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digital technology,
56
–
7
,
106

directors,
86
,
130
–
1
,
160
–
73
; women,
10
,
22
,
68
.
See also specific directors

director's cut,
111

dissolve,
11

documentary,
4
,
12
,
21
,
36
,
104
,
125
,
185
,
204
–
19
; concentration camp,
8
–
9
,
19
,
21
,
71
,
206
,
210

Don't Look Now
,
125
–
6

Double Indemnity
,
73

Dracula
,
135

dream,
215
–
19

Dreyer, Carl Theodor,
38

dubbing,
135
–
7

Dunaway, Faye,
179
,
197

Duvall, Robert,
143
,
169

East of Eden
,
85
,
196

Eastwood, Clint,
142
,
173
,
174

Eclisse, L'
,
73

editing,
108
–
27
,
179

Egypt,
20
,
192

Eisenstein, Sergei,
86
,
124
–
5
,
127

Ejiofor, Chiwetel,
206

Electra
,
145
–
6

Empire of the Sun
,
170

entertainment,
7
–
8

Equalizer, The
,
180
–
5
,
203

Evans, Robert,
131
,
168

Exorcist, The
,
57
,
136

Expendables, The
,
175
–
6
,
181
,
183

Eyes Wide Shut
,
208

Fallen Idol, The
,
34

Fassbender, Michael,
205
,
206

Faulkner, William,
The Sound and the Fury
,
121

Fellini, Federico,
192
,
211

feminism,
67
,
180

film noir,
31
–
2
,
36
,
53
,
142
,
202

Fincher, David,
37
,
55

Finian's Rainbow
,
168

first viewings,
42
–
58

Fitzgerald, F. Scott,
32
,
115
;
Tender Is the Night
,
115
–
16

Flaherty, Robert,
21

Flame and the Arrow, The
,
52
–
4
,
174
,
185

flashbacks,
74
,
111
,
120
–
1
,
123
,
219

Flying Down to Rio
,
167

Fog of War, The
,
212
,
213

Fonda, Henry,
114
,
122
,
144
,
195
–
6

Fonda, Jane,
68

Force of Evil
,
143

Ford, Harrison,
175

Ford, John,
102
–
4
,
142
,
171
,
195
–
6

Fountainhead, The
,
106

framing,
77
–
94

France,
19
,
20
,
38
,
43
,
77
,
155
,
204
; New Wave,
120
,
192
,
211

Frankenstein
,
135

Freed, Arthur,
165
,
166

French Connection, The
,
83
,
154

Friedkin, William,
136
,
170

Friends
,
202

Fuller, Sam,
171

Fuqua, Antoine,
181
,
184

Fury
,
79

gangster movies,
51
,
55
–
6
,
168
–
9
,
177
,
201

Garbo, Greta,
70
,
135
,
178

Garfield, John,
143

Garland, Judy,
29
,
30

Gaslight
,
165

Gavin, John,
88

Gaynor, Janet,
5

Germany,
9
,
24
,
79
,
121
; Nazi,
8
–
9
,
12
,
19
,
21
,
22
,
26
,
27
,
68
,
71
,
125
,
210
,
212
,
213

Germany Year Zero
,
210

Gershwin, George,
165

Getaway, The
,
203

Gibbons, Cedric,
165
–
6

Gibson, Mel,
175

Gielgud, John,
154

Gilbert, John,
135

Gilda
,
113
,
210
,
211

Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The
,
27

Gish, Lillian,
5

Glory
,
180

Godard, Jean-Luc,
55
,
104
,
109
,
120
,
155
,
156
,
171
,
192
,
227

Godfather, The
,
27
,
51
,
138
–
9
,
143
,
168
–
9
,
177
,
193

Godfather Part II, The
,
37
,
51
,
168

Goebbels, Joseph,
26
,
27

Goffman, Erving,
The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life
,
97

