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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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Nick Broomfield interview

Is Vertigo the greatest film ever made?

Vertigo spirals

How to write scene transitions

Under the Skin - Explained

Buster Keaton - Silent Film Era

Buster Keaton - The Art of the Gag

Under the Skin - Sound

How Vertigo foreshadowed ‘catfishing’, AI and #MeToo

House of Flying Daggers - mise-en-scene

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Learnit Physics Unit 7: Magnets

Parents Evening :: Year 8

Teacher of Sociology

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Teacher of Health & Social Care

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Admissions and Application Forms :: Main School and Sixth Form

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