Vertigo
Alfred Hitchcock engulfs you in a whirlpool of terror and tension!
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DVD Details
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: October 11, 2016
- Originally Released: 1958
- Label: Universal Studios
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | James Stewart & Kim Novak | |
Performer: | Barbara Bel Geddes, Tom Helmore, Henry Jones, Raymond Bailey, Ellen Corby, Konstantin Shayne, Lee Patrick, Paul Bryar, Roland Got & Jack Richardson | |
Directed by | Alfred Hitchcock | |
Edited by | George Tomasini | |
Screenwriting by | Alec Coppel & Samuel W. Taylor | |
Composition by | Bernard Herrmann | |
Art Direction by | Hal Pereira | |
Story by | Pierre Boileau & Thomas Narcejac | |
Produced by | Alfred Hitchcock | |
Director of Photography: | Robert Burks |
Entertainment Reviews:
...An unexpectedly personal tale of obsession...
Entertainment Weekly
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.
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Maclean's Magazine
Hitchcock's finest film.
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Los Angeles Free Press
5 stars out of 5 -- Drenched in suspense and dipped in a dollop of despair, nothing is what it seems...
Total Film
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.
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New Yorker
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.
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TheArtsStl
Rating: 5/5 --
A dizzying cinematic experience.
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Little White Lies
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.
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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