Movie-A-Day #384: Vertigo

[KingLouieLouie]

Well, this will be my final entry for this week.... To cue everyone in, the theme obviously pertained to those who had myriad of disabilities, whether mental and physical...and in some cases how indidivuals still lead a very productive life and even flourished/excelled at higher levels compared to others who werent afflicted with such limitations...to the extent that you wouldnt notice whatsoever that they were "challenged" in any manner.... My final selection is one of my all-time faves with probably the best director of our time.....

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And one last time.. I want to express my appreciation toward amazon.com for the following:

Amazon.com essential video
Although it wasn't a box-office success when originally released in 1958, Vertigo has since taken its deserved place as Alfred Hitchcock's greatest, most spellbinding, most deeply personal achievement. In fact, it consistently ranks among the top 10 movies ever made in the once-a-decade Sight & Sound international critics poll, placing at number 4 in the most recent survey. (Universal Pictures' spectacularly gorgeous 1996 restoration and rerelease of this 1958 Paramount production was a tremendous success with the public, too.) James Stewart plays a retired police detective who is hired by an old friend to follow his wife (a superb Kim Novak, in what becomes a double role), whom he suspects of being possessed by the spirit of a dead madwoman. The detective and the disturbed woman fall ("fall" is indeed the operative word) in love and...well, to give away any more of the story would be criminal. Shot around San Francisco (the Golden Gate Bridge and the Palace of the Legion of Honor are significant locations) and elsewhere in Northern California (the redwoods, Mission San Juan Batista) in rapturous Technicolor, Vertigo is as lovely as it is haunting. --Jim Emerson

DVD features
The Vertigo DVD presents the superb restored print of the film with a remastered Dolby Digital 5.1 soundtrack. There's a half-hour documentary made in 1996 about the painstaking two-year restoration process, plus an informative commentary from the restorers Robert Harris and James Katz, who are joined by original producer Herbert Coleman. There are also text features on the production, cast, and crew, plus a trailer for the theatrical release of the restoration. This is an undeniably essential requirement for every DVD collection. --Mark Walker

Personal Reaction:

Again...not much for me to add, but James Stewart was very stellar as always..... Of course... Alfred Hitchcock is mainly responsible for this masterpiece.. which will never be forgotten...

I enjoyed this past week of movie-a-day and look forward to my next turn.... Just very difficult considering that several phenomonal movies have already been done, but there of course are never limit of what to write about... Especially when trying to do a themed type week.... Mainly films that required actors/actresses to go beyond their general realm/scope and put on some of the most complex.. but fulfilling performances of a lifetime....


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[Chaplin]

Great, great movie, not as good as Rear Window, but this movie still is one of the best ever made. Perhaps Jimmy Stewart's best performance of his career though.

 

[Bada0Bing]

This is probably my favorite Hitchcock movie (although I still have a few to see).

 

[Mike Olbinski]

One of my favorites.

 

[dreamcastrocks]

Completely agree with Chaplin here.

Not quite as good as Rear Window, but a great Hitchcock nonetheless.

Good choice.

 

[NEZCardsfan]

Great movie. Now if we could cut down on some of the Anchorman talk my heart rate would go back down to normal.

I actually like North by Northwest and Psycho best.

But it's not like Vertigo and Rear Window suck by any means. Ahhhh, I love Hitchcock. (<-----somebody edits that, I gurantee this.)

 

[D-Dogg]

This is a great movie. North By Northwest is my favorite Hitchcock, but Rear Window, Vertigo and The 39 Steps all kind of take up a collective second place.

 

[NEZCardsfan]

This is a great movie. North By Northwest is my favorite Hitchcock, but Rear Window, Vertigo and The 39 Steps all kind of take up a collective second place.

Yes!! Because Eva Marie Saint is so hot. She's from a day when Actresses actually had hips and were bona fide hot!!

Howwwwlllllllllllllll



5 Howls...that's as hot as you can go.

 

[abomb]

Yes!! Because Eva Marie Saint is so hot. She's from a day when Actresses actually had hips and were bona fide hot!!

I like where your head is at.

/tired of super skinny girls

 

[dreamcastrocks]

Yes!! Because Eva Marie Saint is so hot. She's from a day when Actresses actually had hips and were bona fide hot!!

Howwwwlllllllllllllll



5 Howls...that's as hot as you can go.

She would be hot in today's standards. I need to try and find more movies that she was in.

 

[NEZCardsfan]

I like where your head is at.

/tired of super skinny girls

No doubt. Hips are good.....I hate seeing these getting Dieted away.

Muscle above the knee and muscle on the arm is good too.

No, I'm not talking about She-Hulk.

 

[NEZCardsfan]

She would be hot in today's standards. I need to try and find more movies that she was in.

Superman Returns.

 

[D-Dogg]

Eva Marie Saint is terribly hot.