My brother Tom Sanders makes his Cinema Rising debut to discuss two films working through aspects of Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo:
Obsession (1976): Racked with guilt over the presumed death of his wife and daughter, a New Orleans businessman (Cliff Robertson) travels to Florence where he encounters a woman with an uncanny resemblance to his late spouse.
Suzhou River (2001): Mardar, a Shanghai motorbike courier falls in love with the daughter of a local hood on the banks of the city's dirtiest river. After he is coerced into betraying her, she dives into the water, never to be seen again. Years later, Mardar meets a nightclub performer who he believes must be the same girl.
Cara Li joins to provide some cultural and historical context for Suzhou River.
I lost track of all the things Tom said we'd put in the notes but you can find his podcast "The Heretics" here:
https://rss.com/podcasts/heretics/
Instagram: @hereticshow
and his personal website: https://speakweirdwords.wordpress.com/about/
We are also now on Letterboxd: @cinemarising
We are still on Instagram: @cinema_rising
Intro music: Joel Oldham @old.joel
Artwork: Fred Sanders @Fredsanders.creative
