Vertigo

1958 "Alfred Hitchcock engulfs you in a whirlpool of terror and tension!"
8.3| 2h9m| PG| en| More Info
Released: 28 May 1958 Released
Producted By: Paramount
Country: United States of America
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A retired San Francisco detective suffering from acrophobia investigates the strange activities of an old friend's wife, all the while becoming dangerously obsessed with her.

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publisher-695-461880 For me, this is not a typical Hitchcock movie. Though there are mystery and crime elements and also some thrilling moments, the film is more about 'believing what you made to believe to see'. And this makes it more of a psychological drama. Hitchcock cleverly shows us how mystery can lure us in and get hooked. What is more how unsolved mystery can become an obsession driving a man crazy. Scottie, a retired detective with fear of heights, gets 'hooked' on a mystery of an attractive, seductive and alluring woman. He is lead to believe that she is 'possessed' by the spirit of her great grandmother who committed a suicide. Despite being a detective albeit a retired one, Scottie remains somewhat weak character due to his original flaw - fear of heights which is used by Gavin to manipulate him - and his fascination with the mystery of the woman he cannot comprehend. His non-comprehension of the subject deepens when he tries to recreate Madeleine's look forcing Judy to alter her hair colour and style and forcing her to wear style of clothes that Madeleine used to wear. Scottie is not interested in the real woman - Judy - behind the mask of Madeleine, he is obsessed with the looks of the woman that lured him into the mystery in the first place, trying to recreate exhilaration and attraction he felt. Gavin used Judy to impersonate his wife whom he murdered and Scotties uses Judy to impersonate the impersonated Madelaine. Both men do not care for the real woman. For them she is just a tool. Quite a reflection fo the Hollywood world back then and I believe even now.
ahmetsemiherdem Watching this movie in 2018 for the first time,i can say i find it pretty average.Its hard for me to review this movie in 1950s standarts as I'm only 23 years old.The acting is good and Kim Novak is simply an angel.The scenes with James Stewart following Kim with his car are too LONG.At some point it gets pretty boring.Also It shouldnt be that hard to realize that Judy is actually the same women he fell in love and thought she died.I mean she only changed her hair,c'mon.But I guess It's normal when you think with that decade's innocence.The music in the movie is also average when you compare it with Hitchcock's other movie Psycho.
aquauver The story line is decent.As always,the lead character is working well regarding the technique and his deep character.But The last scene is a little bit extra.I guess It isn't needed.The director created the last scene just because of finishing it.
merelyaninnuendo Vertigo Vertigo definitely has some twists, tragic and a dark theme but most of the time is spent on carving the characters which could have been edited better.