Alfred Hitchcock was born at 517 High Road, Leytonstone, in the east of London on 13th August 1899. To mark 100 years since this event, and to commemorate the director's link with the area, 17 mosaics have been installed in the entrance corridors of Leytonstone tube station. They were made in vitreous glass tesserae, using the reverse method, by Greenwich Mural Workshop. The work required some 80,000 tiles, took seven months to complete, and the final installation took place during April 2001. Amongst the scenes from films, there are also images of Leytonstone, portraits of Hitchcock and even trademark cameo roles. Leytonstone is on the Central underground line, five stops east of Liverpool Street.
The Vertigo mosaic features Gavin Elster clutching the quite dead Madaline Elster as Judy Barton stands witnesses to her own foreshadowed death.
Judy suffers so much here. This is the moment she must kill her love for Scotty. Judy also kills her "impression" of Madaline. A persona that she does not want to kill. Judy's Madaline is the person Scotty loves. But its going to be ok right? After all the reason Gavin killed the old shrew was to keep the young beautiful Judy by his side right? Wrong. Gavin ditches her. She is forced to resurrect the old thick browed Judy Barton and forever live the rest of her short life as the single shop girl. Judy just wants to be loved and sacifices herself in the process.
Judy is not the villain in this story she is just another victim.
A victim of lying cheating drinking men.
Gavin is the villain.
2 comments:
That good-for-nothing double-crossing shipbuilding fiend!
I wonder about that Pop Leibel. What was his deal?
Wow. Those mosaics are amazing and what a subject! I have to buy a copy of vertigo. maybe i can get it by d/l from amazon. i like d/l'ing movies.
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