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Vertigo
Charles Barr
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Paperback. In the 1992 Sight and Sound poll, critics and film-makers voted Vertigo the fourth greatest film of all time. This new edition of Barr's study of Vertigo is published in the Film Classics 20th anniversary series of special editions, with a new foreword by the author, and a stunning new jacket design by Nick Morley. Series: BFI Film Classics. Num Pages: 104 pages, 24 colour illustrations, 41 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: APFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 189 x 137 x 8. Weight in Grams: 202. Series: BFI Film Classics. 104 pages, 24 colour illustrations, 41 black & white halftones. In the 1992 Sight and Sound poll, critics and film-makers voted Vertigo the fourth greatest film of all time. This new edition of Barr's study of Vertigo is published in the Film Classics 20th anniversary series of special editions, with a new foreword by the author, and a stunning new jacket design by Nick Morley. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: APFG. Dimension: 189 x 137 x 8. Weight: 202.
Vertigo (1958) is widely regarded as not only one of Hitchcock's best films, but one of the greatest films of world cinema. Made at the time when the old studio system was breaking up, it functions both as an embodiment of the supremely seductive visual pleasures that 'classical Hollywood' could offer and – with the help of an elaborate plot twist – as a laying bare of their dangerous dark side. The film's core is a study in romantic obsession, as James Stewart's Scottie pursues Madeleine/Judy (Kim Novak) to her death in a remote Californian mission. Novak is ice cool ... Read more
Vertigo (1958) is widely regarded as not only one of Hitchcock's best films, but one of the greatest films of world cinema. Made at the time when the old studio system was breaking up, it functions both as an embodiment of the supremely seductive visual pleasures that 'classical Hollywood' could offer and – with the help of an elaborate plot twist – as a laying bare of their dangerous dark side. The film's core is a study in romantic obsession, as James Stewart's Scottie pursues Madeleine/Judy (Kim Novak) to her death in a remote Californian mission. Novak is ice cool ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
104
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Series
BFI Film Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
112
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781844574988
SKU
V9781844574988
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About Charles Barr
CHARLES BARR was formerly Professor of Film Studies at the University of East Anglia. He is Adjunct Professor at the John Huston Centre for Film and Digital Media, part of the National University of Ireland in Galway, and is active on the editorial boards of the online Movie: a Journal of Film Criticism and the US-based scholarly journal The Hitchcock ... Read more
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