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Vertigo: An Introduction


I've just published a guide to Hitchcock's Vertigo; one of his best films. Here's the Introduction: Vertigo (1958), directed by Alfred Hitchcock, has made a long critical journey in the sixty years since it was first released. At the time critical reaction was cool and the box office for a Hitchcock movie was weak. However by…

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