Encyclopedia - Macguffin: Encyclopedia Ii - Macguffin - Other Examples
MacGuffin - Film. One particularly famous early movie example of a MacGuffin is the titular statuette in The Maltese Falcon. Roger Ebe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Deus Ex Machina: Encyclopedia Ii - Deus Ex Machina - Deus Ex Machina In Fiction Works
Deus ex machina - Literature and comics. In Shakespeare's Hamlet, the kidnapping of Hamlet, alone, by pirates in order to escape his ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Deus Ex Machina: Encyclopedia Ii - Deus Ex Machina - Deus Ex Machina In Fiction Works
Deus ex machina - Literature and comics. In Shakespeare's Hamlet, the kidnapping of Hamlet, alone, by pirates in order to escape his ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Blowfish Cipher: Encyclopedia Ii - Blowfish Cipher - The Algorithm
Blowfish has a 64-bit block size and a key length of anywhere from 32 bits to 448 bits. It is a 16-round Feistel cipher and uses large ke...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Quest Gaming: Encyclopedia Ii - Quest Gaming - Overview Of Quests
Typical quests involve killing a set number of creatures or collecting a list of specific items. Some quests may take only a few minutes ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alfred Hitchcock: Encyclopedia - Alfred Hitchcock
Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock KBE (August 13, 1899 – April 29, 1980) was a British-born film director and producer, closely associated wi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Art Theft: Encyclopedia - Art Theft
Art theft is the stealing of someone else's high-profile art. This is usually done for the purpose of resale; occasionally thieves are al...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bruce Schneier: Encyclopedia - Bruce Schneier
Bruce Schneier (born January 15, 1963) is an American cryptographer, computer security specialist, and writer. He is the author of severa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bokononism: Encyclopedia - Bokononism
Bokononism is the fictional religion practiced by many of the characters in Kurt Vonnegut's novel Cat's Cradle. It is based on living by ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 24 Television: Encyclopedia - 24 Television
24 is a current U.S. television action/drama series, produced by the Fox Network and syndicated worldwide. It is named 24 because the act...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Quest: Encyclopedia - Quest
Fantasy media Fantastic art Fantasy literature Fantasy authors Fantasy fiction magazines Fantasy art Fantasy films Fantasy operas Genre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Quest Gaming: Encyclopedia Ii - Quest Gaming - Types Of Quests
Quest gaming - Fetch quest. The fetch quest is a somewhat derogatory name for a common sort of quest seen in many video game role-playi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Blowfish Cipher: Encyclopedia Ii - Blowfish Cipher - Cryptanalysis Of Blowfish
There is no effective cryptanalysis of Blowfish known publicly as of 2006, although the 64-bit block size is now considered too short, be...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Blowfish Cipher: Encyclopedia Ii - Blowfish Cipher - Blowfish In Practice
Blowfish is one of the fastest block ciphers in widespread use, except when changing keys. Each new key requires pre-processing equivalen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Casablanca Film: Encyclopedia - Casablanca Film
Casablanca is a 1942 movie set during World War II in the Vichy-controlled Moroccan city of Casablanca. The film was directed by Michael ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Art Theft: Encyclopedia Ii - Art Theft - Famous Cases Of Art Theft
Art theft - The Mona Lisa 1911. Perhaps the most famous case of art theft occurred on August 21, 1911, when the Mona Lisa was stolen ou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Technology In The Stargate Universe: Encyclopedia Ii - Technology In The Stargate Universe - Ancient Technology
Technology in the Stargate universe - Healing Device. Main articles: Ancient Healing Device, and [[{{{2}}}]], and [[{{{3}}}]], and [[{...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lenny Leonard: Encyclopedia Ii - Lenny Leonard - Friends
Lenny's most obvious friend is Carl Carlson (see below), as they are rarely seen apart. Other friends are Homer, and the regulars at Moe'...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lavos: Encyclopedia Ii - Lavos - Lavos' Life Cycle
The following is Lavos' instinctual life process, as it is explained in Chrono Trigger. Lavos crashes onto a planet. Upon landing on the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Diva Film: Encyclopedia Ii - Diva Film - Overview
The whole film is set in a bizarre, sometimes dreamlike atmosphere, flirting with the absurd and surreal. The photography, dialogue and s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Third Man: Encyclopedia Ii - The Third Man - Plot
