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Reference to the Kanye song of the same name and another dig at Kanye’s supposedly out of control ego!

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Changes from script to film – The bather are similar but the order and charcter of their appearences are different. For instance, a man comes up and talks to Brody about his fear of water, but this is not present in the script.

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Changed from script to film – The dog is now called Pippin. A minor change probably due to which trained dogs were available.

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Spielberg focuses our attention on multiple characters to raise the stakes. We know the shark is coming but we don’t know where and when. This is a simple but effective technique to build tension.

By forcing us to follow all these people Spielberg puts us in Brody’s shoes. Brody has the impossible job of tracking all these people on the beach and this sense of hopelessness causes a panic amongst the audience.

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When Meth and his crew turn up, all hell tend to break loose. Meth reckons that his ‘thug’ nature means this type of behaviour is inevitable.

Also a reference to the 90’s classic movie – Fight Club. Peep it here on Screen Genius.

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E-I-E-I-(Annoyed Grunt)

As this episode features Homer and co. becoming farmers, it is entirely appropriate that they used the refrain from Old McDonald. Against this child friendly theme, this episode also contains the “the filthiest joke ever broadcast on network TV”.

As one critic said:

Watching the Simpsons “Tomacco” episode tonight, I was struck again by the brief appearance of the filthiest joke ever broadcast on network TV. I’m serious. I think it’s still there because the censors didn’t get it. If you don’t get it, you don’t see anything untoward; it doesn’t have the appearance of naughtiness. But there it is, every other month when the episode’s rerun: a sign on a rural store.
And no, I’m not going to tell you if you don’t get it.

One clue, three words: search and replace.

So snEED’S fEED and sEED

becomes

chUCK’S f… and s…

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Homer vs. the Eighteenth Amendment

The Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution banned the production, transport and sale of alcoholic beverages and effectively brought in Prohibition to the USA. In this episode the same thing happens in Springfield, only this time they have a mysterious ‘Beer Baron’ who fights for their right to parrrrtay!

This episode also contains the classic line: “To alcohol! The cause of…and solution to…all of life’s problems.” which has gone down as a legendary Simpsons quotation.

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Last Exit to Springfield

This is a reference to the book Last Exit to Brooklyn in which part of the book details one man’s rise and fall as the leader of the union.

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Bart of Darkness

This title is a reference to Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness.

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This is one for the up and coming directors – if you ever want to show a characters entire world drain away, use this shot.

Known as a Dolly Zoom this shot zooms in a character to show shock. The camera lens zooms in on the subject, while the camera itself moves away, creating an etremely distorting effect that shows extreme shock in surprise in a character.

First used by Alfred Hitchcock in the movie Vertigo as an Impairment Shot to show the audience what the protagonist is experiencing every time his fear of heights kicks in.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O888bu0QrMg#t=55s

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