Review of Vertigo (1958) by Brian B — 02 Oct 2017
The set-up is, ummm, preposterous, but once that's out of the way Hitchcock gets to meditate on stuff that really interests him, like obsession, loss, guilt, voyeurism, and even spacing out. Northern California has rarely looked as good either.
As well, he might've had a few new tech toys to play with, which he does for some eye-candy dream sequences. His doppelgangers, Stewart and Novak, do well as stand-ins in the imaginative playground of his id.
It's interesting that the medical condition that is the very title of the movie is the least of Hitchcock's concerns. As for "the greatest movie ever made" stuff, it's only fluff stirred up by and for lazy and bored conversationalists.
This review of Vertigo (1958) was written by Brian B on 02 Oct 2017.
Vertigo has generally received very positive reviews.
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