Ovid’s “Pygmalion” & Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo Prof. Ruth M. McAdams ruthmmcadams@gmail.com 21 November 2016
Overview of Lecture 1. Adaptation 2. Ovid’s “Pygmalion” 3. Vertigo as Pygmalion Story 4. Cinematic and Meta-Cinematic Elements 5. Carlotta Valdes
Part 1. Adaptation Pygmalion and Galatea By Jean-Léon Gérôme 1890 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City
Antigone Adapted
Part 1. Adaptation Pygmalion and Galatea By Jean-Léon Gérôme 1890 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City
Movie, 1964
Part 2. Ovid’s “Pygmalion” Pygmalion and Galatea By Jean-Léon Gérôme 1890 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City
“Pygmalion had seen these women living in shame And, offended by the faults that nature had lavished On the female psyche, lived as a bachelor Without any bedmate.” (lines 266-268)
It had the face of a real girl, a girl you would think Who wanted to be aroused, if modesty permitted (lines 273-274)
Part 2. Ovid’s “Pygmalion” Pygmalion and Galatea By Jean-Léon Gérôme 1890 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City
Part 3. Vertigo as Pygmalion Story
Judy and John “Scottie” Ferguson, in the department store
Judy playing Madeleine
The Real Madeleine Elster
Judy playing “Madeleine”
Midge
From Judy to Madeleine (the 2nd time)
Judy as herself
Part 5. Cinematic and Meta-Cinematic Elements Kim Novak publicity photo
Part 5. Cinematic and Meta-Cinematic Elements
The Vertigo Shot https://www.youtube.com/w atch?v=GnpZN2HQ3OQ
Part 5. Carlotta Valdes