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	Bright Lights Film Journal \| Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo
		The 1958 film, currently in re-release, possesses a strange symmetry that raises the question of whether Hitchcock had ulterior, perhaps mischievous, motives to his direction.
		The remainder of the first half of the film is sustained by the mystery of Madeleine Elster's (Kim Novak) relationship to the long-departed Carlotta Valdez, and Scottie's falling in love with the seemingly haunted Madeleine.
		But the film disavows such forces by resolving the mystery with a rational explanation, grounding the story in the worldly realm where suspense more naturally results from the indeterminism of free will, as dramatized by Scottie's uncertain choices, rather than the possibility of some karmic comeuppance, irrelevant in its random nature.
	www.brightlightsfilm.com /18/18_vertigo.html (1434 words)

	Vertigo (film) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The film is usually taken as a classic of the genre and is considered by some critics to be Hitchcock's masterpiece.
		Vertigo was one of several 1950s Paramount films shot in the VistaVision widescreen format, a horizontal 35mm process developed to compete with several similar processes from other studios (such as 20th Century Fox's CinemaScope).
		Vertigo is notable for its extensive location footage of the San Francisco Bay Area, leading some to claim the city itself as an important character in the script; San Francisco is famous for its steep hills, expansive views, and tall, arching bridges.
	www.alloffinance.com /Vertigo_%28film%29.html (3902 words)

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		Vertigo is described as either an “illusion” or an “hallucination” of movement.6,10 Both vertigo and dysequilibrium imply a loss of balance, but vertigo...
		Vertigo is a range of sensations centered around a visceral awareness of change in one’s relationship to gravity and the earth.
		In the 1958 film, Vertigo, Alfred Hitchcock examines the vast intricacies of the dizzyinging effects of vertigo.
	www.lycos.com /info/vertigo.html (593 words)

	Filmtracks: Vertigo (Bernard Herrmann)
		Vertigo is a highly structured score in a modern sense, utilizing its thematic and rhythmic ideas in ways that were largely beyond their time.
		The "Prelude" is thus a battle between the nightmares and dreams of Stewart's character in the film, alternating between horrific single brass notes and tumultuously romantic string interludes.
		A pivotal scene in the film involves Stewart's discovery of the truth in "The Necklace," for which Herrmann uses the rhythms for a final time in the form of sudden muted trumpets with striking force.
	www.filmtracks.com /titles/vertigo.html (1584 words)

	'Vertigo' Still Gives Rise to Powerful Emotions
		One of the peculiarities of "Vertigo" is the relative primitivism that, from the pre-computer graphic whorls of the titles, to the awkward dream sequence, to the uneasy, faintly Joan Fontaine-ish quality of Miss Novak's performance in her early scenes, keeps the film from coming fully to life.
		The film's morbidity, its obsession with the past, its parallelisms and its visual style are all explored at great length, although Wood readily overlooks Miss Novak's performance and other mundane shortcomings.
		Even for a Hitchcock film, "Vertigo" is unusually meticulous; today's audiences can watch it as closely for the intricate color scheme (Madeleine, for instance, wears fls and grays but has an essentially green aura) as for its deeper themes.
	partners.nytimes.com /library/film/011584hitch-vertigo-reflect.html (1196 words)

	Typotheque: Taking Credit: Film title sequences, 1955-1965 / 5 Spiralling Aspirations: Vertigo, 1958 by Emily King
		Andrew Sarris, the American film critic who was the first to formally express the theory in the early 1960s, argued that the value of a film lay in the qualities that could be attributed to its auteur, who he assumed to be its director.
		Though the film’s title was written on this poster in a slashed typeface derived from a Bass design, its style was one that most movie-goers of the early 1960s would have associated with pornographic films.
		Vertigo was a major release by a large studio and would have been produced on a budget commensurate with that status.
	www.typotheque.com /site/article.php?id=93 (4007 words)

	Vertigo, Alfred Hitchcock
		On a literal level it is a mystery-suspense story of a man hoodwinked into acting as an accomplice in a murder, his discovery of the hoax, and the unraveling of the threads of the murder plot.
		The second half of the film traces Scottie's nervous breakdown and his feeble attempts at recovery, which are halted abruptly with the discovery of a woman named Judy who resembles the lost Madeleine.
		VERTIGO is probably one of the most potent influences on a whole generation of filmmakers, particularly the French New Wave, which paid homage to the film again and again.
	hitchcock.tv /essays/vertigoessay.html (1378 words)

	Vertigo (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The film is usually regarded as a classic of the genre and is considered by some critics to be Hitchcock's masterpiece.
		In 1989 Vertigo was recognized as a culturally, historically and aesthetically significant film by the National Film Registry and subsequently restored in 1996.
		Vertigo is notable for the "Hitchcock zoom," an in-camera perspective distortion special effect created by Hitchcock that suggests the dizzying effect that gives the film its title.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Vertigo_(film) (3584 words)

