Review of Vertigo (1958) by Marc R — 29 Jan 2016

I prefer this to 'Psycho' (by a hair); for the way its dark implications penetrate into the psyche and seem to reveal the inner workings and obsessions of Hitchcock himself, for the psychological and complex textures of its artistry, and for the way color, composition, camera movement, performance, and score combine to make an intoxicating, mysterious, and dense exploration of pain and longing.