Saturday     14:30
The Chopin House
2024, 8 min., English

Director: John Gibbs

This video essay remixes elements of Pushover (1954), Rear Window (1954) and Vertigo (1958) to explore surprising relationships between the films and to celebrate Kim Novak's performances, reclaiming her characters' agency in the face of a pervasive male gaze.

John Gibbs is a critic, video essayist and Professor of Film at the University of Reading. He is the author and editor of several books on film style and his video essays have been published in Alphaville, [in]Transition, Movie, MSMI, NECSUS and the Quarterly Review of Film and Video.