...Marathon Man Movie Name Institutional Marathon Man Movie The film, “Marathon Man” is a thriller with an exhilarating plot under paranoid and psychological subgenres directed by John Schlesinger and runs for 125 minutes. Throughout the movie, one gets a thrilling move by the unceasing series of frenzy and predicaments in the criminal events that dominate the plat (Goldman, 2013). The film is a thriller because of the fact that it presents the viewer with a thrilling plot of exiting events full of suspense such that one is left with a lot of questions without necessarily having the answers. Certainly, the suspenseful nature of the film depicting crime not only from the protagonist but also among some characters that make the whole scene worth sparing 125 minutes and with eyes glued to the screen to watch (Goldman, 2013). Additionally, the movie falls under the subgenre of paranoia because of its ability to stir fear among the viewers due to a lot of breathtaking scenes of absolute violence and adult situations that automatically makes it a rated film. It is also considered a psychological thriller because it puts much stress on the mental condition of the central character who in this case was the marathon man who accidently or rather, through his own prying is hauled into a treacherous conflict that he was not ready to handle. As mentioned earlier, the theme of crime in this film is widely and not narrowly presented. There are various reasons behind...
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...Name Professor Course Date Film project contrast paper Introduction Captain Phillips movie, examines the 2009 hijacking of a U.S container ship, by the name Maerks Alabama. The movie stars Tom Hanks as Richard Phillip (IMDb). It is a hard pounding thriller that exhibits the creativity of its director Paul Green Grass. According to Ryan McNeil (2013) the movie reflects on the primary effects of globalization, by showing the relationship between the ship's commanding officer and the Somali captain who forcefully held him (McNeil). Richard Phillips meets with Muse; the Somali captain, when Phillips ship goes on a wrong course (IMDb). Both captains find themselves at the mercy of forces, which are beyond their control. The movie is recommended for audience above the age of thirteen years. It contains an intense sequence of menace, and violence associated with bloody images (IMDb). The script The script of the movie was primarily based on a book called A Captains Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy Seals and Dangerous Days at Sea, which was written by Richard Phillips (IMDb). The script narrates a very compelling story, which keeps the audience on the seat's edge. It moves the audience in the world of the ship’s crew, leaving the audience with a close experience of the dangers associated with cargo ships (McNeil). Acting Tom Hanks is considered as the highest box office star currently (Whitfield). According to IMDb, he was “outstanding as always” in this movie. However critics have argued...
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...One of the foremost anticipated tv shows of the autumn season is "Fringe," from J.J. Abrams, the hitmaker behind "Alias" and "Lost." The Fox series, whose pilot ventilated Sept. 9, has been represented as a mix of "The X-Files," "CSI"and therefore the "Twilight Zone," with slightly of film producer David Cronenberg's dark humor. Joshua Jackson plays Peter Bishop, a troubled young man WHO joins his genius (and probably quite insane) person father and a hot young FBI agent to research paranormal phenomena, most involving conspiracies and national security problems. The titular "fringe" comes from "fringe science," the study of that apparently drove the elder Bishop intoan psychiatric hospital for nearly 20 years. however psychiatric hospital fringe science?...
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...Title: Someone To Watch Over Me Author: Judith McNaught The story begins with the perfect life of a Broadway actress Leigh, whose life has been one long dream, complete with wildly successful career, perfect home, a husband who showers her with love and affection, and a very sophisticated lifestyle. Excepting for a stalker who sends her expensive gifts, nothing was wrong or could ever go wrong. So it seemed. The next chapter opens with her lying in the hospital, rescued from an accident where the police inform her that her husband Logan was missing. The story flashes back to the previous morning, when Logan goes off to their future home in the mountains, with Leigh to follow after the matinee show. The police finally find Logan’s body in the car up in the mountains, and Leigh becomes prime suspect. The story proceeds and in comes Valente, Logan’s business partner who appears to have a violent crime history. The police shift their suspicion from Leigh to Valente, and Lt. McCord is assigned on the case primarily because there is a chance that Valente might be the culprit. Valente and Leigh come closer, and Leigh discovers who Valente’s love interest for the last fifteen years was: Liegh herself. Apparently Valente was an old acquaintance from her pre-stardom days and he had been in love with her since then. Meanwhile the police dig deeper in Logan’s life and it appears that the marriage had not been as successful as Leigh had believed. Logan was having an affair with...