The Third Man - Overview. The story is set in a bomb-damaged Vienna, just after the Second World War, and is told from the point of vie...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Feistel Cipher: Encyclopedia Ii - Feistel Cipher - Construction Details
The basic operation is as follows: Split the plaintext block into two equal pieces, (L0, R0) For each round , compute Li = Ri − 1 wh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pulp Fiction: Encyclopedia Ii - Pulp Fiction - Storylines
Half film noir and half black comedy, Pulp Fiction weaves through the intersecting storylines of Los Angeles gangsters, fringe characters...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Placeholder Name: Encyclopedia Ii - Placeholder Name - Kadigans In Other Languages
Most other languages have kadigans of some sort in their vocabulary. Placeholder name - Arabic. Arabic uses Fulan / Fulana[h] فلان ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Magic Ring: Encyclopedia Ii - Magic Ring - Magic Rings In Mythology And Folklore
The earliest known magical ring in fiction or myth is very likely the arm ring named Draupnir. It belonged to the Norse god Odin. Because...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Slavoj Žižek: Encyclopedia Ii - Slavoj Žižek - The Real The Symbolic And The Imaginary
"The tabernacle is, as Philo and Josephus recognized, a microcosm, a small model of the universe in architectural form. " Slavoj Žižek...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Macguffin Cipher: Encyclopedia Ii - Macguffin Cipher - The Algorithm
Schneier and Blaze based MacGuffin on DES, their main change being that the data block is not split into equal halves in the Feistel netw...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Minority Report Film: Encyclopedia Ii - Minority Report Film - Themes
Minority Report film - Fate vs. Choice. The first and most obvious theme is whether individuals are dominated by fate or whether they h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Narratology: Encyclopedia Ii - Narratology - Plot Devices
A plot device is an object, a character or a concept introduced into the story by the author to advance its plot. A literary technique is...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alfred Hitchcock: Encyclopedia Ii - Alfred Hitchcock - Biography
Alfred Hitchcock - Early life. Alfred Hitchcock was born on August 13, 1899, in Leytonstone, London, the second son and youngest of the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Big Lebowski: Encyclopedia Ii - The Big Lebowski - Story
The Dude, Jeff Lebowski (Bridges), has his home invaded by thugs looking to collect a debt incurred by the wife of Jeff Lebowski. Only af...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Casablanca Film: Encyclopedia Ii - Casablanca Film - Production
The film was based on Murray Burnett and Joan Alison's unproduced play Everybody Comes to Rick's. The story analyst at Warner Brothers wh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ornette Coleman: Encyclopedia Ii - Ornette Coleman - Early Career
Coleman moved to Los Angeles in the early 1950s. He worked at various jobs, including as an elevator operator, while pursuing his musical...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Casablanca Film: Encyclopedia Ii - Casablanca Film - Production
The film was based on Murray Burnett and Joan Alison's unproduced play Everybody Comes to Rick's. The story analyst at Warner Brothers wh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Third Man: Encyclopedia Ii - The Third Man - Plot
The Third Man - Overview. The story is set in a bomb-damaged Vienna, just after the Second World War, and is told from the point of vie...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Müller-fokker Effect: Encyclopedia Ii - The Müller-fokker Effect - Synopsis
The time is "somewhere in the near future" from the 1970s, and Bob Shairp is a government worker for a project in which a human being's i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 24 Television: Encyclopedia Ii - 24 Television - Season Synopses
Every season so far follows a similar format, centering on a central threat posed by terrorists. Surprise sacrifices, backstabbings, and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Magic Ring: Encyclopedia Ii - Magic Ring - Types Of Magic Rings
Generally, only two types of magical rings are known from mythology and fiction: arm rings and finger rings. Different magic rings can do...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alfred Hitchcock: Encyclopedia Ii - Alfred Hitchcock - His Style Of Working
Hitchcock once commented, "The writer and I plan out the entire script down to the smallest detail, and when we're finished all that's le...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Third Man: Encyclopedia Ii - The Third Man - Style
