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Thursday, June 3, 2010

Vertigo

Another beautiful piece made by Alfred Hitchcock. This movie entails the troubling fortunes of an acrophobia-plagued detective named John "Scottie" Ferguson, who is eventually retired from his work after a death of one of his officers. He meets with one of his friends, Gavin Elster, a wealthy shipbuilder, and is commissioned to watch over his alluring wife, Madeleine. Unfortunately, Madeleine is troubled by haunting thoughts that she is a reincarnation of a women that has died many years ago. Resiliently, she has become suicidal in nature. On one of Gavin's spying missions, John is allowed the opportunity to save her from killing herself after she drops into the San Francisco Bay. Eventually, John falls in love with the woman, and is carried away in her beautiful wake. One unfortunate day, however, Madeleine is propelled by her suicidal nature and kills herself, driving John into lonely insanity. His déjà vu is then pushed to it's limits as he meets a women named Judy Barton, in which he falls desperately in love. He attempts to change Judy, make her into the perfect clone of Madeleine, but John is in a spiral of a mystery himself.

The main characters were played flawlessly. John "Scottie" Ferguson is played by James Stewart. However, my props go towards the actor, Kim Novak, for portraying Madeleine as perfectly as any suicidal empress in distress can be. Looking as wonderful as ever, she dominated the screen with her grace and beauty.
Overall, the movie was perfectly made, with music that fits the mood. This love tragedy is a must see, especially for lovers of Alfred Hitchcock movies.

10/10



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