Vertigo (1958)

20250722:
Rating: 4.0/5

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Instant Comments:
Hitchcock walking by (in scene after protagonist faints)
huh why go the back way.
oh the sign above the door says "customer parking"
I look up the difficulty of following someone in a car without being detected
Is that painting the person she went to visit? Carlotta Valdes? Maybe they're related
Soon after, confirmed. "Portrait of Carlotta"
How strange. He saw her, but apparently she didn't enter
it is said Carlotta Valdes is her great grandmother
I feel like there's a disconnect between what the husband is saying and the wife's actions; I think as the viewer, we're being led to believe that the husband is sane and telling the truthful narrative but first and foremost he withheld information so he's already at least slightly an untrustworhty source. I think the wife does know, since I wouldn't believe in the supernatural nature of the story
how did she go faint just by jumping in?
apparently this actress was born in 1933 and (he's talking to her after she woke up)
hehe "I've never been inside"
she must now know he's following her to be taking so many turns
hehe. "Somewhere in here, I was born, and there I died. It was only a moment for you. You took no notice." Both beautiful and dark. My kind of thought
that's quite a cool overhead shot
he sees the woman going to the room; suggests perhaps he's been dreaming the whole thing up this whole time
why does she have a strange look on her face?
holy moly. she thinks of the situation... maybe twin sisters then. but so what... they've been switching off and the husband had an affair with the sister and killed his wife?
what!?! he just got a look-a-like and killed his wife? couldn't he have just left his wife? [after finishing the movie, I looked this up and apparently it's to gain her inheritance]
how strange. she says "cause I remind you of her?" but she is her, right?
very... dark (he's obsessive)
he's in her room waiting. he's gonna find her dress perhaps? or the note she wrote?
muss - "make (someone's hair or clothes) untidy or messy"
wait, that's the necklace...
what's going to happen...
I don't get it. Did he not fall in love with Judy? [apparently the movie is about obsession; John "Scottie" Ferguson was obsessed with the idea of Madeleine which Judy had portrayed, not with Judy herself]
What? Why... [supposedly there is some ambiguity in Judy's death. but I like the interpretation that she was startled in the figure being a ghost - and a little quirky karma for pretending to be haunted by Carlotta Valdes]

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Vertigo (1958) Alfred Hitchcock. 128 min

Relevant Links:
Vertigo (IMDb.com)
Vertigo (RottenTomatoes.com)
Vertigo (Wikipedia.org)