BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:adamgibbons/ics METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VEVENT UID:29856@offbeat.amsterdam SUMMARY:Cinema Mythologica: Vertigo (1958) DTSTAMP:20261031T212334Z DTSTART:20261118T193000Z DESCRIPTION:Love robots\, doppelgängers and tragic heroes: behind these ico nic film\ncharacters lies a mythical past. Although most films are set in the present or\nthe future\, classical myths play a significant role throu ghout Hollywood.\nCountless films are inspired by archetypal narrative pat terns and mythical\ncharacters\, particularly when they deal with contempo rary themes such as AI\,\ngender and psychology. In the Cinema Mythologica series\, a collaboration between\nDe Uitkijk and classicist Koen Vacano\, we uncover the hidden mythical layers of\nfilm history\, from Oedipus com plexes to narcissistic algorithms. Each film\nfeatures a short introductio n in English\, inviting you to view the film through\na mythological lens. \n\nDetective ‘Scotty’ Ferguson finds himself with nothing to do after bei ng\nsuspended by the San Francisco Police Department due to an extreme fea r of\nheights. With time on his hands\, he comes to the aid of an old frie nd. His\nfriend’s wife\, Madeleine\, is behaving strangely\, so Scotty is assigned to shadow\nher. It soon becomes clear that the suspended detectiv e has fallen obsessively\nin love with the blonde woman he is shadowing.\n \nIn Vertigo\, Hitchcock plays an ingenious game with illusion and reality \; is what\nthe viewer sees a reflection of Scotty’s perceptions\, or are they mere figments\nof his imagination? The now widely used\, dizzying cam era effect\, in which the\ncamera moves backwards whilst zooming in at the same time\, takes its name from\nthis film: the ‘Vertigo Effect’.\n\n * L anguage: English\n * Subtitles: English\n * Duration: 150 mins.\n * Direct or: Alfred Hitchcock\n * Cast: James Stewart\, Kim Novak\, Barbara Bel Ged des\n * Year: 1958\n * Country: United States URL:https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/cinema-mythologica-vertigo-1958 GEO:52.36476;4.8843948 LOCATION:De Uitkijk - Prinsengracht 452\, 1017 KE Amsterdam STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:film,in english X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Love robots, doppelgängers and trag ic heroes: behind these iconic film characters lies a mythical past. Altho ugh most films are set in the present or the future, classical myths play a significant role throughout Hollywood. Countless films are inspired by a rchetypal narrative patterns and mythical characters, particularly when th ey deal with contemporary themes such as AI, gender and psychology. In the Cinema Mythologica series, a collaboration between De Uitkijk and classic ist Koen Vacano, we uncover the hidden mythical layers of film history, fr om Oedipus complexes to narcissistic algorithms. Each film features a shor t introduction in English, inviting you to view the film through a mytholo gical lens.

Detective ‘Scotty’ Ferguson finds himself with nothing to do after being suspended by the San Francisco Police Departmen t due to an extreme fear of heights. With time on his hands, he comes to t he aid of an old friend. His friend’s wife, Madeleine, is behaving strange ly, so Scotty is assigned to shadow her. It soon becomes clear that the su spended detective has fallen obsessively in love with the blonde woman he is shadowing.

In Vertigo, Hitchcock plays an ingenious game with il lusion and reality; is what the viewer sees a reflection of Scotty’s perce ptions, or are they mere figments of his imagination? The now widely used, dizzying camera effect, in which the camera moves backwards whilst zoomin g in at the same time, takes its name from this film: the ‘Vertigo Effect’ .

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