This question is directed for those in this class but if you have watched any or all of these movies then feel free to comment and debate as you would like. The movies we have watched so far (Singin' In The Rain, The Dark Knight, High Noon, The Prestige, Proof, and Alfred Hitchcock Presents: The Sorcerer's Apprentice) most of the time have a definite line of obsession and commitment but defining what some may consider obsession may just be commitment to others. In my opinion, the movie that it is most easily demonstrated is in The Prestige displayed by Angier.
There are other characters that are more easily spotted in the other movies like Singin' In The Rain. Lina Lamont was set on the idea that Don Lockwood loved her. Then another woman came along, which was Kathy Selden, so then jealousy and anger arose. Lina kept trying to tell him that he didn't love Kathy but that he was in love with her even after he repeatedly said that he didn't love her and their image together was just for publicity. Well, Lina obviously didn't like that too much especially when she found out that Kathy had spoken and sung for her in their film because her voice and the accent she spoke with was too funny to be taken seriously. So what she did was take her acting contract to a lawer and she came back to the head of the production and showed him that she controlled her own publicity. She blackmailed him by telling him that if Kathy didn't keep singing she would sue the company and take control. In the end Lina ended up not being with Don but Don and Kathy got together and took over the company. In this situation Lina's obsession with herself, Don, and their image together didn't get her very far.
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