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...Ruzylo 2 Part II: Literary Era Features of Post-Modernism As a result of the devastation and misfortune that World War II brought, literature displayed a drastic change in content and tone. Hitler’s reign brought Britain to “ruins” and the country itself was “torn apart by years of bombardment” (Modern/Post Modern Period of Literature, np). Writers in this era, such a Graham Greene conveyed the country’s “broken lives and spirits” through their pessimistic voices (np). Also, anti-imperalistic views were portrayed through focusing on the “war-blitzed West African colony” (np). Not only Greene, but many writers expressed the “[haunting]” of the “wounded world” that was produced in the European colonies in Africa (np). The war had a very desolate effect on the writing of this period, as the whole country was flustered with great grief and hardship. The war plastered the country into “a landscape that provided a metaphor for the broken lives and spirits” (np). Although war was one of the most crucial impacts on postmodernism, technology also played a key role on literature during this era. Advancements in technology brought on a whole new meaning of literature; “People no longer believed in literary works bearing one unique meaning, they derived their own meanings from pieces of literature” (Oak np). Computers and televisions gave media a broader span in the nature of the literary world also, by highlighting what the country’s citizens should focus their attention on (np)...
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...Thrillers and Drones: Morality vs. The Greater Good in Eye in the Sky Directed by Gavin Hood and written by Guy Hibbert, the independent British film, Eye in the Sky, is a thriller which centers around the premise of assault drones. The film falls between multiple subgenres of thriller, with elements of war film and crime drama. Several relevant criteria factors into this kind of genre including political and technological themes, suspense narrative, and an unexpected conclusion. To rank the criteria in order of genre importance suspense would be foremost, followed by an unexpected conclusion, and lastly political and technological themes. Using the aforementioned criteria to evaluate Eye in the Sky illuminates the manner in which the film adheres to – or defies – genre tropes. Ultimately, Eye in the Sky is a relevant and emotionally challenging work of film mastery....
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...Genre conventions in North by Northwest and The Bourne Identity The Bourne Identity and North by Northwest are both classified in the thriller genre, yet the changes since 1959 are very recognizable. In both films, violence would have been somewhat shocking to the audience of the time. In 1959 the thriller genre was not as popular or extreme as today, and so they were likely stunned by the tension and visceral nature of the film. However, if you compare it with the violence in The Bourne Identity, it seems completely tame. There are numerous bloody fight scenes, a man attempting to commit suicide and other moments of such ferocity. Yet this film manages to retain a “12A” rating by the MPAA. This shows the changing state of film audiences, and suggests that the populace has become more and more desensitized to such violence. Furthermore, North by Northwest is a much more slow-paced and thoughtful film. It builds in tension and suspense more and more, keeping the audience questioning motives behind the enemy and begging for answers until the very end. In the Bourne Identity, however, there are more car chases and gunfights and generally high-octane action than ever before in a thriller film. The genre has become more “dumbed down’ so as to cater to audiences who require such audacity in films, even if that means lessening the importance of the mystery in the film. There are still numerous questions that the audience wants answered in BI, however they aren’t as complex or intriguing...
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...The Call is a movie that builds great suspense with such an amazing plot. In the movie The Call by the director Brad Anderson, Jordan who is an 911 operator, got a call from a teenage girl named Casey. Jordan works closely with her boyfriend who is a police officer in order to save the girl’s life. Thrillers are movies that heavily stimulate the viewer's mood, gives them a high level of anticipation with suspense, anxiety and terror. The Call gives off all of that which makes it a great thriller movie which has an intense storyline, interesting setting and has a great skill of actors. The storyline of The Call is very intense and makes everyone keep on watching it. Every scene has a lot of suspense which makes the audience keep on watching....
