FILM 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Auteur Theory, Shower, Body Double
4 Apr 2017
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Low ratings, whereas the first one has high ratings. Characters were very predictable in the second film. Body double was a directed homage to hitchcock to vertigo. More graphic with blood and masturbation scenes (the use of colour makes the visuals more graphic then the black and white, making the viewers more judgemental) The characters roles made more sense in that period in the. 1960s as oppose to in 1990 when the second film was filmed. Iconic shots of close ups on the eye, the drain and her hand reaching up for the shower curtain (in psycho) More above shots and less shadowed in the second film. Truth about mother (original vs. re-make clip shown in class): Hitchcock"s vertigo experiences dizziness and in the re-make by de paima it is more claustrophobic. Scene analysis clip from body double (refers to hitchcock a lot):
