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This film’s second half demonstrates the protagonist’s “active sadistic voyeurism” in forcing a woman to change her appearance, (10[1])as argued in an essay by the critic (10[1])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. (-5[1])A nun’s sudden appearance in this film leads to a character’s death at a bell tower whose inside (10[1])was earlier the subject of the first-ever dolly zoom. In this film, a plot to kill Madeleine Elster aims to take advantage of Scottie Ferguson’s fear of heights. (10[2])For 10 points, name this Alfred Hitchcock (10[2])film about a (10[1])detective who experiences (10[1])the title (10[1])dizzy sensation. ■END■ (10[1]0[1])

ANSWER: Vertigo (The Mulvey essay is “Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema.”)
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