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teamcool | 18:15 Fri 04th Mar 2005 | Film, Media & TV
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in hitchcock films what is a macguffin?

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It's a narrative technique or plot device.

You'll find an elegant summary here; http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tours/hitch/tour6.html

Hitchcock scholars and aficionado's have their own magazine called 'The Macguffin'; which you'll find here; http://www.labyrinth.net.au/~muffin/ Go to FAQ for a more detailed explanation.

19:01 Fri 04th Mar 2005
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even though he was a dictator, how can he have never won best director?
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it is also used in 'Pulp Fiction' as to what is in the case.

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00:18 Sat 05th Mar 2005

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