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Vertigo
Contributor(s): Makkai, Katalin (Editor)
ISBN: 041549446X     ISBN-13: 9780415494465
Publisher: Routledge
OUR PRICE:   $171.00  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: December 2012
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BISAC Categories:
- Art | Popular Culture
- Philosophy | Aesthetics
- Performing Arts | Film - General
Dewey: 791.437
LCCN: 2012021669
Series: Philosophers on Film
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.6" W x 8.5" (1.00 lbs) 254 pages
 
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Released in 1958, Vertigo is widely regarded as Alfred Hitchcock's masterpiece and one of the greatest films of all time. This is the first book devoted to exploring the philosophical aspects of Vertigo. Following an introduction by the editor that places the film in context, each chapter reflects upon Hitchcock's film from a philosophical perspective. Topics discussed include:

  • memory, loss, memorialisation, and creativity
  • mimetic or representational art and art as magic
  • the nature of romantic love
  • gender, sexual objectification, and identity
  • looking, the gaze, and voyeurism
  • film and psychoanalysis
  • fantasy, illusion, and reality
  • the phenomenology of colour.

Including annotated further reading at the end of each chapter, this collection is essential reading for anyone interested in Vertigo, and an ideal resource for students of film and philosophy.