Vertigo
1958 | Thriller | USA | Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Overview
A retired detective with acrophobia falls for a woman he is hired to follow, loses her, refinds her, and remakes her. Vertigo topped Citizen Kane in the 2012 Sight and Sound poll. Bernard Herrmann score spirals, Kim Novak resists the makeover, James Stewart reveals the darkness under his decency. Obsession and control in San Francisco. The most personal Hitchcock trap.
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