1. The Given of Vertigo
... erotic moments, purely visual; the photograph is the perfect fetish of scopophilia. Through Marcel Duchamp's Given: 1) The Waterfall, 2) The Illuminating Gas and Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo this essay will exam the male and female relationship or position within the act of fetishistic scopophilia and its devastating results. In Vertigo the detective Scottie follows the supposedly unaware Madeline through San Francisco. In shot-reverse-shot fashion the audience sees Madeline through Scottie ... . Scottie has entered a strange limbo in time and space where he has stepped into the photo that...
- Word Count: 1662
- Approx Pages: 7
- Grade Level: High School