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Psycho (film ) Director: Alfred Hitchcock Released: 1960 Genre: Horror Thriller Duration: 1h 49m Psycho , the 1960 horror film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, was considered to be both a classic and the first modern horror film. The film initially follows Marion and her attempt to escape a repressed society to have a respectable relationship until she is killed by Norman. Hitchcock introduced a new kind of horror, the psychological, which for being so tangible and possible in people's lives, won the public's attention once again. In Psycho, for example, he explores this fear and builds the thriller based on the insecurity and suspicion between people within a society. The two characters in the story are trying to escape from a repressive society to freedom — for Marion, respectability and for Norman, individuality — but end in tragedy. The story has an unreliable narrator and About halfway through the film, the narrative perspective switches from that of Marion to Norman. When th...

Citizen Kane (film) Director : Orson Welles Released : 5th September 1941 Genre : Mystery and Drama Duration : 1h 59m Citizen Kane released on 5th September 1941 is a film directed by Orson Wells. The film opens with the enigmatic word "rosebud" which sparks a journey through the life of Charles Foster Kane, a media tycoon, as a journalist is assigned to uncover the hidden meaning behind the word. The story starts in medias res, in the middle of the plot or more specifically at the end of Kane's life. The narration of the film unfolds through a series of flashbacks, interviews, and investigations, revealing the complexity of Kane's character and the mystery behind his final utterance. An enigma is established here, as per the Hermeneutic code; the audience is unaware of the significance of Kane's last word. The narrative follows a non-linear pattern which is framed inside the linear pattern of the journalist Jerry Thompson's narrative, who is trying to uncove...