Now normally cars aren't parked in the middle of the yard but in a garage or driveway. We come to realize later in the film that the children were being kept underneath the car in a cell the whole time. ... Early on in the movie we see Keller and his son in the car and the crucifix is very noticeable hanging on the rearview mirror. ... This specific scene is shown when Keller is about to kidnap the person suspected of the crime and he ponders his actions in his car. ... " These words cause a very subtle pause in Keller's character, before starting the car and speeding off. ...

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The movie concerns a director who comes up with an astounding finish to a movie he is finishing but it needs a vast and almighty car jump to complete the job, A car jump which has never been attempted before which is where Hooper comes in. ... He was also involved in a car accident shortly after he had signed a contract with the Baltimore Colts, Now the Indianapolis Colts, Which meant that he could not play football ever again. ... He has an incredible lifestyle, He drives fast cars, is adored by beautiful women and most of all I believe he is in touch with the common man. ... The tragic car a...

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The diagetic music generating from Katerina's car radio is very different to that favoured by the teenage girls occupying the car to her left. Panning across the width of the road, the camera juxtaposes several frames showing first a group of bubbly teenage girls bouncing to "Barenaked Ladies'" One Week, and then Kat, alone in her car, with a look of utter disdain towards them, "angry chick music of the indie-rock persuasion" blaring unashamedly from the speakers of her car. ... The lyrics of the music playing in Katerina's car, "Don't give a damn about my reputation," al...

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Having all the money in the world, driving the nicest of cars, and never having to working at all was a pretty nice life these people lived in. ... A scene in the movie showed some student athletes lying in the middle of a road while speeding cars nearly hit them. ...

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They have distinct visual qualities; usually set in large, crowded cities in the secret world of the criminal: dark nightclubs, bootleg liquor factories, bars in back streets lit by lurid neon signs, and flashy, expensive clothes and cars. ... When they arrive at the front of the club a valet attends to the car as they bypass the huge queue into the club by using a side entrance. ...

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Broomfield has a lower profile but has written books and featured in a television commercial for the car manufacturer Audi where he capitalised on his reputation as a documentary maker by interviewing Audi employees. ...

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The Grand Budapest Hotel is loosely based on the events leading up to and including World War II while combining dark undertones, planimetric framing, stylized acting, and mood lighting to transcend various levels of time and locations in order to establish a basis of confusion, amusement, and diver...

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Hollywood is the place where imagination comes to life, even if it will never be possible or quite frankly, against the law. Human cloning is good example of what is seen in movies. As people dwelled on the thought, especially after Dolly the sheep was born, it has become a realistic issue that is s...

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Lights, Camera, Violence! "Packed with nonstop action and adventure!" We hear this quote all the time when previewing movie trailers. It seems all they show on these trailers are the violent scenes, for example, the blowing up of police cars, the gunfights, and sometimes even worse than that. W...

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Art cinema, by the nature of art in general, is a very subjective term. As with any piece of art, judgments and tastes will vary from person to person. However, there have come into existence many ways by which one can classify a film as being part of art cinema. Francois Truffaut's 1960 film Sho...

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The shot after Wilson's taxi ride contains a car driving past the screen, which the audience assumes to hold Wilson however this is a deceptive method that indicates the mystery within the film. ...

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Alfred Hitchcock: The Master of Psychological Suspense Alfred Hitchcock has earned the title ofMaster of Suspense? by creating films conveying on screen some of his own personal phobias. As child, Alfred Hitchcock had a run in with the police in which changed his prospective on author and, the...

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Rear Window works extremely well as a suspense thriller and ultimately as a movie because it is purely cinematic. It defines why we go to the movies. We are enraptured and perhaps even trapped in its web of storytelling. The themes and content of this movie are explored in a voyeuristic fashion, ...

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"2014's iteration of "Robocop" is a kinder, gentler version of Paul Verhoeven's 1987 sci-fi orgy of violence" (James Berardinelli;Reelviews). That is the shortest and simplest way to sum up all the film's faults, but I will attempt to elaborate on this and give my views on the film after a viewing, ...

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Alfred Hitchcock: The Master of Psychological Suspense Alfred Hitchcock has earned the title ofMaster of Suspense? by creating films conveying on screen some of his own personal phobias. As child, Alfred Hitchcock had a run in with the police in which changed his prospective on author and, the...

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• Has Bibliography
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Alfred Hitchcock is among the few directors to combine a strong reputation for high-art film-making with great audience popularity. Throughout his career he gave his audiences more pleasure than could be asked for. The consistency of quality plot-lines and technical ingenuity earned him the re...

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