Episode 286 · Film year 1958
Vertigo (1958)
- Special Guests
- Patrick McGilligan, Dan Auiler
- Guest Co-Hosts
- Tania Modleski, Susan White
Show notes
Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo is a tale of obsession which has sparked an obsession in many of its viewers. Jimmy Stewart stars as John "Scottie" Ferguson, a disgraced detective who's hired by an old friend to follow his wife, Madeline (Kim Novak), who seems to have become possessed by a spirit from San Francisco's past.
Professors Tania Modleski and Susan White (no relation) join Mike to discuss the film which was ranked as the best film in the world in a 2012 Sight & Sound poll. Authors Patrick McGilligan (Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light) and Dan Auiler (Vertigo: The Making of a Hitchcock Classic)
Professors Tania Modleski and Susan White (no relation) join Mike to discuss the film which was ranked as the best film in the world in a 2012 Sight & Sound poll. Authors Patrick McGilligan (Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light) and Dan Auiler (Vertigo: The Making of a Hitchcock Classic)
Labels: Alfred Hitchcock Dan Auiler Jimmy Stewart Kim Novak Laura Mulvey Patrick McGilligan Susan White Tania Modleski
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Music credits
- "The Forest" - Bernard Herrmann
- "Carlotta Valdes" - Ghost Rhythms
- "Vertigo" - Billy Eckstine
- "Carlotta Valdez" - Harvey Danger
Links & resources
- Buy Vertigo on Blu-ray (opens in a new tab)
- Buy Vertigo: The Making of a Hitchcock Classic by Dan Auiler (opens in a new tab)
- Buy Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light by Patrick McGilligan (opens in a new tab)
- Buy The Women Who Knew Too Much by Tania Modleski (opens in a new tab)
- Buy Hitchcock's Films Revisited by Robin Wood (opens in a new tab)
- Buy The Cinema of Max Ophuls by Susan M. White (opens in a new tab)
- Visit the The Bernard Herrmann Society website (opens in a new tab)
- Read more about the film at The Hitchcock Zone (opens in a new tab)
- Read Alfred Hitchcock brought out the glorious weaknesses in Jimmy Stewart by Jesse Hassenger (opens in a new tab)
- Read the Vertigo script (opens in a new tab)
- Read The Midge Portrait in "Vertigo:" The Parody of Carlotta by The Art of Film (opens in a new tab)
- Read The Scandal of Vertigo: It’s Not What You Think by Peter Hayes (opens in a new tab)
- Listen to other Projection Booth episodes on the films of Alfred Hitchcock (opens in a new tab)
- Hear more from Patrick McGilligan on other Projection Booth episodes (opens in a new tab)
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Comments (3)
Anonymous Have you guys changed your web host recently? Downloading the podcast seems to work much better now. In previous weeks it kept cutting off my download after the first couple of dozen MB.Raxivace Wonderful episode. Professors Modleski and White in particular were fantastic guests.Anonymous Hot show. Great to hear the female guests.