VERTIGO - classic thriller - have you seen it?

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Widely regarded as director Alfred Hitchcock’s finest, Vertigo is a multi-layered, psychological thriller starring James Stewart and Kim Novak. Proudly sitting on top of the much celebrated Sight and Sound Poll (in 2012), this masterpiece is a movie filled with uncertainty and suspense that unfolds in an astonishingly haunting climax.

John ‘Scottie’ Ferguson (Stewart) is a retired San Francisco detective. After being involved in a rooftop chase, resulting in the death of a fellow policeman, Scottie has been battling vertigo. When approached by an old school friend to secretly pursue the man’s wife Madeline (Novak), he begrudgingly agrees.

As Madeline proves exceedingly hard to follow, he eventually tracks her down and rescues her as she attempts to jump into San Fran Bay. With both Madeline and Scottie spending more and more time with each other they ultimately confess their love for one another, whilst in the surroundings of an old Mission.

Out of nowhere, Madeline runs into the church and climbs the bell tower. With Scottie powerless to run after her, we are left with a stunning daring act of cinematic genius that only the master of suspense could compose.
With a fantastic backdrop of San Francisco, this story of romance and obsession is a stunning piece of work that should be ranked as highly in another 50 years’ time, as it is today.