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    Sexual Innuendoes in the Films of Alfred Hitchcock When watching an Alfred Hitchcock movie, have you ever found yourself sympathizing with a deceptive seductress or a soon-to-be sex offender? If so, you may have felt guilt from watching such sexual innuendoes, but don’t feel too bad. This is just one of the intents of Alfred Hitchcock as he weaves many of his tales with sensual characters. His films portray a vast array of sexuality from showing a battle of the sexes and tales of romance to

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    Alfred Hitchcock’s film North by Northwest (1959) is famed as a classic man-on-the-run thriller, following protagonist Roger Thornhill as he flees across state lines in a mad dash to save his life and unravel the mystery to his extraordinary predicament. However, mid-way through the film Thornhill’s quandary is further complicated by the introduction of Eve Kendall, a beautiful yet mysterious woman he encounters on a train during his escape from the authorities and people trying to kill him. During

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    The techniques the Lee and Hitchcock uses are different in ways of which, Lee uses the camera at different angles, depths, and zooms to add subtle messages into his films. In the film “Do Things The Right Way,” shows a more understable scene where buggin out approaches and confronts

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    Reality is ultimately dependent upon what is seen and how it gets seen. Rear Window, directed by the renowned Alfred Hitchcock, centers around a temporarily wheelchair-bound photographer and his beautiful, affluent girlfriend, who believe that one of his neighbors has murdered their wife. With the help of his caretaker and a friend of his, who is a detective, they attempt to prove that the murder did indeed take place. L.B “Jeff” Jefferies, played by James Stewart, is the hindered photographer, who

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    Alfred Hitchcock is known as one of the greatest directors in the history of cinema. Hitchcock directed over fifty films, many of which remain popular to this day, including his stunning works Vertigo, North by Northwest, The Man Who Knew Too Much, and Psycho. Hitchcock’s use of suspense, psychological pressure, mystery, and wit intrigued the audiences of his day as well as audiences of the 21st century. These elements of Hitchcock’s films have also inspired the genre of horror films that many know

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    suspense genre of film, Alfred Hitchcock pioneered a vast amount of film techniques that are littered throughout the silver screen. Color was used as a tool, not a gun, to subtly lay meaningful shades onto his audience's eyes. He challenged the status quo of Hollywood by pushing the envelope for what is “allowed”, meanwhile helping pave the way for English and suspense filmmakers. With his unheard of ways and eye for the grotesque, Alfred Hitchcock made positive,

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    The director, Alfred Hitchcock, effectively uses cinematography elements, specifically those pertaining to lighting, including color, contrast and shadows in the movie Vertigo to express emotions, the aspect of time and most importantly to further his theme. With the major themes of the film being life, love and death, the director uses the colors green and red to symbolize life, love and death respectively, while additional colors such as blue is used to signify a change in time, specifically from

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    In the movie Psycho, Alfred Hitchcock’s techniques created a dynamic film with his use of sound, editing style, and camera movement. This generated an illusion, mimicking humans normal outlook of their surroundings, which resulted in engaging the viewer from the beginning to the end of the movie. Hitchcock’s distinctive techniques were demonstrated in this short gripping clip from the movie. Through Hitchcock’s point of view editing and his quick cuts the viewer gets a sense of how the woman, Marian

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    Alfred Hitchcock’s journey to international filmmaking stardom started small but ended with him being considered the best director of the 20th century. Alfred directed many films throughout his life. His career started in a humble London film studio and working on small films, working his way up to Hollywood, CA, in massive Paramount studios and producing blockbuster films. Alfred Hitchcock was arguably one of the most experienced and imaginative filmmakers of the 20th century. Alfred Hitchcock

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    relationship issues and his moral issues. He shares his curiosities and theories with those arounds him and it is this curiosity that almost turns this mystery thriller into a tragedy. Rear Window was produced by Paramount Studios and is directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Rear Window was filmed in 1954 and IMBD gives the movie a rating of

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