Performers: Lizzy Yoder + Simone Butler
Editor Sandra Montiel
Cinematographer Alice Millar
Musical Arrangement Nick Demopoulos
Singer Lizzy Yoder
Subtitles from the novel:
"The Living and the Dead" English Translation 1956
Original Vertigo Theme Song 1958
Jay Livingston/Billy Eckstein
Additional Footage: Public domain images
Project Description:
Entr'acte is a video art project based on Hitchcock's much-analyzed film Vertigo. An introverted look at an agoraphobic man's obsession with a fictitious woman - Madeleine. Entr'acte, the interval between two acts of a theatrical performance, features two Madeleines on the verge of vertigo. A humorous and haunting homage to Hitchcock's conflicted heroine Madeleine. Using original lyrics from the never released Vertigo theme song recorded by Billy Eckstein in 1958, the song is re-imagined as a darker, electrified torch song performed by singer Lizzy Yoder.
Shot on a digital camera with vintage lens, this musical mash-up is a fetishization of Hitchcock's Madeleine. By layering the images, text and music I create two versions of Madeleine; one dressed in a dark dress/white coat/black scarf with the other in a severe grey suit. Within the video are clips of public domain stag films that play off the various personas of Madeleine. Subtitles create the voyeur's obsessive narrative voice. Entr'acte also works with some of the underlying themes found in Vertigo - loss, voyeurism, possession, duality, obsession, passion and perception. A short experimental work on the notion of projecting onto others what you want to see.