Reference Film: XIV - VERTIGO by Alfred Hitchcock

Vertigo (1958)
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Writing credits by Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac (novel)
Runtime: 128 min
Country: USA
Language: English
Colour: Colour (Technicolor)
Sound Mix: DTS 70 mm (1996 re-release) (70 mm prints) / DTS (1996 re-release) (35 mm prints) / Dolby Digital (1996 re-release) (35 mm prints) / Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Cast:
James Stewart as Det. John 'Scottie' Ferguson
Kim Novak as Madeleine Elster/Judy Barton
Barbara Bel Geddes as Marjorie 'Midge' Wood
Tom Helmore as Gavin Elster
Henry Jones as Coroner

Summary
Vertigo is simply brilliant.
The more times one views it, the more one picks up from it. A masterpiece among others made by Hitchcock. Vertigo has been called as the most personal, emotional, and complex of Hitchcock's films.
When I think Vertigo, I think about the colours, the fear, the panic: I can recognise myself with the same feeling when in a cemetery.

There are phenomenal performances and James Stewart, who plays the biggest anti-hero of his career and Kim Novak whose stunning beauty and exceptional personalities shine through this dark film. Barbara Bel Geddes provides great support as well. Everything about this film, the cinematography, the story, the depth, etc. leaves you mystified and transfixed on this dizzying, surreal artwork of a film.