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What happens when the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice becomes obsession? Orpheus and Eurydice is all about not looking back, but in Vertigo we now can't look down either!
In this episode of A Tale Oft Told, we descend into Vertigo — a film about illusion, memory, identity, and the terrifying act of looking back.
Together we explore:
- the Orphic echoes hidden inside Vertigo
- obsession as a modern underworld
- Scottie Ferguson’s descent into illusion
- the myth of Pygmalion and reconstructed love
- why this film continues to haunt audiences decades later
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring James Stewart and Kim Novak, Vertigo remains one of cinema’s most hypnotic tragedies.
A Tale Oft Told is a podcast exploring movies, books, and stories that echo the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice:love, loss, descent, memory, obsession… and the danger of looking back.
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Parole chiave
orpheus and eurydice
film analysis
Grief and Love
vertigo
alfred hitchcock
vertigo analysis
pygmalion myth
classic movies
obsession