	Horrordvds.com - Vertigo: Collector's Ed. DVD Review (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The film, which underwent a major two year restoration prior to its DVD release, looks sensational and truly restores the film to its former glory for a whole new audience to view and appreciate.
		Vertigo is made complete by a sweeping score composed by Bernard Herrmann who scored many of Hitchcock's films such as Psycho and Rear Window to name but a few.
		Vertigo is a mesmerizing film fueled by powerful performances and a fantastic musical score.
	www.horrordvds.com /reviews/n-z/vertigo (1869 words)

	Camera movement in Vertigo
		As many critics have pointed out, much of the film is structured as an alternation between a forward-tracking shot and a backward-tracking reaction-shot, employed both when Scottie follows Madeleine on foot and when his car follows hers through the streets of San Francisco.
		Equally, in the vertigo shot, the beautiful illusion of the film itself is destroyed, the contemplative experience of beauty ravishingly created in Ernie’s restaurant is transformed into the sensation of shock and overt manipulation.
		The forward-tracking point-of-view shot, backward-tracking reaction-shot structure of the film creates a movement in which the object of sight and desire, the lure for the gaze, keeps, as it were, receding from view.
	labyrinth.net.au /~muffin/camera_movement.html (1918 words)

	The DVD Journal: Vertigo: Collector's Edition (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Vertigo may or may not be Alfred Hitchcock's best film (depending on who you're talking to), but it's probably his richest — the one that keeps calling us back for further analysis, the one hardest to release from our minds after the end credits roll.
		Vertigo is much more than a tale of the supernatural: it's a story of passion and intrigue, obsession and objectification.
		The pace of Vertigo is deliberate and methodical; indeed, the second-billed Kim Novak doesn't speak her first line of dialogue until 46 minutes into the story.
	www.dvdjournal.com /reviews/vertigo.html (1236 words)

	eBay: Vertigo (1998, DVD) (item 140040199922 end time Oct-15-06 11:54:19 PDT) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		VERTIGO is Alfred Hitchcock's haunting tale of deception, madness, and death--a masterful exploration of fantasy and anxiety.
		The film ranks with REAR WINDOW as one of the director's most closely studied films for its psychological complexity, while the obsession of its protagonist--John "Scottie" Ferguson (James Stewart)--can also be seen to parallel that of Hitchcock's own fascination with the icy-blonde leading lady he re-created at the center of so many of his films.
		VERTIGO was an original selection to the Library of Congress National Film Registry in 1989.
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	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Vertigo at Epinions.com
		Vertigo (1958) is one of the so-called “lost Hitchcocks” – movies for which director Alfred Hitchcock purchased the rights and assigned them to his daughter.
		These five films, of which the most highly acclaimed are Rear Window and Vertigo, never were available to the public after their theatrical run until they were re-released in 1984, with great fanfare and acclaim.
		Since films are normally made by a studio, which expects a return on their investment, any pretensions toward artistry must necessarily be subordinated to a desire to do well at the box office.
	www.epinions.com /content_140881202820 (1096 words)

	vertigo
		Vertigo’s suspense structure is not unrelated to the theme of vertigo.
		In turn, the phenomenon of vertigo and the horizon’s double structure is explicated by the theme and structure of Vertigo, the film.
		Vertigo, the fear of falling, is not dissipated but rather intensified as the levels or stages, which initially appear “horizontal” in their venatic (goal-directed) logic, turn out to be downward after all.
	art3idea.psu.edu:16080 /work/topics/vertigo.html (893 words)

	HERMENAUT: A Swimming in the Head
		Yet, clearly, the people who worked on the film thought about it, someone put it there with Hitchcock's approval (maybe even at his instigation), and, minor though it doubtless is, it was no accident that after the word "two" is heard in the dialogue, two beeps are heard on the soundtrack.
		The film is there, it's almost the same film, you can watch it as if it were the real film and have (almost) the same relationship to it.
		This doubling of the film creates a perverse echo of the story of Vertigo, which is all about originals and copies, about trying to love the original through the copy and the copy through the original's shadow, trying to stimulate through the copy all your feelings toward the original.
	www.hermenaut.com /a36.shtml (2168 words)

	Vertigo (1958)
		One of the many things that made Hitchcock such a great director is that he did not just stick to the same formula time after time; all of his best movies have their own unique feel and characteristics.
		"Vertigo" is particularly distinctive, both as a complex story filled with suspense, and as a fascinating study in psychological tension.
		It's the kind of film that repays careful attention, as almost every moment is filled with significant detail.
	imdb.com /title/tt0052357 (578 words)

	BFI \| Sight & Sound \| Top Ten Poll 2002 - Critics Top Ten 2002
		The shooting style is elegantly minimal and formally reticent, and the film's devastating emotional impact is drawn as much from what is unsaid and unshown as from what is revealed.
		What he produced was a visually stunning film romance that ranks as one of the last hurrahs of the silent period.
		The definitive film about film-making - as much about the agonies of the creative process as the ecstasies - it's no wonder the movie is so popular with directors.
	www.bfi.org.uk /sightandsound/topten/poll/critics.html (549 words)

