Episode 169: Analyzing Hitchcock's "Vertigo"

On the 1958 film and articles including Laura Mulvey's "Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema" (1975) and Robin Wood's "Vertigo" (1965). What's the nature of love/lust? Are we really just loving an image we've built while remaining fundamentally isolated? And is it just an illusionary social construct that keeps us all from feeling fundamental vertigo? Lacan, existentialism, and more! Part 2 will be for supporters only! It won't be on the public feed next week, so get the full discussion now at patreon.com/partiallyexaminedlife or through a PEL Citizenship. Sponsors: Get 25% off your first order of protein bars at RXBAR.com/PEL, using promo code PEL. Enroll in The New School's Open Campus for the term starting Aug. 28 at opencampus.newschool.edu.