient, only to realize that he is actually the 67th patient. This is not my first time watching this film, it’s probably close to the fourth or fifth, but this isContinue reading “Shutter Island”

Some of the claims that the film makes about filmmaking as a whole are still very relevant today, more specifically about actors themselves and how the people around them treat them, as well as how society treats them. Specific instances, such as when Max undertakes the role as the holder of the veil so thatContinue reading “Sunset Boulevard”

The chronology of Citizen dictates the way that the viewer comes to understand Charles Kane. Initially, the viewer is introduced to an unknown man clinging to a Snowglobe and who then swiftly dies and sends the globe down the steps to its end after uttering the word, “Rosebud”. A newsreel-esk rundown of his life proceedsContinue reading “Citizen Kane”

Be yourself; Everyone else is already taken. — Oscar Wilde. This is the first post on my new blog. I’m just getting this new blog going, so stay tuned for more. Subscribe below to get notified when I post new updates.

This is an example post, originally published as part of Blogging University. Enroll in one of our ten programs, and start your blog right. You’re going to publish a post today. Don’t worry about how your blog looks. Don’t worry if you haven’t given it a name yet, or you’re feeling overwhelmed. Just click theContinue reading “Introduce Yourself (Example Post)”