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lexica discovered 43 months ago
From the page: "Ebert's Glossary of Movie Terms (Article from Roger Ebert's Video Companion)
Ali MacGraw's Disease
Movie illness in which only symptom is that the sufferer grows more beautiful as death approaches.
Antiheroine Skin Rule
In a Horny Teen-ager Movie, the "bad girl" who is the object of the hero's desire will always expose more flesh than the girl whom he ends up with at the end of the film, despite equal sexual activity. If the "good girl" is shown topless in a love scene, it must be accompanied by slow music. In a Dead Teenager Movie, the girl who exposes the least skin is inevitably the only survivor...."
erinidle rated 3 months ago
From the page: "Kinetic Energy Amplification Phenomenon In scenes involving gunplay, the kinetic energy of the bullets will be enormously amplified as they strike the victim, enabling him to be hurled great distances and through objects. This phenomenon is particularly common around windows and balconies*, especially in high-rise buildings." *-i would add, "or balustrades."
btsp1 rated 27 months ago
EXCELLENT TREATMENT OF IDEAS, CONCEPTS AND PROCESSES BEHIND (UNDERNEATH) WHAT WE SEE ON THE SCRENE. Thanks skykam.
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