Hitchcock's iconic movie Vertigo is a classic thriller and features lead characters James Stewart and Kim Novak. Vertigo is the kind of movie that you once you have seen you will always remember.
This psychological thriller made in 1958 is based on the original novel by Narcejac and was adapted and written as a screenplay by Tayler and Coppel.
Much of the setting for the movie takes place in northern California from San Francisco to San Juan Bautista and there are many iconic landmarks used in the shoot such as the Golden Gate Bridge, Muir Woods and Coit Tower.
The plot of the film is compelling viewing and is ranked as one of the best films of all time. There are many twists and turns which will have you on the edge of your seat.
The main protagonist nicknamed Scottie is exposed to the traumatic death of a colleague who falls from a rooftop. He is unable to cope with the vivid recollection of the scene and retires from the police department. He is plagued by vertigo, a dizzying disorder, when exposed to heights. A request from an old college buddy, Gavin, makes Scottie pick up one final investigation.
This is where the drama becomes intense. Gavin tells Scottie that his wife is infatuated with a dead woman, Carlotta Valdes. She spends a daily routine visiting the places that have some connection to Carlotta and Gavin fears that his wife is insane.
Scottie spends the day trailing Madeleine, Gavin's wife, and he witnesses her jump into the bay at Fort Point with the Golden Gate looming above her. After he rescues her there is a chemistry between them and Madeleine tells Scottie about her fears of death and a recurring dream with a bell tower in it.
Scottie knows that this is the mission in San Juan Bautista and thinks that she should face her fear. When they arrive Madeleine tears away from his side, runs up the steps to the roof and he is unable to follow because of his vertigo. He hears her scream and is powerless to act.
After her death, he finds it hard to recover. He searches the places they used to visit and one day he meets a Madeleine doppelganger, a young woman named Judy. He is so desperately in love and missing Madeleine that he asks Judy to dress like her. The similarity between them is uncanny.
A climax is where he makes the connection that they are the same person when he sees Judy wearing Carlotta Valdes' necklace.
He plans the showdown at the place where Madeleine faked her death. The mission at San Juan Bautista is the climactic end scene and Scottie uncovers that the whole thing was a plot to murder Gavin's first wife. Madeleine was hired to do this.
As the couple argue, a nun appears and Judy is frightened by this and plummets down from the bell tower onto the tiles below. Scottie recovers from the vertigo.
This roller coaster of a film is an absolute must for Hitchcock fans and is a classic film which can be enjoyed by everyone.
This psychological thriller made in 1958 is based on the original novel by Narcejac and was adapted and written as a screenplay by Tayler and Coppel.
Much of the setting for the movie takes place in northern California from San Francisco to San Juan Bautista and there are many iconic landmarks used in the shoot such as the Golden Gate Bridge, Muir Woods and Coit Tower.
The plot of the film is compelling viewing and is ranked as one of the best films of all time. There are many twists and turns which will have you on the edge of your seat.
The main protagonist nicknamed Scottie is exposed to the traumatic death of a colleague who falls from a rooftop. He is unable to cope with the vivid recollection of the scene and retires from the police department. He is plagued by vertigo, a dizzying disorder, when exposed to heights. A request from an old college buddy, Gavin, makes Scottie pick up one final investigation.
This is where the drama becomes intense. Gavin tells Scottie that his wife is infatuated with a dead woman, Carlotta Valdes. She spends a daily routine visiting the places that have some connection to Carlotta and Gavin fears that his wife is insane.
Scottie spends the day trailing Madeleine, Gavin's wife, and he witnesses her jump into the bay at Fort Point with the Golden Gate looming above her. After he rescues her there is a chemistry between them and Madeleine tells Scottie about her fears of death and a recurring dream with a bell tower in it.
Scottie knows that this is the mission in San Juan Bautista and thinks that she should face her fear. When they arrive Madeleine tears away from his side, runs up the steps to the roof and he is unable to follow because of his vertigo. He hears her scream and is powerless to act.
After her death, he finds it hard to recover. He searches the places they used to visit and one day he meets a Madeleine doppelganger, a young woman named Judy. He is so desperately in love and missing Madeleine that he asks Judy to dress like her. The similarity between them is uncanny.
A climax is where he makes the connection that they are the same person when he sees Judy wearing Carlotta Valdes' necklace.
He plans the showdown at the place where Madeleine faked her death. The mission at San Juan Bautista is the climactic end scene and Scottie uncovers that the whole thing was a plot to murder Gavin's first wife. Madeleine was hired to do this.
As the couple argue, a nun appears and Judy is frightened by this and plummets down from the bell tower onto the tiles below. Scottie recovers from the vertigo.
This roller coaster of a film is an absolute must for Hitchcock fans and is a classic film which can be enjoyed by everyone.
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