The last part of the film with Scottie rediscovering “Madeline” also seems unrealistic because I don’t think that Judy would risk staying in San Francisco in plain sight if she was involved in a murder regardless of her finances or love. The perfect set up and the effort that Gavin and Judy go through to force Scottie to be their unknowing witness and use him just seem unnecessary when you could kill a person in so many easier ways…that don’t take the unnecessary risk of hinging on a person’s fear of heights that comes and goes. While it is twisting and crazy, it is also so extreme that I can’t take the film seriously. The big problem I have with Vertigo is the story. Jumping from the Golden Gate Bridge is cliche…jumping from under it is classier The movie features everything that made Hitchcock famous and is probably his best looking picture…and despite this, it isn’t my favorite Hitchcock film. Vertigo is probably the culmination of all of Hitchcock’s work. It was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the National Film Registry in 1989. The film was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White or Color and Best Sound. Now, Vertigo is often listed as one of Hitchcock’s best films and frequently makes “Best Of” lists in multiple categories. The movie became of one Hitchcock’s five “lost films” when it and Rope, The Trouble With Harry, Rear Window, and The Man Who Knew Too Much were taken out of circulation for thirty years until 1984 when Universal gained the rights to them. Following The Wrong Man in 1956, the film was released to mixed reviews and a poor box office showing. The film is based on the 1954 novel D’entre les morts ( The Living and the Dead) by Pierre Boileu and Pierre Ayraud (as Boileau-Narcejac). Scottie…probably the worst tail in police historyĭirected by Alfred Hitchcock, Vertigo is a suspense mystery thriller.
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