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The term Pure Cinema is one that embodies many different meanings and carries many implications that help give us insight to what cinema is, as an art form. The meaning of Pure Cinema also lends itself to many other theories and attitudes towards cinema. Many people, including myself, don’t know what Pure Cinema really means in the modern age of film. Some claim that since the death of silent film, there is no Pure Cinema. This paper will examine the complex parameters of Pure Cinema in the modern age of narrative cinema, it will derive a clear definition of what Pure Cinema is based on those parameters and many examples from many movies and authors of cinema. These complex parameters of Pure Cinema will be examined through the films of the great narrative filmmaker Alfred Hitch cock, among others. We will examine how the idea of Pure Cinema has changed throughout the years, and what inclusions to cinema are embraced by the idea of Pure Cinema and those that are not. Before one can apply explore the boundaries of Pure Cinema, one must become aware of what the term is thought to mean. The term Pure Cinema is a very elusive one. It is a term that, in my opinion, lacks a certain semantic definition required to