I caught this on Vudu the other night, with Blade Runner & Casablanca to follow. From the trailer, I was expecting a lesser film. I was blown away from the start by the rich technicolor. This may be one of the best-looking films that I have ever seen, including the camerawork, visual quality and locations. Reviews seem to confirm this, with even the smashed tomato scores saying "it still looks really good." Was it released this way? I was wondering because Psycho was b&w when I watched it way back when. They seemed proud of the photographic effects in the credits, and it was pretty trippy and neat.
Anyway, the story had an interesting twist. And then it kind of
The ending was quite a descent, and I felt so bad for him. Dude already was in a mental ward for 6 months (kind of an odd cut after that part to him just being fine again), so how long is he going to need now? Never mind the fact that he
Themes like obsession were neat, and the first act with Jimmy Stewart made him almost disappear to me. I'd previously seen him in Rear Window, but enjoyed him in this a lot more. He
Kim Novak--wowzers! She's up there with Grace Kelly and Audrey Hepburn in my book. Gorgeous, and fit well with Stewart I thought. I also admired the suits and fashion. I've recently gotten into collar pins and tie bars and got into hats a couple years ago, so it's nice to see the older movies proving the old style was a thing. But from my eye, this appeared to be set in the time of the release date. I'd thought the hat-and-suit thing fell out of favor moving into the 60s (this was late 50s), so not sure about the accuracy there.
What are your thoughts on Vertigo? I felt like the trailer really made it seem like it would be more about Stewart being dizzy all the time. That was more of an afterthought, other than it stopping him from
WARNING: "spoiler" spoilers below
seeing the dead-wife scheme play out the first go around
Question: What was with the first time he's trailing the "wife" and she disappears from the hotel? He sees her in the window, but then the receptionist calls his bluff. This was one reason why I thought it would be more of an Identity-type flick, with stuff not making sense or some possible ghost action (it being more in his mind, so to speak).
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