Psycho Characters
Cruel Optimism
Film Studies
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Who is the women who steals $40,000 from her company 

Marion Crane 

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Can you still get emotions in fantasists even though they do not exist?

yes, and if so, what is your example

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what is a summary of this article

for the most part this article gives us definitions, in terms of film, and different forms of film 

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Who is Lila Crane

Marion Crane's sister

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is the "good life" a physiological state?

no

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what are hand held cameras? when were they created? 

 technology developed to the point at which the size and weight of a motion picture camera, which had formerly been large and cumbersome, was reduced so much that a camera operator could actually carry the camera while filming

1960s

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When Norman is questioned by the police, how does he change?

He starts to get all nervous, which becomes very visible to the police officer

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what is the "technologies of patience"


it enables a concept of the later to suspend questions about the cruelty of the now.

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What is a crane shot

the camera is mounted on a kind of cherry-picker, which enables it to rise very high up in the air—to ascend from ground level into the sky or descend from the sky to ground level

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Is Norman's Mother alive

No

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definition of "Cruel Optimism" 

a relation of attachment to compromised conditions of possibility whose realization is discovered either to be impossible, sheer fantasy, or too possible, and toxic

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what is a long take?

means that the shot continues without a cut for an unusually long time.

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What is wrong with Norman Bates

He has a mental illness, which causes him to think he is two different people 

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What is the main summary of this article?

People often like to think about the idea of something, which creates a hard environment to be able to live your best life. 
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What are the 6 zones of offscreen space?

1. offscreen right

2. offscreen left

3. offscreen top

4. offscreen bottom

5. behind the set

6. behind the camera