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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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Is Vertigo the greatest film ever made?

Jonathan Glazer on Under the Skin

Why Are Wong Kar-Wei Films so Dreamy?

House of Flying Daggers - mise-en-scene

Under the Skin - The Alien Gaze

HITCHCOCK ON VERTIGO

Vertigo spirals

Under the Skin - Sound

How to write scene transitions

3 Hitchcock Techniques Magnified

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