Love is a Repeating Pattern: A Comparison of Vertigo and Birth
HtichCon '21: What’s It All about, Alfie?
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22m
What is the price of a great love if it blinds one to the present reality? Buckley explores the affinities between Hitchcock’s Vertigo (1958) and Jonathan Glazer’s Birth (2004)—two films that riff on the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice—to explore themes of obsession, repetition, projection and grief.
Norman Buckley is a highly-sought-after, award-winning director whose credits include "Pretty Little Liars," "Charmed," "In the Dark," "Zoo," "Quantico," "Rizzoli and Isles," "Chuck," "Gossip Girl" and "The OC." He was co-executive producer/producing director on "Sweet Magnolias" and "Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists." His TV movie "The Pregnancy Project" won Best Primetime Program (Special or Movie of the Week) and Best Actress (Alexa Vega) at the 2012 Imagen Awards. He’s been nominated twice for an American Cinema Editors award: in 2003 for "Joe and Max," for best-edited motion picture for non-commercial television, and he won the award in 2008 for the pilot of "Chuck," for best-edited one-hour series for commercial television.
Buckley began working in the industry as an assistant editor on the Oscar-nominated films "Tender Mercies," "Silkwood" and "Places in the Heart." As editor, he’s worked with many outstanding directors, including Bruce Beresford, Robert Benton, Mike Nichols, Rob Reiner, Michael Lindsay-Hogg, Richard Donner, J.S. Cardone, McG, Doug Liman, and Robert M. Young. He also learned the editing craft from some of the best film editors in the business, including Carol Littleton, Sam O'Steen, William Anderson, and Bob Leighton.
Buckley grew up in Fort Worth, Texas and studied history at the University of Texas at Arlington, before moving to Los Angeles where he would later graduate from the University of Southern California with a degree in Cinema/Television. He teaches at the University of California Los Angeles film school to both graduates and undergraduates. He was married to the late artist Davyd Whaley and established The Davyd Whaley Foundation, carrying on Davyd’s legacy by supporting Los Angeles area artists with annual grants.
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Sunday Morning Q&A
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