Vertigo vs Apocalypse now

• Hitchcock's signatures:

  • long, dialogue-free sections of 'pure cinema
  • expressionistic sequences
  • blond victim
  • deviant symbolism
  • typical Hitchcock themes: voyeurism, male gaze
• an example of "long-dialogue-free sections" in Vertigo

  Scotty tracks Madeline through San Francisco during the first act of the film or Judy's re-emergence of Madeline from the green mist.

  • originates from Hitchcock's silent cinema
  • conveying his narrative through visual elements
• example of Expressionistic sequences in vertigo

  • the interior of the clock tower
  • Scotty's mind during his nightmare
• Hitchcock's quote about his classic blond victim

  "virgin snow that shows up in the bloody footprints"
• the use of deviant symbolism in Vertigo

  • tower as a phallic symbol
  • green signifying necrophilia
  • waves crash behind a kiss to signify the consumption of desire
• other films by Coppola:

  • Godfather trilogy
  • Dracula
  • Rumble fish
• Many of Coppola's films depict moments of violence and he uses the same actors