Vertigo
I have an interest in films about dreams as they are one of the few things that people cannot protect themselves from. Vanilla Sky was a fascinating film to me about how the power of the subconscious and how it can affect you. Vertigo is a film that functions almost as a living dream. Vertigo, based on a French book by two authors called “De Entre Los Morts” by Pierre Boileu and Pierre Ayraud, is my favorite of Alfred Hitchcock’s many masterpieces. While Vertigo has a murder mystery as part of its plot, at its heart it is really a dark film about the dangers of romantic obsession. James Stewart gives an amazing performance as a retired detective, John “Scottie” Ferguson and Kim Novak and Barbara Del Glades are very memorable as the two main women in Scottie’s life. As always I will discuss the film’s plot in detail so if you want to remain spoiler free please revisit this page after you have seen the film. To quickly recap