Vertigo (Blu-ray) PG

Alfred Hitchcock engulfs you in a whirlpool of terror and tension!
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  • Rated: PG
  • Run Time: 2 hours, 9 minutes
  • Video: Color
  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Released: May 6, 2014
  • Originally Released: 1958
  • Label: Universal Studios

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User Ratings: 102,235
We can appreciate [Hitchcock's] films... and yet still acknowledge that their female characters were not created by a very well-adjusted, progressivethinking man. Full Review
Sojourner
Aug 20, 2019
Hitchcock's finest film. Full Review
Los Angeles Free Press
Dec 5, 2019
...Alfred Hitchcock took universal emotions, like fear, guilt and lust, placed them in ordinary characters, and developed them in images more than in words....A great film...
Chicago Sun-Times
Oct 13, 1996
The greatest of all time. Full Review
Boulder Weekly
Jun 24, 2019
Rating: 5/5 -- A film totally in thrall to the lure/peril of looking, and filmed almost entirely from the perspective or emotion of the subconscious. Full Review
Patrick Nabarro
Nov 7, 2018
Rating: 5/5 -- Combines in an almost unique balance Hitchcock's brash flair for psychological shocks with his elegant genius for dapper stylishness. Full Review
Guardian
Jul 12, 2018
The tempo may be generally very slow, but it is not monotonous; the camera work may be unostentatious but it is quietly, calmly efficient in establishing character, atmosphere, and uncertainty. Full Review
Guardian
Mar 21, 2018

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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: 025192235535
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