"Now, at the age of 92, the last of the great, glamorous movie stars of Hollywood's golden era is back in the spotlight. She is being honoured with a lifetime achievement award at the Venice film festival, where a documentary about her life and career, Kim Novak's Vertigo, is premiering. For Novak, it is a tribute not just to her acting but to her lifelong refusal to be controlled and manipulated by Hollywood, or anyone else."
"Novak's haunting performance in Vertigo as both Madeleine, an enigmatic society wife, and Judy, the ordinary shopgirl hired to impersonate her is at the heart of what makes the film the greatest of all time. The fragile presence she brought to the parts was only possible because the story felt personal. I identified so much with Judy and Madeleine because they were both being told to change who they really were, she recalls. They had to become something that didn't represent them."
Kim Novak, the No 1 box office star of the late 1950s, returns to prominence at 92 with a lifetime achievement award at the Venice Film Festival and the premiere of a documentary titled Kim Novak's Vertigo. Novak receives recognition for her acting and for refusing to be controlled or manipulated by Hollywood or anyone else. Her dual roles as Madeleine and Judy in Vertigo define the film's power, grounded in a fragile, personal performance. Born Marilyn Novak in Chicago to Czech immigrant parents, she endured bullying, found refuge in art at the Chicago Art Institute, and supported herself early in life.
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