Video of the day. Essential Video Essay on Alfred Hitchcock's "Vertigo"

A new and remarkable piece of criticism on Alfred Hitchcock's 1958 masterpiece.
Daniel Kasman

"Vertigo Variations, Pt 1" by B. Kite and Alexander Points-Zollo, Moving Image Source.

A tremendous inspiration for the nascent format of video essays and video criticism, but more importantly brings to what, historically, seems an over-analyzed film fresh expression, poetry and insight.

Update from MIS:

Technical note: Although heavy compression of large files is necessary for speedy Internet streaming, it sometimes does unpredictable things with random and rapidly changing elements, e.g. the static in this video. The makers heartily recommend that interested viewers download a slightly less compressed QuickTime version . The file is about 500 MB.

"Vertigo Variations, Pt 2":

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