"marking the move from one world to another"--that is crucial to one way of interpreting Vertigo/*D'entre les morts*. Hitchcock becomes the Charon letting Scottie hang around a bit in the middle of the stream so to speak. This is a story about a real ghost: Scottie, imagining his lost life. Eleni On Sun, Oct 31, 2010 at 7:14 PM, William Lingle <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > -----Original Message----- > > "He walks across the film frame, carrying a trumpet case, as Scottie is > about to go upstairs to > Elster's office in the shipyard. I read Hitchcock as marking the move from > one world to another. He is a Pied Piper, leading Scottie away from the > realistic world, where, as "hard-headed Scot," he has just been > tryingrationally to overcome his acrophobia. " > > But I believe that is an ear trumpet case. It's not a trumpet case. A > small point, perhaps, but on such points does interpretation hinge. > > > > > > ---- > To sign off Screen-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF Screen-L > in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask] > ---- Screen-L is sponsored by the Telecommunication & Film Dept., the University of Alabama: http://www.tcf.ua.edu