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Most horror films are escapist larks: they scare you, but are removed enough to be fun. This uncomfortable thriller, however, doesn’t let audiences off the hook. Mark Lewis (Boehm) is a psychopath, who thrives on killing women with a knife attached to a camera tripod so he can film their expressions as they die. Although Psycho is similarly themed—psychotic killer motivated by childhood humiliations—the killings are viewed through the killer’s camera, making the audience (or at least me) feel like the pleasure of watching horror movies isn?...

Author: By Scoop A. Wasserstein, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Cult Love | 10/30/2003 | See Source »

...Officers were dispatched to the John F. Kennedy School of Government on a report of a party carrying a rifle with a scope attached to it. After reviewing the surveillance tapes, officers determined the party was actually carrying a camera tripod...

Author: By Hana R. Alberts, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Police Log | 10/30/2003 | See Source »

...search of the pair's car yielded a Bushmaster .223 rifle, a tripod and a viewfinder; Montgomery county police say ballistic tests confirm this is the weapon used in at least 11 of the 14 shootings. While Muhammad didn't have sniper training during his stint in the army, Military officials say he qualified as "expert" with the M-16 rifle. Prosecutors will discuss sniper charges at a meeting today

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The End of the Sniper Nightmare? | 10/24/2002 | See Source »

...source of the information required for the creation of the print." Adams' prints are surprisingly small. To achieve the utmost sharpness, some were produced as contact prints from the large pieces of film he used in a view camera. This heavy piece of equipment rests on a tripod and requires the operator to duck under a black cloth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: American Visions | 8/4/2002 | See Source »

...center-right True Path Party and Justice and Development, led by former Istanbul Mayor Recep Tayyip Erdogan and suspected by the military of having a worrying Islamist agenda. With Turkey in such a political and economic mess, and its stability resting on the NATO-E.U.-IMF tripod, Cem's new movement appears well placed to attract the talent necessary to lead the country into the post-Ecevit future. The danger, many feel, is that continuing uncertainty will undermine the hard work - much of it by Dervis - of recent years. The business community considers E.U. membership critical for Turkey, opening...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mutiny in Ankara | 7/14/2002 | See Source »

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