The Dynamic Frame: Camera Movement in Classical Hollywood

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Sam Fuller’s CinemaScope thriller ends with a dramatic action scene set in an amusement park built at the top of a Tokyo skyscraper. Spectacle does not compete with narrative; it intensifies the narrative. The more we experience a perceptual illusion of being at the top of a skyscraper, the more suspense we feel because we gain a deeper, almost tactile understanding of the dangers the hero faces.

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