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Vertigo is not the last word in misogyny, but a feminist deconstruction of it


While some critics see the film, released 60 years ago, as proof of Hitchcock’s sexist creepiness, a closer look reveals strong women and weak men were often at the heart of his work

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5 Frames from Vertigo (Hitchcock 1958)

The importance of scene transitions

Realism

Vertigo spirals

Buster Keaton - The Art of the Gag

Shaun of the Dead - 'The Plan' montage

Vertigo: An Introduction

DP/30 @ Sundance '13: Stories We Tell, storyteller Sarah Polley

House of Flying Daggers - mise-en-scene

Dracula, 1931 - Don't look in the mirror

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Teacher of Health & Social Care

Learnit Physics Unit 7: Magnets

Useful Careers Websites

Teacher of Sociology

Admissions and Application Forms :: Main School and Sixth Form

Parents Evening :: Year 8

Subject Lead - Health & Social Care

School Policies

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