Vertigo (BFI Film Classics)
by Charles Barr
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Author: Charles BarrEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2002-04-26
ISBN: 0851709184
Number of pages: 88
Publisher: British Film Institute
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Book Review: Vertigo
Summary: 5 Stars
This is one of a series on classic movies put out by the British Film Institute, and I guess Alfred Hitchcock qualifies because he began as an English director, even though Vertigo was made in Hollywood...Anyway, like all of the BFI series I have read, this one is a little gem (almost as good as Camille Paglia's essay on The Birds). If you are a Hitchcock fan -- if you love movies, especially suspense thrillers -- if you think Vertigo is one of the best movies ever made (like me), you will devour this little book the way a chocolate lover gobbles up a box of Godiva truffles. Everything you ever wanted to know and more about Vertigo. Well, almost. My only complaint is that it isn't long enough.
Summary of Vertigo (BFI Film Classics)
The author documents the crucial role of screenwriters Alec Coppell and Samuel Taylor and, by a combination of textual and contextual analysis, explores the reasons why Vertigo has come to exert such a continuing fascination both on audiences and on a wide range of critics and theorists.
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