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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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Understanding Fallen Angels - To be a Lost Soul

Under the Skin - The Alien Gaze

David Lynch’s Vertigo

House of Flying Daggers - the value of women

Fallen Angels - Explained

Realism

From Vertigo to Psycho, how Hitchcock changed the role of architecture in film

HITCHCOCK ON VERTIGO

Film Education resource: House of Flying Daggers

House of Flying Daggers - Wuxia Romance

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