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Is Vertigo the best or worst movie ever?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/movies/2023/05/09/vertigo-at-65-hitchcock-weirdest-movie/

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Vertigo: An Introduction

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

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House of Flying Daggers: A Reappraisal

Film: camera shots examples

Fallen Angels - Explained

Buster Keaton - The Art of the Gag

Under the Skin - Sound

Buster Keaton - Silent Film Era

Pan's Labyrinth - The Pale Man article

Under the Skin - Film Form, Narrative and Ideology

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