Category: Hitchcock’s Women
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HITCHCOCK’S WOMEN: A Woman with Broken Wings – Melanie Daniels in THE BIRDS (1963) – PART I
Whilst The Birds is often lauded for its technical feats and set pieces involving flocks of winged assailants, underneath all this Hitchcock offers another complex character study, this time of Melanie Daniels (Tippi Hedren), a San Francisco socialite who undergoes a monumental journey over the course of the film. We see her begin as a…
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HITCHCOCK’S WOMEN: Constructing and Resurrecting the Ideal Woman – A Portrait of Judy Barton in VERTIGO (1958) – PART II
Concluding her two-part analysis, Rebecca McCallum continues her investigation into the representation of gender in Hitchcock’s Vertigo. Power and Possession Scottie believes he is following Madeline without her knowledge, but in actual fact she is leading him, albeit under the direction of Elster. On one occasion he follows her to a graveyard, linking Judy to…
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HITCHCOCK’S WOMEN: Constructing and Resurrecting the Ideal Woman – A Portrait of Judy Barton in VERTIGO (1958) – PART I
In the first of a new regular series Rebecca McCallum investigates gender in the films of Alfred Hitchcock, beginning with a two-part analysis of the incomparable Vertigo. A psychological vortex with no resolution, Vertigo is an intoxicating exploration of love, obsession and the unobtainable. Set amongst the cultural landmarks of San Francisco, retired detective Scottie…