The atmospheric use of black and white expressionist cinematography (by Robert Krasker), with harsh lighting and distorted camera angles,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alfred Hitchcock: Encyclopedia Ii - Alfred Hitchcock - Awards
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awarded Hitchcock the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award, in 1967. However, despite six ea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Third Man: Encyclopedia Ii - The Third Man - Awards
The film won the 1949 Palme d'Or (Golden Palm) at the Cannes Film Festival, a British Academy Award for Best Film, and an Academy Award f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Magic Ring: Encyclopedia Ii - Magic Ring - Function In The Story
Like other magical objects in stories, magic rings serve to excuse some impossible event, which the story teller wishes to place in the p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Feistel Cipher: Encyclopedia Ii - Feistel Cipher - List Of Feistel Ciphers
Feistel or modified Feistel: Blowfish, Camellia, CAST-128, DES, FEAL, KASUMI, LOKI97, Lucifer, MAGENTA, MISTY1, RC5, TEA, Triple DES, Two...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Third Man: Encyclopedia Ii - The Third Man - Quote
In a famous scene, looking down upon the people beneath from his vantage point on top of the Riesenrad, the large Ferris wheel in the Pra...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Minority Report Film: Encyclopedia Ii - Minority Report Film - Plot
Minority Report is set in Washington, DC during the year 2054. Thanks to three "precogs" and technology built around their ability to see...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Narratology: Encyclopedia Ii - Narratology - Forms Of Narrative
Any story can be split into several parts, according to the will of author. This is often done out of marketing reasons, but may as well ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ornette Coleman: Encyclopedia Ii - Ornette Coleman - The Shape Of Jazz To Come
1959 found Coleman very busy: He abandoned the piano entirely for Tomorrow Is The Question!, a quartet featuring Shelly Manne on drums. C...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Narratology: Encyclopedia Ii - Narratology - Narrative Techniques
When describing a narrative, one of the most important aspects is the point of view from which the story is told. Hence, there are two ba...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Narratology: Encyclopedia Ii - Narratology - Continuity
Continuity is a very important aspect of any story. Per definition, it means the consistency of the characteristics of characters, plot, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Narratology: Encyclopedia Ii - Narratology - Plot Structure
The plot (also known as plotline) is the main aspect of any fictional story. It describes a series of events that happens to the characte...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ornette Coleman: Encyclopedia Ii - Ornette Coleman - Free Jazz
In 1961, Coleman recorded Free Jazz: A Collective Improvisation, which featured a "double quartet," including Eric Dolphy on bass clarine...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ornette Coleman: Encyclopedia Ii - Ornette Coleman - 1960s
After the Atlantic period and into the early part of the 1970s, Coleman's music became more angular and engaged fully with the jazz avant...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Narratology: Encyclopedia Ii - Narratology - Characters
The characters are distinctive personalities who are involved in the events described by the story. One usually differentiates between ma...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Minority Report Film: Encyclopedia Ii - Minority Report Film - Style
From the stylistic standpoint, Minority Report resembles A.I. more than E.T.. This is probably not coincidental since Spielberg began the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Casablanca Film: Encyclopedia Ii - Casablanca Film - Plot
Humphrey Bogart plays Rick Blaine, the owner of an upscale cafe/bar/gambling den in the Moroccan city of Casablanca which attracts a mixe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Minority Report Film: Encyclopedia Ii - Minority Report Film - Score
The score was composed and conducted by John Williams, orchestrated by John Neufeld. The vocals were sung by Deborah Dietrich. The score ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ornette Coleman: Encyclopedia Ii - Ornette Coleman - Prime Time And Recent Career
Later, however, Coleman, like Miles Davis before him, took to playing with electrified instruments. Albums like Virgin Beauty and Of Huma...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alfred Hitchcock: Encyclopedia Ii - Alfred Hitchcock - His Character And Its Effects On His Films
Hitchcock's films sometimes feature male characters struggling in their relationships with their mothers. In North by Northwest (1959), R...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Technology In The Stargate Universe: Encyclopedia Ii - Technology In The Stargate Universe - Tollan Technology
