Updated July 8, 2020 Michael Clark Duncan Career Summary: Occupational Inheritance: Social Class: Race/Ethnicity/Religion Family: Education: Training: Teacher/Inspirational Figure: Radio Debut: TV Debut: Stage Debut: Broadway Debut: Film Debut: Breakthrough Role: Oscar Role: Other Noms: Other Awards: Frequent Collaborator: Screen Image: character actor Last Film: Career Output: Film Career Span: Marriage: Politics: Death: Michael […]
1 Hitchcock: Mother, Momism–Recurrent Character; Types of Mothers
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The Dark Side of Motherhood may be the result of Hitchcock’s experience of America rather than a function of his own personal background and upbringing.
1 Hitchcock: Chaos, Darkness, Unknown (Order and Disorder)
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Some of Hitchcock’s movies exemplify the dialectical axiom that the only way to reach the underlying law (and social order) in the universe is through its exception (chaos and disorder). H sees darkness as underlying or surrounding all human existence; it’s the chaos of the unknown, unorganized A concept of A, P, Rossiter uses as […]
1 Hitchcock: Accidental Meetings, Fateful Encounters
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July 7, 2020; May 6, 2022–188 Accidental Meetings, Fateful Encounters are crucial in Hitchcock’s work. H’s basic issue: How does an accidental encounter cause fatal consequences? An apparent order of the ordinary life is precipitated into catastrophe by accidental encounter H’s universe is governed by “malign spirit.” Chance events tend to plunge normal citizens into […]
1 Hitchcock: Objects–House
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July 7, 2020 Rebecca Suspicion North by NW The Birds Notorious: Mysterious house, where Nazi demons congregate house stairs, four people are descending the stairs to very individual destinies. Share this:
