Horizons / Kim Novak’s Vertigo / USA 2025
The director’s passion for using film to think about other films brings him into the home of Kim Novak, where this remarkable actress remembers – decades after the fact – her introduction to the chaotic world of Hollywood productions… and her subsequent departure in the interest of preserving her own integrity. The recollections of this movie icon go far beyond mere behind-the-scenes details. Organically interwoven with archival footage, the exclusive interview avoids tabloid superficiality, culminating in Novak’s reflections on Vertigo and her connection to it, while also touching on more universal human themes such as the desire for creative freedom and for recognition from those closest to us.
Vít Kořínek
77 min / Color, DCP
Director Alexandre O. Philippe
/ Screenplay Alexandre O. Philippe
/ Dir. of Photography Robert Muratore, Jeff Pointer
/ Music Jon Hegel
/ Sound Phillip Lloyd Hegel
/ Editor David Lawrence
/ Producer Terri Piñon
/ Production Gull House Films
/ Coproduction Medianoche Productions, The Ebersole Hughes Company
/ Cast Kim Novak, Alexandre O. Philippe
/ Sales Dogwoof
Alexandre O. Philippe. Selected filmography: The People vs. George Lucas (2010, doc.), 78/52 (2017, doc.), Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The Exorcist (2019, doc.), Lynch/Oz (2022, doc.), Chain Reactions (2024, doc.), Kim Novak’s Vertigo (2025, doc.).
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