A few weeks ago I watched Vertigo for the first time since I was a kid. When I’d first seen it I had no way of critiquing it, it seemed like a surprisingly good Hardy Boys for grown ups. This time I was astonished by the sophisticated mess of gender, identity, and class politics. The specific crime in the movie seemed incidental when weighed against the symbolic abuses perpetrated in society. I began to wonder if you could make a short ten minute film out of Hitchcock’s masterpiece that eliminated the sensational details of murder and brought what I consider to be a more interesting subject to the front.
Someone else had a similar idea, editing Vertigo into a new “trailer”. The clip is compelling and haunting, but isn’t specifically addressing the themes I’m interested in for my version, instead creating a version more like a fever dream. Enjoy!
As a final note, I can’t find info about the author of this video anywhere. If you have contact information or a source of more work, please let me know!
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