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Vertigo (1958)
an amazing ghost story
Ghosts abound in this film. Why? It's a ghost story. The only question is whether Scottie is in hell or somewhere in between hell and heaven as he hallucinates his visions. From the impossible rescue from the roof...to the Midge...the surreal creature who knows all...to Judy who is also a ghost...Ernie's Restaurant, the womblike breeding ground of ghosts...as the object of his desire glides toward the exit...Scottie never quite making eye contact...nobody does. He sees Madeline's ghostly shadow in the hotel room window but when he goes up nobody is there. Madeline wears no undergarments when she falls into SF Bay...she has no need for them. Very unlike Midge...there she is again...whose work is to design scaffolding for women's bodies...as she gazes at the Bay Bridge scaffolding. Question remains if Hitch knew it was a ghost story. That is his brilliance really. The creation surpasses its creator.
24: Day 6: 6:00 a.m.-7:00 a.m. (2007)
debate and decision
Really the best acting performances on TV in a long time. But even better is the writing! The twists and turns of plot leave the viewer dizzy and asking for more. Weaving political and historical analysis in the plots creates an entertaining mix of the real and the fictional...a so very contemporary tableaux that can only serve as a lightning rod for discussion.
Life is like this. The interaction among characters and events lead into myriad and complex directions of reality and 24 has managed to capture this temporal nuance. Interaction among the characters often leads to monumental tragedy but the lonely road of the hero who goes against the prevailing norms and bureacracy can save the day...usually...but there is no guarantee as we have seen with Jack's virtual abandonment in China at the end of the last season.