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...PLACE CALLED VERTIGO...
Milan Kundera thought of speed much more favorably, but only because of what he termed “vertigo,” the ability to find small moments of imperishability in a world that does not encourage it. Vertigo makes us enjoy the peaceful pleasures of life. By that, Kundera means the life-saving sight of someone you deeply care about sleeping serenely by your side or holding her hand amidst the shipwreck of civilization. Vertigo is about finding meaning in experience, and if having not found it, to make...
...French philosopher Lvy is author of the recently published American Vertigo...
There are three clocks on the wall of Rolf de Heer's Vertigo Productions, in Australia's City of Churches. They're set to Adelaide, Rome and Los Angeles time. The first and last are to be expected in an indie-film hothouse. As for the second - more on that later. But there should be a fourth. Ever since director De Heer was invited by legendary actor David Gulpilil to make a film about his home in north central Arnhem Land, the office has been running on Ramingining time. In the three years since, De Heer has been stretched physically...
...Helping translate that dream beyond Ramingining time - and the reason for the Rome clock at Vertigo Productions - is Italian producer Domenico Procacci. First brought together on De Heer's breakthrough Bad Boy Bubby (1993), "he and Domenico got on like a house on fire," recalls Currie. A darkly comic fable about an idiot savant's reintroduction to the world, which we see and hear through his ears and eyes, Bad Boy took out the special jury prize at the Venice Film Festival and set in motion one of the film world's most unusual partnerships. Without Procacci's investment...