Category: Thriller
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I was aware of the controversial discourse surrounding Gone Girl (2014), particularly how it approached the role of gender roles. I had heard arguments that Amy Dunne was both a feminist icon and a murderous sociopath, and after watching the film, I think it can be argued that both arguments do have some merit. But…
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One thing I was intrigued by while watching Rear Window was the use of darkness in the film. Throughout the film, Jeffries has been spying on his neighbors to decipher what exactly happened to Thurwald’s wife, and this voyeurism mostly consists of Jeffries looking from his blandly decorated apartment to the brightly colored ones of…
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One scene that stood out to me in Swoon (1992) was during the courtroom scene, where the psychologist starts to describe Nathan and Dick’s sexual encounters in front of a homophobic audience. Suddenly, Nathan and Dick are shown in bed, and it appears as though they are about to have sex in front of the…
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As I was watching “The Lady Vanishes,” I was struck by how integral the role of thetrain is with how it regards to the female perspective. There are numerous times throughout the film where the train itself plays as a sort of extension into Iris’s mindset, especially when people are trying to gaslight her into…
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