Hitchcock's iconic movie Vertigo is a classic thriller and features lead characters James Stewart and Kim Novak. Vertigo is the kind of movie that you once you have seen you will always remember.
It was produced in 1958 and written by Samuel Taylor and Alec Coppel who adapted it from a novel by Narcejac.
Much of the setting for the movie takes place in northern California from San Francisco to San Juan Bautista and there are many iconic landmarks used in the shoot such as the Golden Gate Bridge, Muir Woods and Coit Tower.
The plot of the film is compelling viewing and is ranked as one of the best films of all time. There are many twists and turns which will have you on the edge of your seat.
The central protagonist of the movie, Scottie, is a detective who witnesses a traumatic death of his colleague. The image haunts him and this is when his vertigo begins which has symptoms of aversion to heights. He takes early retirement and ends his days as a detective until an old college chum, Gavin, pleads for his help in a private case.
This is the catalyst for the driving force of the movie. Gavin asks Scottie to investigate his wife Madeleine whom he fears is losing her mind. She is obsessed with a dead woman named Carlotta Valdes and reenacts the same journey each day as a kind of pilgrimage to Carlotta.
Scottie spends the day trailing Madeleine, Gavin's wife, and he witnesses her jump into the bay at Fort Point with the Golden Gate looming above her. After he rescues her there is a chemistry between them and Madeleine tells Scottie about her fears of death and a recurring dream with a bell tower in it.
The setting for this dream is San Juan Bautista and they decide that if she goes there then she may face this nightmare head on and fight it. However, when they get there, Madeleine races up the stairs as if she has seen a ghost. Scottie can not follow because of the vertigo. He can only watch as she plunges to her death from the top.
Madeleine's death haunts him and he revisits the places they went and can't forget her. He meets Judy, a striking young woman who bears an uncanny resemblance to Madeleine. He asks Judy to wear the same clothes and go to the same places that he went with Madeleine. She does this out of love for him.
A twist arises when Carlotta Valdes' necklace is spotted on Judy. Scottie figures out that they are the same and he decides to confront her with the truth.
He revisits San Juan Bautista with Judy determined to get the truth. He finds out that they are the same woman. The whole thing was a plot to murder Gavin's first wife, the woman that actually fell from the bell tower.
In a tragic twist, Judy is startled by a nun at the top of the tower and really plunges to her death. Scottie is now cured of his vertigo.
This movie is suspenseful and all lovers of thrillers and mysteries will enjoy the nail biting plot that will keep you guessing until the end. - 39815
It was produced in 1958 and written by Samuel Taylor and Alec Coppel who adapted it from a novel by Narcejac.
Much of the setting for the movie takes place in northern California from San Francisco to San Juan Bautista and there are many iconic landmarks used in the shoot such as the Golden Gate Bridge, Muir Woods and Coit Tower.
The plot of the film is compelling viewing and is ranked as one of the best films of all time. There are many twists and turns which will have you on the edge of your seat.
The central protagonist of the movie, Scottie, is a detective who witnesses a traumatic death of his colleague. The image haunts him and this is when his vertigo begins which has symptoms of aversion to heights. He takes early retirement and ends his days as a detective until an old college chum, Gavin, pleads for his help in a private case.
This is the catalyst for the driving force of the movie. Gavin asks Scottie to investigate his wife Madeleine whom he fears is losing her mind. She is obsessed with a dead woman named Carlotta Valdes and reenacts the same journey each day as a kind of pilgrimage to Carlotta.
Scottie spends the day trailing Madeleine, Gavin's wife, and he witnesses her jump into the bay at Fort Point with the Golden Gate looming above her. After he rescues her there is a chemistry between them and Madeleine tells Scottie about her fears of death and a recurring dream with a bell tower in it.
The setting for this dream is San Juan Bautista and they decide that if she goes there then she may face this nightmare head on and fight it. However, when they get there, Madeleine races up the stairs as if she has seen a ghost. Scottie can not follow because of the vertigo. He can only watch as she plunges to her death from the top.
Madeleine's death haunts him and he revisits the places they went and can't forget her. He meets Judy, a striking young woman who bears an uncanny resemblance to Madeleine. He asks Judy to wear the same clothes and go to the same places that he went with Madeleine. She does this out of love for him.
A twist arises when Carlotta Valdes' necklace is spotted on Judy. Scottie figures out that they are the same and he decides to confront her with the truth.
He revisits San Juan Bautista with Judy determined to get the truth. He finds out that they are the same woman. The whole thing was a plot to murder Gavin's first wife, the woman that actually fell from the bell tower.
In a tragic twist, Judy is startled by a nun at the top of the tower and really plunges to her death. Scottie is now cured of his vertigo.
This movie is suspenseful and all lovers of thrillers and mysteries will enjoy the nail biting plot that will keep you guessing until the end. - 39815
About the Author:
About the Author: Ben Mendel owns the most comprehensiveipod moviesdownload site on the internet. Rent Download Movies You can get a deal on anything, but you have to ask. Swiss Family Robinson (1960)The Robinson family gets shipwrecked near an island.
No comments:
Post a Comment