On bars of light (or shadow): see also William Rothman's discussion of
Hitchcock's use of //// in various films in Rothman, HITCHCOCK: THE
MURDEROUS GAZE.
Tom Benson
Penn State University
>similar effect at end of MALTESE FALCON as I recall. Mary Astor enters
>elevator with Ward Bond, the collapsing elevator grille throws a grid of
>shadow across her, a visual announcement of her impending incarceration. I
>believe the effect was used in other noir films and -- if intentional -- is
>used in SLINGBLADE to intimate the protagonist's return to the hospital for
>the criminally insane.
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>HRGreenberg md
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