Very much so! [Raises hand]
It's his most glamorous film, and the most twisted. And has the best music of all his films, and is the one time his leading actors gave career-best performances at the same time.
I like it, but there are several I like better.
shareYes, for sure.
Close seconds are To Catch a Thief, Shadow of a Doubt, Spellbound, Strangers on a Train, Marnie, Dial M for Murder and The Trouble with Harry.
Rear Window for me, but Vertigo might be numero duo.
shareFrenzy for me, it's SO odd and Creepy too.
shareSame here:
Frenzy
Rope
Rear Window
Whilst I don't mind 'Vertigo', I've never understood why everyone praises it so much? I probably prefer another 3 or 4 additional'Hitchcock' titles over this one?
Yeah. But reverse for me.
Rear Window
Rope
Frenzy
North by Northwest
Psycho
etc
etc
Vertigo is better than, say, The Birds and Marnie (pfff)
Absolutely. It's wonderfully atmospheric and stylish. And the ending is perfect.
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I’ve probably seen about half of Hitchcock’s catalogue and so far Vertigo is in the lead. It holds up well because it doesn’t have any big action scenes or ambitious special effects, which tend to date some his other films (especially The Birds).
Vertigo slowly subsumes you in a thick atmosphere of obsession and madness, it has the intoxicating quality of a David Lynch film, it haunts you until you have an unquenchable urge to watch it again.
Rear Window gets a lot of praise but I found it underwhelming. The reveal was unsurprising and the effect of Stewart falling really doesn’t hold up. North by Northwest was another that didn’t live up to the hype, it was kind of like a mediocre Bond film.
Psycho is genius and my second favourite so far. It might not be as deep as Vertigo but it’s more fun and scary, kind of a suspense roller-coaster with a chilling ending.
My only issue with Vertigo is that Kim Novak is a little bland. There nothing wrong with her performance but as an object of maddening obsession she can’t compete with Hitchcock’s ultimate blonde - Grace Kelly. That woman is so beautiful and charming that she’s more angel than human.
I have gone through most of his filmography in the last year and thoroughly enjoy all of them i complete get why he is so revered and i agree completely.
It could very well be because this one comes out not just number one from his fans but Film in General that my view are slightly prejudiced i actually prefer his lesser 'smaller' films over the big budget Hollywood golden period ones.
My favourite is Dial M for Murder that 20 minute scene where he recruits the would be killer is amazing. Suspicion was great take away the ending but i can let that slide. Frenzy and Strangers on a Train also i would put above Vertigo in terms of what i would go back to first.
I really liked Lady on Train and 39 Steps also it has that classic English wit and is pleasurable to the ear because everybody speaks so eloquently
I even like Marnie which i know gets a lot of hate
Vertigo is like one of those films that wins all the awards and you like and appreciate but i don't have the urge to revisit it
Rear Window, Psycho and North by Northwest are better films than Vertigo IMO
The Birds probably the worst and i haven't seen Shadow of doubt yet which looks very good
While I love Vertigo, imo it's one of the weaker of the famous ones; If you haven't yet, you should check out North By Northwest, Rear Window, and To Catch A Thief...
shareYeah i didn't want to say it because i know people get touchy about prestige films and to be honest what do i know?
When every film maker holds this up as the Holy Grail you have to say i guess it's pretty damn good. But they appreciate it on all of the nuanced deeper levels that it no doubt has. But in terms of pure entertainment and rewatchability it wouldn't rank that high for me