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...with the regional or picturesque, is much more evident to us now. Even in his stalwart houses presenting themselves silently against blue sky, there's that mood of isolation so unnerving that it was a simple matter for Alfred Hitchcock to put it to his own uses in Psycho, in which an outline evoking every Hopper house lingers just behind the Bates Motel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Edward Hopper: Man of Mysteries | 5/10/2007 | See Source »

...bang repeatedly against the gallery wall,” he says. The project drew inspiration from the story of Tina Resch, who was charged with murdering her daughter in the 1980s. “I found a trashy book made by one of Tina’s psycho-analyzers and re-recorded it. It was played during the exhibition. Eventually the loveseat damaged the wall of the gallery and refused to move, which was kind of in theme with the project.” Although his plans for the future are uncertain, he is determined to continue his artistic work...

Author: By Katherine C Harris, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Enzo Camacho '07 | 5/2/2007 | See Source »

...same place, they're after the same girls," he says. The difference: Grace can be extreme without worrying about breaking character. "When you play a protagonist, a bell goes off every time you do something outside the range of normal behavior," Grace says. "But when you're a psycho from outer space, there's something very freeing. With great powers comes great...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Movie Villains: So Bad They're Good | 4/26/2007 | See Source »

...murder rate from firearms is minuscule. Their homage-burlesque of America's ultra-violent action epics springs from a movie love as innocent and politically remote as an American kid's fondness for science-fiction films. Film violence for Pegg and Wright is not a mirror of the American psycho psyche but a window to vigorous fantasy. The crimson streets of L.A., as shown in Lethal Weapon, Bad Boys II and many of the other films referenced in Hot Fuzz, are no more real than the corpse-littered saloon after a Western-movie showdown...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hot Fuzz: Lethal Weapons in Jolly Old England | 4/21/2007 | See Source »

...star Benjamin McKenzie (who played the aforementioned blond lead). Even the breakup of his much chronicled, sickeningly cute romance with co-star Rachel Bilson (they share custody of two dogs: Penny Lane and Thurmen Murmen) was a good experience. "I wouldn't date someone who would turn into a psycho," he says. Again, there's the lovable naivet?...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Looking for Mr. Adorkable | 4/12/2007 | See Source »

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