	Vertigo
		The film's plotline is the hokiest of ghost stories ("Do you believe that someone out of the past, someone dead, can take possession of a living being?"), but it soon moves into tragedy through flaws wrought by sexual obsession.
		In Vertigo, Hitchcock does manage to be pointed about the ironies of this quest: Scotty looks longingly at other blondes in harsh grey suits even while dining with a vibrant incarnation of the woman he "loves." In a sense, he gets just what he deserves.
		Once the secret's out, it's a completely different film, and a better one; no longer a harrowing ghost story, it is a profound study of sexual obsession, tied together by the city that best displays the essential acrophobic metaphor.
	www.filmreference.com /Films-Tw-Vi/Vertigo.html (1994 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: "Vertigo": The Making of a Hitchcock Classic: Books: Dan Auiler (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Alfred Hitchcock's 1958 film "Vertigo" - in which obsessive ex-cop James Stewart pursues troubled loner Kim Novak throughout San Francisco - is one of the most dissected, discussed and revered movies of all time.
		The result is one of the most through and illuminating studies of a single film ever published, and a testament to the enduring power of Hitchcock's masterwork of suspense.
		But the film expresses a truth that may be dark but is unavoidable...
	www.amazon.co.uk /Vertigo-Making-Hitchcock-Classic/dp/0312264097 (521 words)

	Vertigo
		The film is not really a great suspense film, but really a fantastic introspective drama into the mind of a person much like the master of suspense himself.
		Vertigo stands as one of the thrill master's most psychologically dense and twisted works in which obsession, commitment, and dual identities all merge to create a voluptuous tale of thwarted love.
		There is a glumness to the film that is notably missing from the director's other films of the period.
	www.rottentomatoes.com /m/vertigo (835 words)

	Vertigo: Detective Story with a Twist Essay \| Student Essays
		The classic detective format is told with many new twists and complications by Alfred Hitchcock in his film Vertigo.
		Throughout this film Hitchcock used all of his own style and techniques in the film Vertigo.
		This film is a great example of how Hitchcock wants to keep you guessing until the very end.
	www.bookrags.com /essay-2003/5/20/23950/9906 (275 words)

	The Impact
		Ferguson has a mental breakdown during the film after assuming that his fear of heights prevented him from stopping the suicidal leap of Madeline, a woman whom he had been hired to protect and with whom he had fallen in love.
		With a multitude of shocking plot twists, Vertigo is a film about surprise, impersonation, and intrigue that keeps the audience in suspense until the sensational ending.
		The film score by Bernard Hermann brilliantly complements the haunting tone of the film (RealAudio 4:37).
	americanart.si.edu /posters/vertigo.html (195 words)

	Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo - Classic Film
		Vertigo is the 1958 classic suspense film directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
		This would be the last film they would make together because Hitchcock blamed the 50 year old Stewart's age for the failure of Vertigo in theaters.
		Vertigo, however, has turned out to be a huge favorite for classic film fans.
	www.bellaonline.com /articles/art42386.asp (335 words)

	MDVertigo
		Vertigo’s inherent creepiness deepens with each successive viewing, and in fact, knowing the outcome allows the viewer to look at the film in different ways.
		A major reason for locating the film in that city was that the village church which was the murder site in the original could be transposed to a California mission church.
		The eroticism of the film, certainly a more demanding aspect of the plot than its logical progression, hinges on Detective Scottie Ferguson’s efforts to dress the object of his desire, rather than undress her.
	www.moviediva.com /MD_root/reviewpages/MDVertigo.htm (1218 words)

	Saul Bass' Vertigo Poster
		The film Vertigo was about two people behaving in two different ways in the two halves of the movie.
		The stars of the film are James Stewart and Kim Novak.
		Vertigo itself was a disappointment at the box office, but I do not blame the poster.
	www.unc.edu /~huiliu55/222vertigo.html (620 words)

	The Brattle Theatre - Harvard Square
		We wish to congratulate Mark Feeney of the Boston Globe on winning the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Criticism.
		We are looking for a few good candidates to fill internship positions in the near future.
		This is a partial listing - see the Calendar for details on other upcoming films and events.
	www.brattlefilm.org /brattlefilm (249 words)

	FEATURE FILM Douglas Gordon's vision of Bernard HERRMANN's Vertigo : Film Music on the Web CD Reviews Sept1999 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		This is an extraordinary visual and audio homage to Hitchcock's Vertigo and, in particular, to Bernard Herrmann's celebrated score.
		Taking the psychology of the film to another level, there is a sense of both the 'Lieberstot', the love death of Wagner's Tristan and Isolde and, as Royal S Brown adroitly observes, the other side of the coin, 'Toten lieb', Death love, for Madeleine's obsession with Carlotta Valdes.
		Certainly, such sequences from the Hitchcock film, as the opening scene where Scotty looses his grip on the hand of the detective who falls to his death is powerfully conveyed.
	www.musicweb.uk.net /film/sept99/vertigo.htm (1224 words)

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