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1. Introduction Suspense is a familiar condition, brought on by life. Workaday existence can easily become a survival contest, waged in the cheerless shadow of world events. The communication media keep us in touch with matters we might be disinclined to touch with a ten-foot pole; yet...

1. Introduction IN VIEW OF the current state of disagreement among film critics about fundamental aspects of the film as an art form, it is perhaps as well to begin this survey with a statement of the two premises on which its critical judgements rest. The first of these is the notion —...