• The main character of the film Rear Window
• Played by James Stewart

• Lead female character in Rear Window
• Played by Grace Kelly
• Is Jeff's love interest in the story

• Jeff's nurse in the movie Rear Window
• Played by Thelma Ritter

• the detective in Rear Window
• Played by Wendell Corey

• Main Character of the Western movie Red River
• A cattle rancher who goes slowly crazy during a cattle drive and abuses his men
• Played by John Wayne

• ways of portraying space that asks a question or makes an assumption about the way our society is organized.
• Offer models, metaphors and maps to our society

• Main character from the movie Fort Appache: the Bronx
• Played by Paul Newman

• genre of movie all about the space of the continent and the American Nation
• they ask and answer the questions: how was our society settled and organized? Who owns the land and what is the basis of their claim? How is ownership defined? Defined in brutal way; who is willing to fight for it
• treats native animals/people like property
  

• character in the movie Red River
• is raised as a boy by Tom Dunson and eventually clashes with him when he's grown up over the treatment of workers during a cattle drive.

• When the camera shows the actor looking in a direction and then the camera looks in that direction. 
• Used often in Rear Window

• film genre that, like westerns, uses the idea of space.
• "Final fronteir", people freeing themselves of claustophobic spaces
• post WW2 sci-fis commented on the fears of the time (Communism, nuclear war)
• during this time; expansion is replaced with invasion

• main character and narrator for most of the film Invasion of the Body Snatchers
• Played by Kevin McCarthy

• Female lead in the film Invasion of the Body Snatchers.
• Miles's love interest
• played by Dana Wynter

• directed Invasion of the Body Snatchers

• A film about the Cuban Missle Crisis
• Directed by Roger Donaldson
• Starring Kevin Costner

• British officer taken captive by Gen. Jack Ripper in Dr. Strangelove
• one of the roles played by Peter Sellers

• Cowardly president in Dr. Strangelove
• one of the roles played by Peter Sellers

• Nazi scientist who now works for U.S.government. is in a wheelchair
• One of the roles played by Peter Sellers

• General in Dr. Stranglove who opposes the communists the most in the war room
• very comical
• played by George C. Scott

• main antagonist in Dr. Strangelove
• thinks floridated water is stealing his precious bodily fluids. takes over military base and sends bomber to Russia
• played by Sterling Hayden

• guy in charge of bomber we see in Dr. Strangelove
• only comical character in plane
• rides bomb down to locating
• played by Slim Pickens

• main chracter in the anti-western film McCabe and Mrs. Miller
• comes into small town and starts bringing in capitalism
• anti-hero
• played by Warren Beatty

• main female character in McCabe and Mrs. Miller
• runs the whorehouse. similar to McCabe in many ways
• played by Julie Christie

• the owner of the only hotel in town until McCabe moves in on his business in the film McCabe and Mrs. Miller
• played by Rene Auberjonois

• Director for McCabe and Mrs. Miller
• Important guy for his time
• made MASH

• main character of Chinatown
• private eye
• failed hero trope
• played by Jack Nicholson

• lead female character in Chinatown
• is Jake's client/lover
• hates her father Noah Cross
• played by Faye Dunaway

Noah Cross

• main antagonist in Chinatown
• weathly/important guy involved with water works
• raped his daughter and now wants his granddaughter
• represents western that clashes with Jake's noir
• played by John Huston

• Character in Chinatown
• murdered by Noah Cross who used to be his partner
• played by Darrell Zwerling

• character in Chinatown
• Evelyn's daughter/sister
• played by Belinda Palmer

• One of the two main characters/reporters in All the Presidents men
• played by Dustin Hoffman

• one of the two main characters/reporters in All the President's Men
• meets with deepthroat
• played by Robert Redford

• the boy's editor in All the President's Men
• played by Jack Warden

• main character of Blade Runner
• ordered to hunt down escaped replicants
• played by Harrison Ford

• leader of the replicants in Blade Runner
• has big fight with Rick at the end but ends up saving him.
• played by Rutger Hauer

• main female character in Blade Runner
• must come to terms with finding out she's a replicant
• has feelings for Rick
• played by Sean Young

• evilish leader of Tyrell corperation
• killed by Roy
• played by Joe Turkel

• lead male protagonist in Blood Simple
• In love with Abbey and thinks he covers up her husband's murder for her
• played by John Getz

• main female character in Blood Simple
• leaves husband and thinks her new boyfriend killed him
• played by Frances McDormand

• husband who gets whacked in Blood simple
• played by Dan Hedaya

• played by M. Emmet Walsh

• main character in Boyz N the Hood
• played by Cuba Gooding Jr.

• Tre's dad in Boyz N the Hood
• played by Laurence Fishburne

• Tre's best friend. kinda of like the sherrif of the neighborhood but is outside the law
• played by Ice Cube

• main character in Lone Star
• sheriff in the town
• lover/brother of Pilar Cruz
• played by Chris Cooper

• main female character in Lone Star
• loves Sam Deeds, but is his half sister
• played by Elizabeth Pena

• asshole ex-sheriff before Buddy Deeds
• killed by Hollis and covered up by Buddy and Otis
• played by Kris Kristofferson

• bartender in Lone Star
• mayor of blacktown
• played by Ron Canada

• used to be Charlie Wade's deputy but is not mayor of town in Lone Star
• killed Charlie Wade
• played by Clifton James

• ex sherrif of the town in Lone Star
• Sam Deed's deceased father (appears in flashbacks)
• played by Matthew McConaughey

• main character in JFK
• New Orleans DA
• played by Kevin Costner

• one of the detectives in JFK
• played by Jay O Sanders

• played by Gary Oldman in JFK

• conspirator/business man/homosexual in JFK
• played by Tommy Lee Jones

• one of the conspirators to kill Kennedy in JFK
• played by Joe Pesci

• Jim's informant from washington in JFK
• played by Donal Sutherland

• gay prostitute in JFK
• played by Kevin Bacon

• main character in Gattaca
• is an invalid but steals the identity of a valid (Jerome)
• played by Ethan Hawke

• main female character in Gattaca
• love interest of vincent/jerome
• played by Uma thurman

• valid who has become crippled and sells identity to vincent and eventually kills himself
• played by Jude Law

literally the French word for "author"; in film criticism, used in the terms auteurism or auteur theory, denoting a critical theory ; the theory ascribed overall responsibility for the creation of a film and its personal vision, identifiable style, thematic aspects and techniques to its film-maker or director, rather than to the collaborative efforts of all involved ; the theory posited that directors should be considered the 'true' authors of film (rather than the screenwriters) because they exercise a great deal of control over all facets of film making and impart a distinctive, personal style to their films; simply stated, an auteur can refer to a director with a recognizable or signature style.

ex. Coen Brothers