Vertigo, the classic psychological thriller directed by Alfred Hitchcock stars stunning femme fatale Kim Novak and James Stewart and is a film of intrigue, passion and deception.
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.
The film's location in California is a backdrop for many iconic images such as the Golden Gate Bridge and the mission San Juan Bautista and other classic scenes. It was mainly filmed in the bay area and there are many images from around San Francisco including Mission Dolores, Coit Tower and the Legion of Honor.
The narrative of the movie is filled with twists and turns making it prime viewing. As a result Vertigo is up there with some of the greatest films of all time.
The central protagonist of the movie, Scottie, is a detective who witnesses a traumatic death of his colleague. The image haunts him and this is when his vertigo begins which has symptoms of aversion to heights. He takes early retirement and ends his days as a detective until an old college chum, Gavin, pleads for his help in a private case.
This is the catalyst for the driving force of the movie. Gavin asks Scottie to investigate his wife Madeleine whom he fears is losing her mind. She is obsessed with a dead woman named Carlotta Valdes and reenacts the same journey each day as a kind of pilgrimage to Carlotta.
Scottie continues to follow Madeleine and sees her jump into the bay at Fort Point. He prevents her from taking her own life, they form a rapport and she tells him that she is afraid that she is going insane. She has a recurring dream that plagues her.
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.
He is beside himself with grief. Everyone he thinks he sees her. One day he meets a woman, Judy, who looks exactly like Madeleine. They form a relationship and he has her dress like Madeleine, dye her hair blond and go to the same places they went.
A chilling moment is when he sees that Judy is wearing a necklace from the Carlotta Valdes portrait. Here he makes the connection that they are one and the same woman.
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.
They battle it out and a nun steps forward. Judy screams. She falls off the bell tower to her death below. Scottie's vertigo is no more.
This movie is suspenseful and all lovers of thrillers and mysteries will enjoy the nail biting plot that will keep you guessing until the end.
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.
The film's location in California is a backdrop for many iconic images such as the Golden Gate Bridge and the mission San Juan Bautista and other classic scenes. It was mainly filmed in the bay area and there are many images from around San Francisco including Mission Dolores, Coit Tower and the Legion of Honor.
The narrative of the movie is filled with twists and turns making it prime viewing. As a result Vertigo is up there with some of the greatest films of all time.
The central protagonist of the movie, Scottie, is a detective who witnesses a traumatic death of his colleague. The image haunts him and this is when his vertigo begins which has symptoms of aversion to heights. He takes early retirement and ends his days as a detective until an old college chum, Gavin, pleads for his help in a private case.
This is the catalyst for the driving force of the movie. Gavin asks Scottie to investigate his wife Madeleine whom he fears is losing her mind. She is obsessed with a dead woman named Carlotta Valdes and reenacts the same journey each day as a kind of pilgrimage to Carlotta.
Scottie continues to follow Madeleine and sees her jump into the bay at Fort Point. He prevents her from taking her own life, they form a rapport and she tells him that she is afraid that she is going insane. She has a recurring dream that plagues her.
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.
He is beside himself with grief. Everyone he thinks he sees her. One day he meets a woman, Judy, who looks exactly like Madeleine. They form a relationship and he has her dress like Madeleine, dye her hair blond and go to the same places they went.
A chilling moment is when he sees that Judy is wearing a necklace from the Carlotta Valdes portrait. Here he makes the connection that they are one and the same woman.
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.
They battle it out and a nun steps forward. Judy screams. She falls off the bell tower to her death below. Scottie's vertigo is no more.
This movie is suspenseful and all lovers of thrillers and mysteries will enjoy the nail biting plot that will keep you guessing until the end.
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