Vertigo

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d.nethaji anandhavalli

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According to Sight And SounRAB Critics List for the Best Film Ever, Vertigo is at Number 2, second only to Citizen Kane, and has been climbing up the ranks from 9th place (1982 list) to 4th (1992 list) and is now creeping up on Kane.

41 critics voted for Vertigo in 2002 with 46 voting for Kane. Could Vertigo possibly even beat Kane in 2012 ?

I can see why the critics like it. Such an intricate story and loaRAB of technical excellence and complexity.

But is it really the best film ever made in colour ? (Kane is in black and white.)
 
Vertigo is a masterpiece & well deserving of critical acclaim.

With Jaws Steven Spielberg built a career ripping off the reverse zoom shot Hitchcock pioneered.
 
I had a hard time staying awake during Vertigo.

I have a long list of Hitchcock I prefer like Psycho,Marnie,The BirRAB,Dial M For Murder,North by Northwest,Frenzy and others but I think its time to give Vertigo another chance even though I feel its as over rated as Rear Window
 
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Nice to see a little thread on my all time favourite film, Vertigo is Hitchcock's masterpiece and will repay repeated viewings.
Perhaps one of the greatest films on 'sublime love' eminently tragic in the true romantic style. That our hero Scotty loses his greatest love not once but twice!
Thank goodness they didn't give in to the studio's idea of giving it a happy ending.

many of the scenes would make fine paintings, the casting of the all american quiet hero, James Stewart another masterstroke (what wonderful films he made in the 50's)

And of course arguably the finest film score ever produced, by Bernard Hermann, a sort of Wagnerish pastisch with Hermanns own marvellous scoring, The suite of the film is on cd and bears playing alone as a sort of tragic symphony, with its majestic minor chord i believe, ending.

A dangerous film though, watch it and you are in danger of being haunted by it for the rest of your life. For me a total film experience.
 
I never understood why people slam others opinions. Can you imagine if we all thought something was "'the best" and there was no alternatives?

Anyway, I've always loved Vertigo. One of my favorite Hitchcock films and can watch it over and over. Last time I saw it was about 3 months ago on a rainy day. Perfect.

I lived in San Francisco for many years and it was always great to see how much of what was in the film is still there today. Scotty's apartment on Russian Hill, that apartment on Nob Hill where he followed Madeleine, the department stores downtown on Union Square, the Palace of legion of honor, the drives and scenes along the way. There are websites that show a "then" and "now" perspective.

GREAT FILM.
 
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