Haunted by Vertigo: Hitchcock's Masterpiece Then and Now
Document Type
Book
Publication Date
2021
Abstract
When Richard Schickel stated unequivocally in 1972 that "We're living in a Hitchcock world, all right", he did so without even mentioning the film that now stands at the top of the Sight & Sound Greatest Films of All Time poll: Vertigo. That omission needs to be redressed when we think about the Hitchcock world we live in now. Haunted by Vertigo: Hitchcock's Masterpiece Then and Now gathers essays that offer a variety of approaches to what many consider to be Hitchcock's signature film, one that shows him operating at full strength as a cinematic artist portraying some of the defining elements of modern life: romantic exhilaration and anxiety, the attractiveness and elusiveness of love, and the interpenetration of pain, pleasure, life, and death in our psyche and our culture. The pieces in this volume explore numerous aspects of how, broadly speaking, Vertigo is about characters haunted by memories and desires; how the film itself is haunted by numerous literary and cinematic fore- bearers; and how it continues to haunt not only filmmakers but artists working in other media as well.
DOI
10.2307/j.ctv23wf3hv
Recommended Citation
Gottlieb, S., & Martin, D. (Eds.). (2021). Haunted by Vertigo: Hitchcock’s masterpiece then and now. Indiana University Press, John Libbey Publishing. Doi: 10.2307/j.ctv23wf3hv
Comments
ISBN: 9780861969883