golden frame,
79
–
82

Goldsmith, Jerry,
131
–
3

Gone Girl
,
6
,
100
–
101

Gone With the Wind
,
30
,
52
,
141
,
211

Goodfellas
,
55

Gordon, Douglas,
120

Granada Theatre, London,
15

Grant, Cary,
138
,
143
,
197
,
210

Grapes of Wrath, The
,
144
,
195
–
6
,
201

Gravity
,
54
,
173

Great Britain,
8
,
9
,
14
,
191
,
192
,
197

Greatest Show on Earth, The
,
32

Greed
,
45
–
6
,
121

Greene, Graham,
26
,
33
–
4
,
45
; “The Blue Film,”
34

Greer, Jane,
53

Griffith, D. W.,
49
,
114
–
18
,
211

Guys and Dolls
,
34
–
5

Hagen, Jean,
135

Haggis, Paul,
154

Haller, Ernest,
52

Haneke, Michael,
47

happy endings,
35
–
7

Harriet Craig
,
198

Hawkins, Jack,
136

Hawks, Howard,
8
,
57
,
58
,
138
,
142
,
143
,
156
,
171

Hayden, Sterling,
169
,
177

Hayworth, Rita,
113
,
141
,
210

Heat
,
18
,
23
,
177

Heaven's Gate
,
111

Heche, Anne,
88
–
9

Hemingway, Ernest,
31
,
109

Hemmings, David,
69

Henry V
,
8
,
19

Hepburn, Audrey,
67
,
88

Hepburn, Katharine,
138
,
143

heroes,
174
–
87

Herrmann, Bernard,
91
,
131

Herzog, Werner,
212
,
214
,
215

Heston, Charlton,
191

High Noon
,
49
–
50
,
111
,
155

Hiroshima Mon Amour
,
55
,
97
,
123
,
176

His Girl Friday
,
8
,
142

History of Violence, A
,
73
–
4

Hitchcock, Alfred,
9
,
27
,
38
–
9
,
62
–
8
,
72
,
86
–
94
,
106
,
108
,
109
,
112
–
14
,
122
,
123
,
126
–
7
,
130
–
3
,
152
–
4
,
171

Hitler, Adolf,
12
,
22
,
125

Hoffman, Dustin,
60

Hoffman, Philip Seymour,
60

Hollywood,
7
,
8
,
27
,
29
,
31
–
2
,
121
,
156
,
161
,
170
; 1950s Communist blacklistings,
52
,
54
,
63
; star system,
171
–
2
.
See also
movies;
specific actors, directors, genres, and movies

Homeland
,
118
,
156
, 257–9

Hope, Bob,
31

Hotel Terminus
,
212

Houseman, John,
163

Hurt, William,
74

Hurt Locker, The
,
68

Hussein, Saddam,
67

Huston, John,
8
,
153
,
185

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
,
201

Ida
,
151
–
2
,
163

I Love Lucy
,
32
–
3
,
157

IMAX,
16

In a Lonely Place
,
31
,
32
,
38
,
80
,
162
,
163

Inception
,
200

Indecent Proposal
,
203

Inherit the Wind
,
93

interiors,
197
–
9

Internet,
19
,
69
,
71
–
2
,
161

Intolerance
,
49
,
50
,
116
–
18

iPhone,
10
,
16
,
59
,
95
,
97
–
8

Iran,
67

Italian neorealism,
86
,
113
,
192
,
210

It's a Wonderful Life
,
35
–
7
,
202

James, Henry,
116

Japan,
81
,
192

Jaws
,
168

Jeter, Derek,
10
–
12
,
16
,
18
,
22
,
175

Joyce, James,
116

Kael, Pauline,
48
–
9
; “Raising Kane,”
48

Kafka, Franz,
116
;
Metamorphosis
,
116
–
17
;
The Trial
,
48

Karloff, Boris,
135

Kazan, Elia,
196

Keaton, Buster,
114

Keaton, Diane,
51
,
169

Kechiche, Abdellatif,
207

Kelly, Gene,
141
,
165
,
166

Kelly, Grace,
50
,
62
,
64
,
67
,
68
,
88

Kennedy, John F., assassination of,
104
,
108
,
213
,
224

Kern, Jerome,
141

Kidman, Nicole,
208

King's Speech, The
,
54
,
73

Kiss Me Deadly
,
32

Klute
,
68

Knight, Steven,
40
–
1

Korda, Alexander,
161

Korean War,
53

Kramer, Stanley,
144

Kubrick, Stanley,
86
,
123
–
4

Lady Eve, The
,
8
,
143
,
144

Lamarr, Hedy,
15

Lancaster, Burt,
52
,
54
,
174
,
185

Lang, Fritz,
24
–
7
,
86
,
197

Lange, Dorothea,
196

Laura
,
99
–
100
,
141

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