Category: Thriller
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In the 1970s, it was common for thrillers to depict New York City as a hive of scum and villainy. Taxi Driver (1976) is perhaps the most famous example of this. But while Taxi Driver is now regarded as a modern classic for portraying the chaotic mind of a Vietnam War veteran struggling to forge…
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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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