Thursday, November 15, 2012

Hitchcock ........ The Legend




Sir Alfred Hitchcock was born on 13th of august, in the year of 1899. He was a legendary film director. However, he had a rough childhood. He was very lonely with limited number of friends and this loneliness was compounded by the fact that he was an obese. His father died when he was only 14 years old. After  his father's  death ,he pursued his study from London County Council school of engineering  and navigation in popular, London.After completing his study there, he became draftsman and advertising designer with a company called Henley's.
                                      Hitchcock 's film carrer is more than 50 years. in English film review, his films are famous for psychological horrors, thrilling plots with crime,murder and violence. Hitchcock was famous for his unique style of direction. I was spellbounded when i first watched his film "psycho". It virtually turned me into a Hitchcock fan since then. I must say that he introduced  many new style of photography like the camera used to move in a certain way as if it mimics a person's gaze. All this coupled with horror and thrill made each of his films memorable in its own way. He may be considered  as the father of psychological horror genre in Hollywood film industry. He used to take shots in such a way that it striked terror, anxiety, fear in the viewers mind. In english movie review, his films deserves special mention for twisted endings and his plots used to have sexual undertones. According  to me, some of his masterpieces are :
·         psycho
·         The 39 steps
·         Notorious
·         The lady vanishes
·         Rear window
·         vertigo
·         The birds.
Hitchcock has also done some cameo roles in his own films. I can undoubtedly say that Hitchcock shaped the geometry  of modern cinema making in Hollywood and a director like Hitchcock can be safely called a legend who comes once in a lifetime.

Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Virus.... The real ALIENS


micro-organisms vs higher animals

There is certain things that comes to mind while discussing on different life forms that prevail in the face of earth, well frankly speaking everyone knows about micro-organism from single celled bacteria to multi cellular higher animals. But the question comes which is the most stable living being if we try to compare them by the idea of Darwin or Lamarck, that is survival of the fittest.Well from my point of view mammals specially Human Beings and other higher plant and animals consists of various complex mechanisms to survive that too involves special systems to carry on their different body functions like digestive system, reproductive system, circulatory system, excretory system and so on. But the physiology of a microorganism is not so complex they are much more simple and hence stable, the micro-organism undergoes cell division like binary fission that too much faster reproductive process in compare to a higher animal and that produces millions of progeny withing a mere 5-6 hours. Thats the reason the micro-organism are the only living being theoretically which can pass the survival of the fittest exam much more easily in compare to a Human.