Essay on the Film Rope (1948)
Overview
In brief, Rope (1948) is an amazing movie revolving around a murder committed by two young men, Phillip and Brandon. The two commit what, to them, is the perfect murder by strangling a friend of theirs to death. Continue Reading...
Alfred Hitchcock has cast several actors in a few of his films. James Stewart, a favorite of Hitchcock's has been in "Rope," "Rear Window," "The Man Who Knew Too Much," and "Vertigo." He is and always has been an actor that grows with his characters. Continue Reading...
Formalism
The subject of films is a matter of dreams for many persons though the attraction has come down after the new medium of video has come in. Yet, for some it is still the medium to dream in.
To get into the concept of formalist film theory, Continue Reading...
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When Johnson defeated Jeffries, however, it unleashed white violence against blacks nationwide. "In Washington, D.C., the Washington Bee reported, 'White ruffians showed their teeth and attacked almost every colored person they saw upon the publi Continue Reading...
Postwar America in Hitchcock Films
Post-War America in Film
In the postwar America, expectations for men and women diverged from those that prevailed during the war years. The exigencies of World War II interrupted the evolution of social progress Continue Reading...
Dennis Rader (BTK Killer)
Dennis Rader who is commonly as the BTK killer was born in Kansas in 1945 and was the first born of four siblings born to William and Dorothea Rader. He is renowned as an American serial killer who carried out the murder of Continue Reading...
TRIFLES by Susan Glaspell
In "Trifles" by Susan Glaspell, the characteristics of the women and the attitudes to their men and their own roles in life are gradually illuminated. The intensity of the situation, in effect two women judging the life of Continue Reading...