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I guess it simply means that she also knows a Holmes fan - her brother.

I'd be careful about interpreting facial expressions. Also, if the person he called didn't pick up the phone right away, he would actually be listening to the phone ringing on the other end. The vfx would then indicate that reaction (and also serve as a false implication that he’s receiving a call). Anyway, three phone calls in the same place at the exact same time - that’s odd. So I’d say two of them are linked somehow.

Three phone conversations at the same time... seems a bit unlikely. I wonder if Okiya is calling Sera.

Don’t get me wrong, it’s a really good movie and all. But judging from a modern perspective, I think it’s also slow-paced with very old-fashioned dialogue. If it wasn’t a genre-defining milestone, it wouldn’t make my list of must-see thrillers. I also prefer Psycho, by the way. Oh, then did you hear about the missing pieces, that were recovered from an old copy they found in Buenos Aires? http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/05/movies/05metropolis.html Sure? Network is a satire, Caligari is horror, Metropolis is sci-fi I’ll leave the 1920s with another two recommendations. The General (1926) – by Buster Keaton. Simply because Buster Keaton is incredible. The Battleship Potemkin (1925) – by Sergei Eisenstein. It’s a Russian propaganda piece based on Eisenstein’s theories about montage. It’s very famous for the Odessa Steps sequence, which is referenced in The Godfather, The Untouchables, The Simpsons and lots of others.

Great thread! But I have to disagree on these movies being timeless experiences, because the way people perceive movies has changed a lot. For example: Rear Window by Alfred Hitchcock - shocked people in the 50s, leaves you rather unimpressed today, because as time went by, filmmakers were constantly pushing the boundaries of this genre. Another example: Annie Hall by Woody Allen - has an average shot length of 14.5 seconds. Then MTV came up with music videos and today we have shot lengths that are significantly shorter. The pace of the narrative is faster in general. So, as we’re used to movies being told faster than those made in the 70s or earlier, we could get bored by narratives and shots that now seem unusually long. Nevertheless, among these classics there are of course some, that I would consider timeless, but surely not all of them. Now back on topic: I’ll start in the early days. And because I’m German, the first two movies I recommend are of the German expressionism period. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) – a silent horror film by Robert Wiene. This movie has influcenced recent works of Terry Gilliam (The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus) and Martin Scorsese (Shutter Island). However, it left its biggest impression on director Tim Burton, whose visual style is an extension of what you can see in this movie. http://www.youtube.com/movie?v=ALqnSUMHPrA&ob=av4n Metropolis (1927) – a movie by Fritz Lang. This movie is probably the first great sci-fi movie and the role model for Cyberpunk and movies like Blade Runner.

I've seen Dragonball Evolution, Speed Racer and Death Note and I think they're all bad. The best manga adaptation I know (and the only good one I can think of) is Oldboy.

Thanks for the warm welcome. I'll try my best to contribute something useful from time to time

Hi, I’ve registered a while ago, but I wasn’t quite sure, if I was really going to stick around. But since I keep visiting, I guess it’s about time to introduce myself properly. I’m a 24 year old student from Germany. I took my nickname from one of my favorite pieces of (American) literature. I’m also a huge movie geek and photography enthusiast. I got in touch with DC a couple of years ago, when the anime series started airing in Germany. Then I stopped watching at some point, because of the long gaps between seasons. It was only a few months ago that I rediscovered it via DCTP and... well, now I’m here.

Well, identical twins = identical DNA is not entirely accurate. The result may be exactly the same in forensic profiling (if the gender is the same). But they develop differences due to epigenetic modification. And in this case... if I’m correct, one twin is a female with Turner Syndrome - no exact match. Also, fraternal twins only share about 50 percent DNA, I wouldn’t even call that an approximate match (but as you mentioned, it's a bit messed up anyway). Kamon doesn’t show any other symptoms of Turner, but shortage of height is the cardinal symptom of Turner, the others can vary widely. And maybe she has a habit of wearing fake nails, because she also has nail dysplasia, which would be another symptom, but that’s only a guess.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFGm62CYtpY Ludovico Einaudi - Fuori Dal Mondo, from the soundtrack of "This is England"

Just finished Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea and now I'm forced to read Alan Watt's "3D Computer Graphics" for exam reasons

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The problem is TV remote controls work with an infrared diode. Thus, using one in front of the door wouldn't work. It could have been used from outside, but only through the window. That's why the window curtains, which are closed now, must have been open somehow at the time when the landlady's TV was zapping through channels. Bannai Kumi does seem suspicious because of the blood on the remote, but that could be a red herring.

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I’m pretty new to this stuff, so I don’t know if this is any good... but here are some thoughts: I think the blood on the wrist makes sense, if he slit his throat from left to right. Actually if you cut some of the carotid artieres I’d have assumed there was more blood splashing around. Then the way he holds the knife is a bit odd, how do you cut your throat with the blade pointing downwards? But that could be coincidental. Also the blood flow is pretty much going to his right side while he’s sitting rather straight, so maybe he was moved. And the blood from his mouth... is that something that could happen, when you cut your throat?