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PCIntern

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24. You're wrong...

Reply to valleyrogue (Reply #8)

Sun Dec 15, 2024, 01:30 PM

Dec 15

The scene in which Norman Bates has placed his victim in the trunk of the car and is sinking the car in the swamp… The car stopped sinking, and the audience shares the anxiety of Norman, who is afraid that it will just stop. But after a moment, it begins again and is fully submerged.

At that point, the audience begins to have a certain relief and identification with him and a fear that he is going to be caught. This is not original with me, this has been discussed in film classes since 1960.

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In a nation in which Anna Gunn, the TV actress [View all] PCIntern Dec 15 OP

OMG - I hadn't heard that about Anna Gunn. That's totally, freaking insane. Vinca Dec 15 #1

It's pretty scary... 2naSalit Dec 15 #12

Gen Z will be an interesting study newdeal2 Dec 15 #2

Good point PCIntern Dec 15 #3

seems like so many of them reject their parents and families. mopinko Dec 15 #9

Main Street agitators dumped tea in Boston Harbor, we thought that great too bucolic_frolic Dec 15 #4

In a nation where leaders of corporations like UHC can murder people with impunity, I really do not care Voltaire2 Dec 15 #5

Fully and completely understand... PCIntern Dec 15 #6

In a nation where school children can be slaughtered and nothing much changes... Random Boomer Dec 15 #16

"Reality TV" hasn't helped, either. KatyaR Dec 15 #7

Alfred Hitchcock did NO such thing in "Psycho." valleyrogue Dec 15 #8

Agreed...some of these examples are just wrong - there's no anti-hero in Goodfellas either Prairie Gates Dec 15 #20

You're wrong... PCIntern Dec 15 #24

I think the problem is the lionization of real life executives not film anti-heroes delisen Dec 15 #10

The CEO was not a fictional character. Iggo Dec 15 #11

I like the pirate captain tag but I'd add the orange lawless pirate captain ! kimbutgar Dec 15 #13

A major redistribution of wealth The Wizard Dec 15 #14

Dylan - "Steal a little they throw you in jail... rubbersole Dec 15 #17

PC intern,your posts are pure platinum. BattleRow Dec 15 #15

Sheriff Pat Garrett shot Billy the Kid in the back... rubbersole Dec 15 #18

You're mixing that up with Robert Ford's shooting of Jesse James Prairie Gates Dec 15 #21

Damn legal weed! rubbersole Dec 15 #23

The number of TV series and movies that feature protagonists who routinely skirt the law to catch and punish Martin68 Dec 15 #19

The inability to separate fiction from reality is a diagnosis dlk Dec 15 #22

Trump is a cosplay pirate captain. hay rick Dec 15 #25