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How Gender is Represented in "Vertigo" and "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" Vertigo The first representation in vertigo is that Scottie, the male character loses his strength and power as he becomes more obsessed with the female. As the film goes on Scottie falls in love with the woman he is investigating, this is shown and comes to its climax when Scottie meets Judy, the actress who played Madeleine in the murder and Scottie notices she looks similar and professes his love for her very quickly and promises to look after her, he then forcefully makes her change her appearance as he's completely obsessed with Madeleine. Another representation is that the suggestion of a passive female is challenged by the secondary female character. Madeleine is very passive as she doesn't actively do anything for Scottie to fall in love with and Scottie doesn't treat her as an equal however Midge is very active as she's part of the reason Scottie find...

Vertigo Opening Sequence Analysis In the opening sequence a number of enigmas are put in place for the audience to question. One of these is who is the person Scottie is chasing and what significance does he have to the rest of the film. It also makes the audience question what Scottie does or what he is as he isn't dressed in a police uniform like the other man he's with but he's shooting a gun and chasing after what seems to be a culprit. Another enigma in the opening sequence is what is happening to Scottie whilst hanging from the roof, the audience question why he's reacting the way he is, this is later cleared up as acrophobia (hence the title of the film, Vertigo). The purpose of the opening sequence is to get the audience questioning Scottie and who he is straight away. It's meant to tantalise the audience and give the enough enigmas to want to carry on watching the film. The opening sequence is also important as ...

Vertigo (Summary) In the film, Scottie, the main character has an unfortunate accident where he's stuck hanging off of a roof and he realises he has acrophobia. After this he feels he can't do his job and retires from the police force However his friend, Gavin, calls upon him to become his private investigator as he believes his wife is possessed. Scottie goes through with Gavin's plan, in a twist of fate this was all a plan for Gavin to murder his wife, the plan was set up to perfection. Unfortunately Scottie becomes obsessed with "Madeleine" and finds the actress who he fell in love with and only realises who she is once she wears the necklace once worn by Madeleine. In my opinion Vertigo, for its time (1958), is a very artistic film regardless of the fact it's meant to be a mystery, thriller. Hitchcock implants many different camera angles and the editing is far past its time. Although by todays standards Vertigo isn't the most action packed film...