For decades, critics have rated Hitchcock’s story of obsession, manipulation and fear as one of cinema’s top five works: VERTIGO’s power endures today. The story follows a detective (Jimmy Stewart) who is forced to retire due to his fear of heights. When he sees a woman who reminds him of someone who died tragically (Kim Novak), he’s pulled into a psychological vortex. Music by Bernard Hermann, costumes by Edith Head, titles by Saul Bass, cinematography by Robert Burks: legends, all. (U.S., 1958, 128m)
“One of the landmarks—not merely of the movies, but of 20th-century art” –Chicago Reader