Technology in the Stargate universe - Ion Cannon. Main articles: Ion Cannon, and [[{{{2}}}]], and [[{{{3}}}]], and [[{{{4}}}] ... See ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Casablanca Film: Encyclopedia Ii - Casablanca Film - Sequels
Almost from the moment Casablanca became a hit, talk began of producing a sequel to the film. A sequel entitled Brazzaville (named after ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Casablanca Film: Encyclopedia Ii - Casablanca Film - Reception
Reaction to the film at previews before release was described as "beyond belief". It premiered at the Hollywood Theater in New York City ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Casablanca Film: Encyclopedia Ii - Casablanca Film - Plot
Humphrey Bogart plays Rick Blaine, the owner of an upscale cafe/bar/gambling den in the Moroccan city of Casablanca which attracts a mixe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Casablanca Film: Encyclopedia Ii - Casablanca Film - Cast
The cast is notable for its internationalism: only three of the credited actors were born in the U.S. The three top-billed actors were: ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Casablanca Film: Encyclopedia Ii - Casablanca Film - Myths
Several myths have grown up around the film, one being that Ronald Reagan was originally chosen to play Rick. This originates in a press ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Casablanca Film: Encyclopedia Ii - Casablanca Film - Awards
Casablanca won three Oscars: Academy Award for Best Picture — Hal B. Wallis, producer Academy Award for Directing — Michael Curtiz A...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Casablanca Film: Encyclopedia Ii - Casablanca Film - Criticism
Roger Ebert has claimed that the film is "probably on more lists of the greatest films of all time than any other single title, including...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Casablanca Film: Encyclopedia Ii - Casablanca Film - Errors
The film has several apparent logical flaws, foremost being the two "letters of transit" which enable anyone to leave for abroad. As ment...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alfred Hitchcock: Encyclopedia Ii - Alfred Hitchcock - Filmography
(all dates are for release) Alfred Hitchcock - Silent films. No. 13 (Unfinished, also known as Mrs. Peabody) (1922) Always Tell Your W...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alfred Hitchcock: Encyclopedia Ii - Alfred Hitchcock - Other Notes
From 1955 to 1965, Hitchcock was the host and producer of a long-running television series entitled Alfred Hitchcock Presents. While his ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 24 Television: Encyclopedia Ii - 24 Television - Main Cast
See List of characters in 24 for a more thorough list. Kiefer Sutherland as Jack Bauer (seasons 1-5), a.k.a. Frank Flynn (season 5) Carl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 24 Television: Encyclopedia Ii - 24 Television - Behind-the-scenes Information
24 television - General trivia. A scene from the pilot episode depicting a Boeing 747 exploding was re-edited for broadcast, with the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 24 Television: Encyclopedia Ii - 24 Television - Overview
24 is a thriller that purports to be shown in "real-time", with each minute of airtime corresponding to a minute in the lives of the char...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alfred Hitchcock: Encyclopedia Ii - Alfred Hitchcock - Themes And Devices
Hitchcock preferred the use of suspense over surprise in his films. In surprise, the director assaults the viewer with frightening things...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alfred Hitchcock: Encyclopedia Ii - Alfred Hitchcock - His Character And Its Effects On His Films
Hitchcock was in his mid-twenties, and a professional film director, before he'd ever drunk alcohol or been on a date. His films sometime...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alfred Hitchcock: Encyclopedia Ii - Alfred Hitchcock - Awards
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awarded Hitchcock the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award, in 1967. However, despite 6 earl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alfred Hitchcock: Encyclopedia Ii - Alfred Hitchcock - His Style Of Working
Hitchcock had trouble giving proper credit to the screenwriters who did so much to make his visions come to life on the screen. Gifted wr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Placeholder Name: Encyclopedia Ii - Placeholder Name - Kadigans In The English Language For Numbers
English employs a number of kadigans to refer to unspecified quantity: squillion (hence squillionaire = multi-millionaire), bajillion, b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Art Theft: Encyclopedia Ii - Art Theft - Individual Theft
