Vertige is a Canadian film, directed by Jean Beaudin and released in 1969.[1] An examination of youth culture in the era,[2] the film uses psychedelic techniques to depict young people hedonistically seeking escape in sexual activity and drug use.[3]
| Vertige | |
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| Directed by | Jean Beaudin |
| Produced by | Gilles Boivin Clément Perron |
| Cinematography | Jean-Claude Labrecque |
| Edited by | Éric de Bayser |
| Music by | Serge Garant |
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Running time | 44 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | French |
The film won the Canadian Film Award for Best Film Over 30 Minutes at the 21st Canadian Film Awards in 1969, and Serge Garant received a special award for the film's score.[4]
In 2012, experimental filmmaker Marc Campbell released a recut of Vertige, replacing Garant's original soundtrack with a radically slowed down version of The Beatles' song "I Am the Walrus".[3]
References
edit- ^ "Film news". Ottawa Journal, August 8, 1970.
- ^ Léo Bonneville, «Il faut abolir la notion de héros». Séquences, Vol. 89 (1977). pp. 4–12.
- ^ a b Lee Thomas-Mason, "Jean Beaudin’s trippy ’60s film soundtracked by The Beatles song ‘I Am The Walrus’". Far Out Magazine, July 3, 2019.
- ^ Maria Topalovich, And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards. Stoddart Publishing, 2000. ISBN 0-7737-3238-1. pp. 85-87.
External links
edit- Vertige at IMDb
- Watch Vertige on the NFB website
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