Vertigo - 1958 - James Stewart, Kim Novak.
Hitchcock's most personal film.
Vertigo, adapted from the French novel D'entre Les Morts, is,
according to Hitchcock himself, the directors´ most personal film; one centred
around obsession and deceit. Scottie Ferguson (Stewart) retires from his
position as a private investigator after an incident which reveals his fear of
heights; vertigo. After retiring Scottie is lured into another case by an old
friend, Gavin Elster (Tom Helmore), who asks Scottie to tail his wife who he
suspects of being possessed by the spirit of a woman from the past. Elster's
wife, Madeleine (Novak), is stunningly beautiful and after tracking her
movements for some time Scottie begins to fall in love with her. As the film
progresses, twists and turns in the plot reveal more and more about each
character resulting in a whirlwind thriller that is widely considered to be one
of the greatest movies of all time.
