Venice 2025: 'Kim Novak's Vertigo' Reexamines the Actress' Legacy

This is the story of a beloved Hollywood actress and her life off screen outside of her movies. Kim Novak is the award-winning star of Hitchcock's all-timer mystery thriller classic Vertigo, and tons of other classic movies like Pushover, Picnic, The Man with the Golden Arm, Pal Joey, Jeanne Eagels, Strangers When We Meet, Kiss Me Stupid, and many others. She's now 92 years old and still going strong. Kim Novak's Vertigo is a brand new documentary featuring Kim Novak reflecting back on her life in Hollywood before she left the film business for good in the 1970s. She got tired of being treated as simply a pretty woman. It's the latest creation from Swiss doc filmmaker Alexandre O. Philippe, known for his many acclaimed doc films about cinema history - including 78/52 (about Hitchcock's Psycho), Memory: The Origins of Alien, Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on the Exorcist, Lynch/Oz, and this year's Chain Reactions. Alexandre was lucky enough to befriend Kim – she literally talks about how she feels connected to him when he sits down to interview her in her home. This fascinating film is about identity and how Hollywood steals it. And about how she was able to discover herself in roles, even if she ended up getting tired of acting after decades of acclaimed work. // Continue Reading ›

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