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Jan 14, 2017 · Mostly, in a critical re-evaluation of Hitchcock’s career, critics and cinephiles have realized what a profoundly ahead-of-its-time movie it is. It’s moody, it’s romantic, it’s insane, it’s gorgeous, and it’s one-of-a-kind. Below are the eight reasons that Vertigo is Alfred Hitchcock’s unequivocal greatest film. 1. Jimmy Stewart
Vertigo is a very clever movie about a long con reverse engineered from the protagonist's inability to look down from heights without getting dizzy and nauseous. It basically gives him a panic attack to look down from even a step ladder. He's targeted and played for a mark. It's all incredibly beautiful to look at.
May 5, 2016 · What makes Vertigo so good (and maybe great) is the plot, which defies description in many ways. (Don’t worry, no spoilers, either here or in the trailer for the 1996 restored version shown above.)
Oct 13, 1996 · Sooner or later, every Hitchcock woman was humiliated. “Vertigo” (1958), which is one of the two or three best films Hitchcock ever made, is the most confessional, dealing directly with the themes that controlled his art. It is *about* how Hitchcock used, feared and tried to control women. He is represented by Scottie (James Stewart), a man ...
Aug 22, 2021 · The Vertigo plot begins with a harrowing action sequence. We follow detective John “Scottie” Ferguson (played by James Stewart) in the midst of a rooftop chase. He slips and a fellow officer reaches down to help him, but Scottie is paralyzed with acrophobia and the other officer falls to his death.
Jan 14, 2017 · As mentioned in the introduction, Psycho used to be the consensus “best” movie of Hitchcock’s films. The Birds was cited by some. North by Northwest or Rear Window by others. But Vertigo suffers from none of the problems that have made those other movies go down in esteem. Vertigo’s impact is still felt, almost 60 years later.
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Vertigo is the greatest motion picture of all time. Or so say the results of the latest round of respected film magazine Sight & Sound’s long-running critics poll, in which Alfred Hitchcock’s James Stewart- and Kim Novak- (and San Francisco-) starring psychological thriller unseated Citizen Kane from the top spot.
