There is a remarkable moment—one among legion—in Vertigo (1958), stunning for at once its simplicity and its complex depths. It is surely a gateway, although to know into what it leads is a challenge not fully to be met by even the most appreciative in the film’s large audience.
To Jean-Michel Frodon Twofold always. May God us keep From single vision and Newton’s sleep. William Blake The challenges of quotation befall all of us, even at the most casual level, as when, recounting to some chum a conversation we had yesterday we easily put someone else’s words into present usage, and our own past […]
à Jean-Michel Frodon Double toujours. Dieu nous garde De la vision simple et du sommeil de Newton. William Blake Les citations sont des défis auxquels nous sommes tous confrontés, même au niveau le plus informel ; par exemple, quand nous rapportons à un copain une conversation de la veille, nous pouvons facilement mélanger les […]