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This type of censorship might be used by some directors to ''increase'' the (implied) violence beyond [[Take Our Word for It|what they're capable of portraying]]. Two people are fighting and the screen goes black. What's happening behind the black screen is subject to the imagination of the observer. While the director is imagining a stab to the stomach to kill the enemy, another observer might be thinking of a decapitation. Or maybe they're denying what is really happening and enjoying a nice tea break instead. It's all up to you. |
This type of censorship might be used by some directors to ''increase'' the (implied) violence beyond [[Take Our Word for It|what they're capable of portraying]]. Two people are fighting and the screen goes black. What's happening behind the black screen is subject to the imagination of the observer. While the director is imagining a stab to the stomach to kill the enemy, another observer might be thinking of a decapitation. Or maybe they're denying what is really happening and enjoying a nice tea break instead. It's all up to you. |
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Not to be confused with a [ |
Not to be confused with a [[wikipedia:Blue Screen of Death|Blue Screen of Death]], a Mac OSX [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/04/MacOSX_kernel_panic.png kernel panic], or a [[wikipedia:Black Screen of Death|black version of the BSOD]] that appears in earlier versions of Windows. |
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Compare [[Relax-O-Vision]], [[Single |
Compare [[Relax-O-Vision]], [[Single-Stroke Battle]], [[Bolivian Army Ending]], [[Bolivian Army Cliffhanger]]. |
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== Film == |
== Film == |
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* Used on several occasions in ''[[Cthulhu (Film)|Cthulhu]]'' (2007), such as when the protagonist kills the Ancestor. |
* Used on several occasions in ''[[Cthulhu (Film)|Cthulhu]]'' (2007), such as when the protagonist kills the Ancestor. |
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* ''[[Inception]]'': Did the top topple [[All Just a Dream|or not]]? {{spoiler|According to [[Word of God|Christopher Nolan]], [[Flip |
* ''[[Inception]]'': Did the top topple [[All Just a Dream|or not]]? {{spoiler|According to [[Word of God|Christopher Nolan]], [[Flip-Flop of God|even he isn't sure.]]}} |
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** The answer is, of course, {{spoiler|Yes, yes it did.}} Now can we get on with our lives? |
** The answer is, of course, {{spoiler|Yes, yes it did.}} Now can we get on with our lives? |
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* [[Nightmare Fuel|Used at the very end of]] ''[[Threads]]''. |
* [[Nightmare Fuel|Used at the very end of]] ''[[Threads]]''. |
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[[Category:Tropes in Black]] |
[[Category:Tropes in Black]] |
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[[Category:Black Screen Of Death]] |
[[Category:Black Screen Of Death]] |
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