Question

This film’s second half demonstrates the protagonist’s “active sadistic voyeurism” in forcing a woman to change her appearance, as argued in an essay by the critic Laura Mulvey. In this film, Midge angers the protagonist after she inserts her own facial features in a reproduction of a portrait of Carlotta Valdes. A nun’s sudden appearance in this film leads to a character’s death at a bell tower whose (10[1])inside was earlier the subject of the first-ever dolly (10[2])zoom. In this (10[1])film, a plot to kill Madeleine Elster aims to take advantage (10[1])of Scottie Ferguson’s (10[1])fear of heights. For 10 points, (10[1])name this Alfred Hitchcock film (10[1])about a detective who experiences the title (-5[1])dizzy (10[1])sensation. (10[1])■END■

ANSWER: Vertigo (The Mulvey essay is “Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema.”)
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Danny CutbillRIT ASyracuse6710
Grace GriffithsPenn StateU of Rochester B7610
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Jake CobovicBinghamton CCornell F7910
Owen LinderBinghamton ACornell D9010
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