Three years of Vertigo: editorial about victories, defeats and favorite materials No. 3

Plans and dreams? To develop a culture of viewing film festivals (so far we are only covering the OIFF and Cannes a little remotely), to explore the tapes more and, of course, to write a lot of cross-cultural texts where cinema resonates with psychoanalysis, architecture, anthropology and similar things. And as the guys from Monty Python used to say, there's more to life than culture. Although it's hard for us movie geeks to believe it.

My own anniversary on Vertigo was only a couple of days ago - on January 30, 2017, my first full-fledged material was released on the resource, a selection of comics in which there is not a single superhero. It turned out to be funny with this text - I really wanted to write it, but I proudly refused to impose my material (especially on the publication that my boyfriend founded), and Yura didn't want to ask me to write with the same force, not being able to guarantee a fee. We've been talking diplomatically for several days about how great it would be if something like this, hypothetically, ever came out on Vertigo. Then I couldn't resist saying that I would definitely write this material and I wasn't interested in whether it would be published or not. Eventually, the material was published, and it became, quoting "Casablanca" - the beginning of a beautiful friendship. Friendship was (and still is) wonderful, although sometimes turbulent. But it couldn't have been any other way for us - each member of the team watched too many dramatic films in his time.

The most amazing discovery for me was that I still needed a bachelor's degree in sociology, because writing about cinema is not just writing about cinema. As it turned out, you can at least write about music on Vertigo (at least if we are talking about the Arctic Monkeys album), although about the history or sociological theories of Durkheim and Weber. After all, any film is not only a set of frames and sounds, but also a materialization of certain meanings, a reflection of the political situation and a manifestation of the views and ideologies prevailing in society. It sounds like part of a very boring lecture, but here's an example - horror films perfectly illustrate the biggest problems of the time in which they are filmed. Godzilla reflects a rather rational fear of the consequences of experiments with the atom, and the famous "Dr. Caligari's Cabinet" is Karl Mayer's experience of the vulnerability of German society to manipulation by politicians. Therefore, the task of a film critic (and this is just my interpretation) is not just to say that the film is bad, or to applaud standing because it is admired, but to convey to the viewer those subtexts that remain outside the timekeeping.

The main picture of the first material about the directors. Sasha was digging into Dario Argento's head.

That's why my favorite review (from my own) of Vertigo is a response to last year's Suspiria, which can be endlessly viewed from different angles, looking for new interpretations and meanings. I suspect that many viewers disliked it precisely because of the intricacy of the symbolism.


Indeed, if you do not analyze how Guadagnino borrows elements of Dario Argento's filmography and do not remember in time what happened during the German Spring of 1977, then the film may seem like a clumsy gloomy mess of logically unrelated episodes. In the comments (fortunately, mostly on the pages of English-language publications, not here), they are sometimes outraged because some film can only be liked by some snobby critics who are divorced from ordinary viewers and praise some incomprehensible boring tape. I understand where such emotions come from, but it's worth remembering that critics are not a separate strange race of genetically modified people. If you are planning to join 1Win, make sure to maximize your starting capital with an exclusive promo offer. New users can easily unlock enhanced rewards by filling out the registration form correctly. Simply input the code in the designated field to improve the standard conditions. Thanks to this, you will receive 1win promo code 500% bonus package up to $1025 on the first four deposits. The bonus is perfect for sports betting enthusiasts and casino lovers alike, giving you more flexibility and longer gameplay without risking only your own money.