What is a MacGuffin in film?!


Question: That Wiki answer is correct, but a little confusing if you don't know what it's talking about. Basically it's an object in a movie that moves the plot forward. WHAT the object actually isn't important, only that it serves to drive the characters in the film.

For example - the briefcase in Pulp Fiction. Other examples are the case in Ronin, the "Rabbit's Foot" in Mission Impossible 3, etc etc. All these objects are very important to the characters in the movie, but we (the audience) never learn exactly what they are.


Answers: That Wiki answer is correct, but a little confusing if you don't know what it's talking about. Basically it's an object in a movie that moves the plot forward. WHAT the object actually isn't important, only that it serves to drive the characters in the film.

For example - the briefcase in Pulp Fiction. Other examples are the case in Ronin, the "Rabbit's Foot" in Mission Impossible 3, etc etc. All these objects are very important to the characters in the movie, but we (the audience) never learn exactly what they are.

From Wikipedia:
"A MacGuffin (sometimes McGuffin) is a plot device that motivates the characters or advances the story, but the details of which are of little or no importance otherwise."

Alfred Hitchcock used this device a lot in his films.

Here's the wiki link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacGuffin



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