Estuary Attack: Would Jaws’ Infamous Deleted Scene Ruined A Horror Classic?
Few films have achieved the level of consensus enjoyed by Jaws. It is widely regarded as the perfect blockbuster, and it may even be the…
Shark POV: How ‘Jaws’ Improved On The POV Shot Used In ‘The Creature From The Black Lagoon’
Steven Spielberg borrowed the underwater POV shots from the 1950s Universal monster movie but eclipsed them with confident and beautiful cinematography–and masterful pacing. Chrissie Watkins,…
‘Jaws’: The Monster Movie That Invented The Summer Blockbuster
How did a B-movie-type monster movie become a genre-defining blockbuster that changed modern film-making? On June 20, 1975, Jaws opened across North America and changed…
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The Power of “Jaws” Is In John Williams’ Two-Note Musical Score
The Jaws theme is one of the most terrifying musical scores in cinema. The soundtrack, dominated by two notes played over and over again to signal the…
Revisiting Bruce, the Malfunctioning Animatronic Shark That Made ‘Jaws’ A Horror Classic
Jaws is a story about a shark that wreaks havoc and destruction on a small community, and the failure and, ultimately, success in defeating it….
