I’ve always been completely intimidated by everything pertaining to Alfred Hitchcock. I think there are multiple reasons for this. Before this course, the only encounters I had had with Hitchcock and his films were the brief glimpses I would get at the covers of his films before my mother would put it back [...]

In class, we talked about the relationship between art, time and love. One of the relationships we came up with was that “Great art transcends time” and “Great love transcends time,” as well. One thing I was thinking during that part of the class was how certain characters can be taken to represent [...]

Strangely, this has been my favorite read of this class. As weird and kooky as it is, I really appreciate Robert Nathan’s style. I had hoped to spend more time on it today, but sadly we had to talk about that silly final paper. We had began to pin point which genre [...]

After taking a deeper look at some of the underlying messages of “Fast, Cheap, and Out of Control,” I feel like Morris was serving more than the audience can digest in a single sitting. The images and the words being spoken as these images are seen are startlingly connected. For example, as [...]

Errol Morris’ documentary entitled “Fast, Cheap, and Out of Control” is just that. It seems to move at lightening fast speed with no real sense of direction. As a first time viewer, I was completely baffled at what was happening on the screen in front of me. It was not [...]

By using his invention the Interrotron, Morris gives the viewer a sense of authenticity in his films. Since he has his subjects looking directly into the camera, it’s almost as if they are addressing the audience and not him. In turn, this establishes a sense of personal communication for the audience through the [...]

In watching The Thin Blue Line a second time, I realized that it had a number of parallels to the Salem Witch Trials. I know this may seem a bit far fetched, but it makes sense. In Salem, Massachusetts, 1692, there was utter confusion surrounding the trials of 19 accused witches. By [...]

This was my favorite film to date. I am a complete pop-culture documentary (20/20, Dateline, 60 Minutes) junkie! I really appreciated Morris’ approach to the film in that he showed all sides and did not try to sway the audience in any way. He shows the two different cars according to the source that’s being [...]

I found the theme of what is real versus what is not real to be very interesting. When the man is sitting on the bench with his jewel, I felt that he was showing a bit of inner conflict. He was debating with himself whether the jewel he was [...]

Upon first seeing Vernon Florida I was utterly confused. As I was watching I took notes, which may have distracted me from the film just enough so that I missed the larger point. At the end of the film, I knew all of these characters were connected, but I was really unsure how exactly they [...]