James comes down with a sudden case of Vertigo.
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Bombast #52
The difference between Citizen Kane and Vertigo is as stark as the difference between 1941, with its captive audience and its robust box-office, and 1958, when the studios were overhauling their business model in a panic. It’s the triumph of sunset over sunrise, decadence over youthful exuberance.
[NEW COLUMN] Here & Now & Then: 1979
One of cinema’s uncanniest properties is the false sense of déjà vu it imparts in the viewer, making us feel like we’ve seen and experienced places and times in which we never existed. In his new weekly column, Here & Now & Then, Michael Koresky chooses a year from throughout film history, and examines three titles from that year, made as contemporary works, revealing that all films—even horror, fantasy, comedies, and melodramas—are in one way or another documentaries of their … Read More
