Articles about Vertigo

Dizzying Details
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Category: Production
Tagged: Alfred Hitchcock, Vertigo, Kim Novak, Cary Grant
An @Indiewire list of five little-known facts about Hitchcock's "Vertigo," such as who was nearly cast over Kim Novak
Added by on 5/10/12
Starting off on a High Note
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The @Guardian picks it top 10 movie credit sequences in history
Added by on 5/6/12
Rogert Ebert picks the greatest films of all time
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Famed film critic @ebertchicago lists classics like "Vertigo" and surprises like "The Tree of Life" in his list of the top 10 movies of all time.
Added by on 5/2/12
10 Of Saul Bass' Greatest Title Sequences
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The art of movie titles is becoming an increasingly lost one. Saul Bass has designed some of cinema's most iconic title sequences and posters for world-class filmmakers like Stanley Kubrick, Alfred Hitchcock and Martin Scorsese. Here are his 10 best.
Added by on 4/25/12
Hitchcock Stills
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A whole bunch of stills from Alfred Hitchcock's work over the years, in honor something going on in Britain
Added by on 4/18/12
Costume & Identity in Hitchcock's Vertigo
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Category: Production
Tagged: Vertigo
In 1958, Vertigo received only average reviews on its release, but the film is now hailed as a cinematic masterpiece. One underrated piece, as argued here, is Edith Head's costume design in the film. Here's a look at Head's work, particularly in dressing Kim Novak, and how it helped ground characters and signpost the narrative in a complex and convoluted plot.
Added by on 4/10/12
Ebert's best damned film list of them all
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Roger Ebert (@ebertchicago) hates lists. But he does love that "Sight and Sound" magazine asks every 10 years each critic and director what their top 10 favorite films of all time are. He gets nostalgic looking back at old pics and makes 10 new ones here.
Added by on 4/6/12
Oldies But Goodies
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A @rejectnation collection of five classic movie posters that modern studios should take some lessons from
Added by on 3/12/12
Talking Vertigo with Author Patrick McGilligan
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Category: Analysis
Tagged: Vertigo
Hitchcock Biographer Patrick McGilligan, author of "Alfred-Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light" agreed to answer some questions about Vertigo.
Added by on 2/3/12
10 Great Silent Sequences in Un-Silent Movies
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A look at a few films, new and old, that remembered the value of perfect silence
Added by on 1/13/12
Dizzying Details
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Category: Production
Tagged: Alfred Hitchcock, Vertigo, Kim Novak, Cary Grant
An @Indiewire list of five little-known facts about Hitchcock's "Vertigo," such as who was nearly cast over Kim Novak
Added by on 5/10/12
10 Of Saul Bass' Greatest Title Sequences
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The art of movie titles is becoming an increasingly lost one. Saul Bass has designed some of cinema's most iconic title sequences and posters for world-class filmmakers like Stanley Kubrick, Alfred Hitchcock and Martin Scorsese. Here are his 10 best.
Added by on 4/25/12
Hitchcock Stills
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A whole bunch of stills from Alfred Hitchcock's work over the years, in honor something going on in Britain
Added by on 4/18/12
Costume & Identity in Hitchcock's Vertigo
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Category: Production
Tagged: Vertigo
In 1958, Vertigo received only average reviews on its release, but the film is now hailed as a cinematic masterpiece. One underrated piece, as argued here, is Edith Head's costume design in the film. Here's a look at Head's work, particularly in dressing Kim Novak, and how it helped ground characters and signpost the narrative in a complex and convoluted plot.
Added by on 4/10/12
Starting off on a High Note
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The @Guardian picks it top 10 movie credit sequences in history
Added by on 5/6/12
Rogert Ebert picks the greatest films of all time
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Famed film critic @ebertchicago lists classics like "Vertigo" and surprises like "The Tree of Life" in his list of the top 10 movies of all time.
Added by on 5/2/12
Ebert's best damned film list of them all
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Roger Ebert (@ebertchicago) hates lists. But he does love that "Sight and Sound" magazine asks every 10 years each critic and director what their top 10 favorite films of all time are. He gets nostalgic looking back at old pics and makes 10 new ones here.
Added by on 4/6/12
Oldies But Goodies
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A @rejectnation collection of five classic movie posters that modern studios should take some lessons from
Added by on 3/12/12
Talking Vertigo with Author Patrick McGilligan
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Category: Analysis
Tagged: Vertigo
Hitchcock Biographer Patrick McGilligan, author of "Alfred-Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light" agreed to answer some questions about Vertigo.
Added by on 2/3/12
10 Great Silent Sequences in Un-Silent Movies
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A look at a few films, new and old, that remembered the value of perfect silence
Added by on 1/13/12
Hotel Vertigo
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Featured in: Vertigo
The hotel room where Jimmy Stewart refashions lookalike actress Judy Barton into Madeleine's dead image.
940 Sutter Street, San Francisco, CA
Added by on 7/10/11
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Featured in: Vertigo
When Madeleine finally succumbs to her suicidal impulse, Scottie suffers a nervous breakdown, recuperating in a sanatorium, in San Francisco.
351 Buena Vista Avenue East, San Francisco, CA
Added by on 7/10/11
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Featured in: Vertigo
Falling for the possessed woman act, Scottie (Jimmy Stewart) rescues Madeleine and takes her back to his apartment. Here it is
900 Lombard Street, San Francisco, CA
Added by on 7/10/11
Fort Point
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Featured in: Vertigo
The spot where Madeleine takes a reckless plunge into the notoriously treacherous waters of the Bay.
Marine Dr., San Francisco, CA
Added by on 7/10/11
Mission Dolores
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Featured in: Vertigo
Madeleine continues to signpost her obsession by visiting the grave of Valdes.
320 Dolores Street, San Francisco, CA
Added by on 7/10/11
The Palace of the Legion of Honor
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Featured in: Vertigo
The gleaming white-pillared palace in which Madeleine sits spellbound by Carlotta's portrait. Situated between China and Ocean Beaches on San Francisco's northwesterly tip, it's the Palace of the Legion of Honor, Legion of Honor Drive in Lincoln Park
100 34th Avenue, San Francisco, CA
Added by on 7/10/11
Essex Supper Club
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Featured in: Vertigo
The opening scene, in a restaurant, where Stewart meets the guy who hires him.
847 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, CA
Added by on 7/10/11