HITCHCOCK’S MID-CENTURY AMERICAN MAN
“Even Hitchcock films that are considered lighter entertainment—like NORTH BY NORTHWEST—can be analyzed for their insightful examination of human behavior. After all, what is the journey of Roger Thornhill (played by Cary Grant), if not the journey of a man towards self-realization?”
TO WANT AND NOT TO HAVE – AN ANALYSIS OF “A PLACE IN THE SUN”
“Indeed her effect on him was electric—thrilling—arousing in him a curiously stinging sense of what it was to want and not to have—to wish to win and yet to feel, almost agonizingly that he was destined not even to win a glance from her.” –Theodore Dreiser
PIECES OF INFORMATION
October 25, 2009 My primary approach to the filmmaking process is to think of it as creating pieces of information that, when cut together, create a psychological effect. Therefore, the
THE ENDURING APPEAL OF “BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY’S”
“I am always drawn back to the places where I have lived, the houses and their neighborhoods…” The quote above is the first line of Truman Capote’s novella BREAKFAST AT
FILM INFLUENCES AND STEALING SHOTS
October 1, 2009 One of the things I’ve enjoyed most about working with Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage is how much they draw upon film history as inspiration for their
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