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...suspect that her lodger is the killer responsible for the killings. One of Hitchcock's earliest and most famous films, 'The Lodger' is regarded as one of the world's first thriller films, incorporating mysteriousness and terror but, notably, lacking the degree of violence which was first introduced by Hitchcock in 'Psycho' , and remains constant in most thrillers. Psycho - 1960 Directed by Alfred Hitchcock, 'Psycho' was initially received sceptically by audiences and critics, however it eventually received outstanding box office returns and is now regarded as a pioneer in the evolution and development of thriller films. The explicit nature of the film set new boundaries for violence and sexuality in film. A majority of this film's success has, however, come since the death of Hitchcock in 1980, with a TV show, multiple sequels and spin offs, and a remake of the original movie all stemming from the 1960 version. The dark and realist nature of the film was previously unexplored by film makers and directors alike, which optimized the effectiveness of 'Psycho' as its thrilling and horrific connotations attracted audiences. The production of 'Psycho', and its success among certain audiences, acted as a catalyst for thriller films' induction into the mainstream film industry. Following its success, several thriller films were produced, with varying degrees of success, many of which boasted aspects which strongly emulated aspects of 'Psycho'. Jaws - 1975 Directed by Steven Spielberg...
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...he film Saw V is within a series of films all directed by David Hackl. Saw can be put into many genres, but I feel if i had to pick any particular genres they would be Thriller (Psychological Thriller), Mystery and Crime Fiction. In this essay, I will be discussing these genres and their conventions in order to support my views in deciding what genre of film Saw is. Various genres will also be discussed throughout the rest of my essay. The low key lighting is conventional in a Saw V as the dark shadows help to create the mysterious scenes and the tension as we as the audience feel shadowed and unaware of what is going to happen. It is used multiple parts of the film, so it emphasises their constant danger in the specific situations that they are in, which creates a higher suspense level and makes the audience in a continuous vulnerable position which is how a thriller is aimed to make them feel. Another convention to Saw V, is innocent victims are made vulnerable, and either made to be murdered or go through a series of unfortunate events. It is natural to expect many murders or jumpy scenes in Saw V to make the scenes more terrifying and heart stopping. In the movie we see many of the victims in the "survival of fitness" trying to fight for their life's. At the end of this specific scene one man is horrifically blown up, therefore murdered. The victims are made to look like normal everyday people, which makes the scene to be more relatable to real life, as the aim is to...
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...Hall was fed up as he was being checked, “Hall became angry; it was all so damned unnecessary. But the doctor shrugged and kept saying, ‘It’s routine’” (Crichton 145). The stress of wanting to find an answer faster contributed to Hall’s anger. Long procedures were getting in the way of the scientist beginning their research, therefore causing them to become anxious. Once they start their work, even more stress than this will come upon them in finding new...
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...Alfred Hitchcock's 1958 Vertigo is known as Hitchcock's “masterpiece” because of the use of different memorable techniques. The film is about Scottie, a retired detective due to his development of acrophobia, who was hired by Gavin Elster to spy on his wife, Madeline, due to her strange behaviors. Madeleine is apparently haunted by her dead family member, Carlotta Valdes, and as the movie progresses she becomes Scottie’s love interest and his dream girl. Looking at Vertigo through the feminist lens, it is evident that through Hitchcock’s representations of women’s appearance and their interactions with men portrays women in a negative image compared to men. This film suggests that women are inferior to men in all aspects of life, such as women’s reliance on men. Analyzing Vertigo through the feminist lens, Hitchcock is degrading women by creating their existence solely in their relations to men. For instance, Madeline is good looking and is married to a rich man. On the other hand, she is suicidal, wanders off completely lost and is thought to be possessed. She also has no real occupation, and is completely dependent on her husband. “We certainly do not get much sense of her intellectual capabilities. In fact, her intelligence seems to be of no importance to Scottie, who simply falls in love with her by following her around San Francisco and gazing at her beauty” (Hollinger, 20). Madeline’s, like most of the women in Hitchcock films, only purpose is to be a wife and visually...