Many thieves are motivated by the fact that reasonably valuable art pieces are worth millions of dollars and weigh only a few kilograms, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pulp Fiction: Encyclopedia Ii - Pulp Fiction - Plot Devices
Pulp Fiction - The mysterious briefcase. The only obvious observations about the stolen attaché case recovered by Jules and Vincent ar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pulp Fiction: Encyclopedia Ii - Pulp Fiction - Reception And Influence
Pulp Fiction is perennially found both on critics' lists (such as the AFI's One Hundred Years, 100 Movies List) and in popular rankings, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Slavoj Žižek: Encyclopedia Ii - Slavoj Žižek - Critique
John Holbo of the National University of Singapore has criticized Žižek[1] for the latter's alleged refusal to lay out what, precisely,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pulp Fiction: Encyclopedia Ii - Pulp Fiction - Other Details
Pulp Fiction - Time setting. Set in early-1990s Los Angeles, Pulp Fiction nevertheless lends itself a timeless quality by drawing on th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Placeholder Name: Encyclopedia Ii - Placeholder Name - Kadigans In The English Language For Inanimate Objects
Common kadigans in the English language include: da' kine (Common in Hawaii) dealie or dealy dingus doobri or dooberry doodad doohickey ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Placeholder Name: Encyclopedia Ii - Placeholder Name - Kadigans In The English Language For Places
In some forms of English, kadigans exist to represent places, particularly the stereotypical backward, insignificant or isolated town in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Placeholder Name: Encyclopedia Ii - Placeholder Name - Kadigans In The English Language For People
Kadigan-like expressions can refer to people as well. Among words or phrases used in English to refer to people of unknown or irrelevant ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Slavoj Žižek: Encyclopedia Ii - Slavoj Žižek - Politicization
Today, in the aftermath of the end of ideology, Žižek is critical of the way political decisions are justified; the way, for example, r...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Slavoj Žižek: Encyclopedia Ii - Slavoj Žižek - Postmodernism
One theme in particular that Žižek addresses is postmodernism, which confronts psychoanalysis with new questions. By virtue of the demi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Technology In The Stargate Universe: Encyclopedia Ii - Technology In The Stargate Universe - Asgard Technology
Technology in the Stargate universe - Beaming device. The Asgard beaming device was a teleportation system used to instantly transport ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Technology In The Stargate Universe: Encyclopedia Ii - Technology In The Stargate Universe - Human Tau'ri Technology
Technology in the Stargate universe - Firearms. Humans make use of firearms that, while technologically inferior to many alien weapons,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lenny Leonard: Encyclopedia Ii - Lenny Leonard - Address
Lenny's address is unknown, although he once lived in an extremely run-down house that was falling apart – literally (it was also for s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Art Theft: Encyclopedia Ii - Art Theft - Theft During The Holocaust
During the Holocaust, the Nazis confiscated tens of thousands of works from their legitimate Jewish owners. Some were sold by the Nazis, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Technology In The Stargate Universe: Encyclopedia Ii - Technology In The Stargate Universe - Goa'uld Technology
The Goa'uld are a strictly parasitic race. They rely on hosts for life (except for the one human goa'uld hybrid seen in series 9), Jaffa ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Slavoj Žižek: Encyclopedia Ii - Slavoj Žižek - The Formation Of The Subject
Žižek writes about identities -- his work borrows extensively from the explanation of identity formation offered by the French psychoan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Technology In The Stargate Universe: Encyclopedia Ii - Technology In The Stargate Universe - Tok'ra Technology
Technology in the Stargate universe - Crystal Tunnels. Main articles: Crystal tunnels, and [[{{{2}}}]], and [[{{{3}}}]], and [[{{{4}}}...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Technology In The Stargate Universe: Encyclopedia Ii - Technology In The Stargate Universe - Ori Technology
Technology in the Stargate universe - The Supergate. Main articles: Supergate (Stargate), and [[{{{2}}}]], and [[{{{3}}}]], and [[{{{4...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Macguffin: Encyclopedia Ii - Macguffin - In Hitchcock's Films
The uranium hidden in wine bottles in Notorious is a MacGuffin: it is the reason the story takes place, serving to advance the plot. The ...   » Read the article