Kim Novak’s Vertigo

Alexandre O. Philippe’s latest film essay is a conversation with cinema icon and mental health activist Kim Novak about Hollywood, ghosts and finding herself as an artist.

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Credits

  • Director

    Alexandre O. Philippe

  • USA 2025. 76min

  • Courtesy of

    Dogwoof

  • Language

    English

Introduction

It’s in her painting studio that Novak, 92, welcomes Philippe (78/52, Lynch/Oz) for an intimate conversation. Generously illustrated with film clips, Hitchcock’s Vertigo unsurprisingly takes centre-stage, but it is also a film whose troubling themes cast a powerful shadow over her career. Novak is an excellent conversationalist and the film is a welcome portrait of one of Hollywood’s most enigmatic stars.

Laure Bonville

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