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...The novel “The Andromeda Strain” revolves around a bio-weapon that makes its way to Earth via a crashed military satellite. In the book, a satellite originally intended to gather upper-atmosphere microorganisms for exploitation as a bio-weapon comes crashing down near the town of Piedmont, Arizona, killing all but 2 inhabitants of Piedmont almost instantaneously. The United States Military authorizes protocol Wildfire, which is intended to investigate biological threats with an extraterrestrial origin. They take the 2 survivors of Piedmont (Peter Jackson, a man in his 60’s and Jamie Ridder, an infant), along with the crashed satellite, to a Wildfire laboratory for further examination, where they conclude that the disease arrived on the satellite via a meteor carrying the pathogen causing a direct impact with the satellite. The scientists discover that the virus, named Andromeda, can only grow in an extremely small pH range, which is the reason why Peter Jackson and Jamie Ridder were able to survive the outbreak, as they both have blood pH ranges outside the bacteria’s range (which is also the normal range for human pH levels). The microbe mutates, and while this new iteration is not lethal to humans anymore, the mutation allows it to degrade the lab’s plastic containment cells and escape to wreak havoc on the facility. Because of the breach, the facility arms its nuclear device to prevent a spread of the virus. However, the scientists realize that Andromeda would be able benefit...
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...RUN NR. 1 Begin Chapter 10-- First ambulance driver, distracted, almost hits plate glass window. Lola runs past. Lola Running Manni at window Split Screen (first time we see this technique) Manni POV with Lola in distance / Lola POV with Manni in distance All in the same shot!!!! Skim when he is starting robbery Then magical scene at the window, because he could not hear her voice in reality—but her voice gets through. They have a conversation. Will you help me? Can’t we just get out of here? You see the shit I’m in. Why didn’t you wait for me? I did. You got here too late. Then torch song by Dinah Washington as they escape the bank. No other sound! Circling camera, like a roulette wheel, as they are trapped. Why does Manni choose to throw the bag high into the air—and have such a mean expression on his face? His CHOICE leads to cop firing gun accidentally because cop is distracted. ENDS BADLY—SHE GETS SHOT—SO THE FIRST RUN ENDS WORST WAY-WITH LOLA’S DEATH RED SCENE 1 Spirals on the pillow Lola’s head rests of Mani’s arm—he is supporting her He asks same question of Manni that girlfriend asked of the Dad—“Do you love me?” She says if you never met me, you’d be saying same thing to someone else She doesn’t want to hear what he thinks—she wants to know what he feels His response: “You want to leave me?” Shows how little faith he has in love!!!!! Her response: “I think I have to make a decision.” YET SHE IS WEAK HERE—DEATH OF HER SPIRIT, UNCERTAINTY DOMINATES ...
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...Detective Fiction Assignment 4 Submitted by Ankit Bhansali(201001012) Question 1 The episode starts with a scared boy running away from the forest where a man is seen struggling. The boy then encounters a big dog and screams in fear. This shows that the whatever he saw at the forest resembled with the dog or was some kind of an animal which we see later in the episode is called a hound. The viewers were never given a glimpse of the hound in the opening sequence the reason for which we find later that it never existed and was just the product of hallucination from a chemical. The scene sets up the tone for prodigious horror mystery to follow. After that we see a man (Henry Knight) standing in the moor surrounded by fog. At the end of the story we learn that hallucinatory sea of fog turned out to be at the root of the case and the cause for the visuals of the gigantic hound.Therefore the opening sequence was an amazing display which the viewers could relate to at the end. The complete opening sequence is constructed to give the viewers an idea of an horrific story to follow and also helps to maintain immense suspense throughout the episode. After this we see sherlock and watson at their homes. Here sherlock is shown to be desperately wanting a case and the mere delight on his face when he hears a door bell ...
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