Vertigo

Alfred Hitchcock engulfs you in a whirlpool of terror and tension!
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  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Released: October 11, 2016
  • Originally Released: 1958
  • Label: Universal Studios

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AUDIENCE SCORE
User Ratings: 102,235
...An unexpectedly personal tale of obsession...
Entertainment Weekly
Jan 11, 2002
Even such a master-craftsman as director Alfred Hitchcock sometimes forgets that more than enough is too much, as he proves in this photogenic San Francisco suspense-mystery, which is still badly in need of the cutter's shears. Full Review
Maclean's Magazine
Oct 31, 2019
Hitchcock's finest film. Full Review
Los Angeles Free Press
Dec 5, 2019
5 stars out of 5 -- Drenched in suspense and dipped in a dollop of despair, nothing is what it seems...
Total Film
Feb 1, 2007
It's as much a wonder of suspense as it is a catalogue of the director's themes and an allegory for his own art of enticement-and for the erotic pitfalls of his métier. Full Review
New Yorker
Mar 16, 2015
Rating: 9/10 -- Audiences and critics in 1958 were not prepared to deal with the kind of twisted darkness Vertigo presents so clearly ... but hopefully we're all grown up now and able to deal with it. Full Review
TheArtsStl
May 3, 2019
Rating: 5/5 -- A dizzying cinematic experience. Full Review
Little White Lies
Jul 12, 2018

Product Description:

VERTIGO is Alfred Hitchcock's haunting tale of deception, madness, and death--a masterful exploration of fantasy and anxiety. The film ranks with REAR WINDOW as one of the director's most closely studied films for its psychological complexity, while the obsession of its protagonist--John "Scottie" Ferguson (James Stewart)--can also be seen to parallel that of Hitchcock's own fascination with the icy-blonde leading lady he re-created at the center of so many of his films. Ferguson is a retired detective, his career ended by the onset of a paralyzing fear of heights. An old friend, the wealthy Gavin Elster (Tom Helmore), hires Ferguson to follow his wife (Kim Novak), whom, he explains, has grown obsessed with an ancestor of hers. The assignment, however, draws Ferguson out of his comfortable role as observer and into a complex web of intrigue, mingled with the detective's own fantasies and fears.

Stewart gives an exceptional performance as the disintegrating detective, while Novak, who was left largely undirected by Hitchcock, conveys a subtle and powerful psychological journey. Another star of the film is its San Francisco setting. VERTIGO is considered one of Hitchcock's most complex, finest films.

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  • UPC: 025192380747
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