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David Lynch’s Vertigo


Ten ways Hitchcock’s 60-year-old masterpiece Vertigo shaped Lynch’s universe.

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Quiz: How well do you remember Vertigo?

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Zhang Yimou - Visionary of China's past

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Under the Skin - The Alien Gaze

How Vertigo foreshadowed ‘catfishing’, AI and #MeToo

Nick Broomfield interview

House of Flying Daggers - sound

Under the Skin - BFI review

How to write scene transitions

House of Flying Daggers – Ending Notes

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Hartismere Staff Sketchbook Club Exhibition

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