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Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
I actually watched half of Body Double earlier this year, but watching it again with the Hitchcockian style in mind was far more interesting. There are a lot of similarities between de Palma's Body Double and Hitchcock's films, Vertigo and Rear Window. The first and the most obvious similarity is that both Jake in Body Double and Jeff in Rear Window spy on their neighbors and watch other people through their windows using binoculars or a telescope. In both Body…
Psycho is awesome. It has a lot in common with Hitchcock's other films. The music is one thing that really stood out to me. Like Vertigo has its own particular recognizable music, Psycho has that same high pitched ringing sound is repeated through out the film when the main Marion is being followed or when she is anxious. It also plays when she is murdered in the shower. Also similarly to Hitchcock's Vertigo, eyes are an important detail to pay…
Django Unchained was so exciting. Tons of explosions, action, and every time I thought there would be a happy ending, something horrible would happen. There were twists and surprises through out that kept me on the edge of my seat, gripping the sides of my chair as if I was being dragged into the movie. Before I went to see it, I watched the trailer and saw that Leonardo DiCaprio was in it..and that he had a beard (I was…
I really liked this film! Rear Window is like Vertigo in many ways. First off, the movie's main character is played by James Stewart in both films and in both films the audience first meets him while he is handicapped or held back in some way. In Vertigo, we immediately see one of his weaknesses is his fear of heights. In Rear Window, he is in a cast that makes him unable to move. In both films' plots, the main…