July 4, 2007
subterfuge
DEFINITION: (noun) Something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity.
SYNONYMS: blind.
USAGE: The manner in which he said this made Ned feel sure that Tom had had other thoughts, and that he had used a little subterfuge in his answer.
M. Night Shyamalan
Shyamalan is an Academy Award-nominated Indian-American film writer, director, and producer. The Sixth Sense, a film staring Bruce Willis, grossed over $600 million worldwide and is Shymalan's greatest commercial success. His filmmaking ambitions were encouraged when, at a young age, he received a Super-8 camera. He made his first film, Praying with Anger, while still an NYU student, using money borrowed from family and friends. What do his films have in common with Hitchcock's?






