<<Vertigo is an impossible object: a gimcrack plot studded with strange gaps that nonetheless rides a pulse of peculiar necessity, a field of association that simultaneously expands and contracts like its famous trick shot, a ghost story whose spirits linger even after having been apparently explained away, and a study of obsession that becomes an obsessive object in its own right, situated likewise on the edge of unreality. This video series avoids assigning the film any determinate shape and tries instead to enter it through a number of side doors, each indicative of a way of seeing.
Part 1 (QT dl ~500mb) explored some of the ground-level weirdness of the film’s construction, offers a suggestion that the film may exist in its own unique tense, and examines two iterations of the (Chris) Marker Hypothesis*.
Part 2 (QT dl ~1.5gB) is spooky, reading the film through a phantom appendage then laying down a sort of Vertigo tarot before moving onto slightly more solid ground with a new consideration of Hitchcock’s concept of the MacGuffin.
Part 3 (QT dl ~1.9gB) takes the zoom-in-track-out as an emblem, reconsiders the issue of point of view, then throws all the pieces back up in the air. That’s a thematic rundown, from the position of the narrator. The images have their own agendas, which often coincide but sometimes don’t.
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posted by carsonb
on Dec 29, 2011 -
13 comments
Scaffoldage. If you like construction, with particular reference to terrifyingly lashed-together metal or bamboo rods reaching dizzyingly up into the sky, then you've come to the right thread.
posted by The Discredited Ape
on Apr 5, 2011 -
23 comments
Mr. Bungle Monday!!! In their 15-year career, the band only made one music video and it was banned by MTV for being ... well, generally deranged.
Quote Unquote was originally called
Travolta but Warner Bros. pressured them into changing the title.
Luckily, their 3rd and final album left enough of a lasting impression to warrant fanmade videos. Thus, we now have:
a)YT user tkan's Chris Cunningham-inspired
Retrovertigo & the Hitchcock-esque
Pink Cigarette clips;
b)YT user Illusionoel's
Goodbye Sober Day, which reworks footage from Baraka; and
c)
Vertigo, a beautiful medley of the album itself, California, performed by a highschool drumline
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posted by mannequito
on Sep 27, 2010 -
28 comments
The Losers Cover Gallery showcases the bold design sense and unique art style of UK comics artist
Jock, who also produced much of the interior art for the
VERTIGO series. Losely based on a WWII comic of the same name it became a fast paced action caper with a political edge under writer
Andy Diggle, and the covers reflect both the
themes and the
cinematic style of the comic.
posted by Artw
on Dec 17, 2007 -
17 comments
