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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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Why Are Wong Kar-Wei Films so Dreamy?

Fallen Angels - Explained

Stories We Tell - the Guardian Film Show review

Vertigo: An Introduction

The end of the auteur?

Mastering the Movie Colour Palette: del Toro

Zhang Yimou - Visionary of China's past

How Vertigo foreshadowed ‘catfishing’, AI and #MeToo

House of Flying Daggers - mise-en-scene

Film: camera shots examples

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