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Vertigo [1958]
 
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Vertigo [1958]
DVD ~ James Stewart
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Product details
  • Actors: James Stewart, Roland Got, Jack Richardson, Konstantin Shayne, Kim Novak
  • Directors: Alfred Hitchcock
  • Format: Anamorphic, Dubbed, PAL, Widescreen
  • Language English, French
  • Subtitles: Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Swedish
  • Region: Region 2 ( DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: PG
  • Studio: Universal Pictures UK
  • DVD Release Date: 17 Oct 2005
  • Run Time: 124 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars (33 customer reviews)
  • DVD Features:
    • Main Language: English
    • Available Audio Tracks: Dolby Digital 5.1, Mono, Surround
    • Sub Titles: Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Swedish
    • Dubbed Language(s): French, German, Italian, Spanish
    • Disc Format: DVD 9
    • Featurette
    • Production Notes
    • Original Theatrical Trailer
    • Cast And Film Makers Biographies
    • Feature Commentary
    • Foreign Censor Ending
  • ASIN: B00004RCOE
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 2,850 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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Dreamlike and nightmarishly surreal, Vertigo is Hitchcock's most personal film because it confronts many of the convoluted psychological issues that haunted and fascinated the director. The psychological complexity and the stark truthfulness of their rampant emotions keeps these strangely obsessive characters alive on screen, and Hitchcock understood better than most their barely repressed sexual compulsions, their fascination with death and their almost overwhelming desire for transcendent love. James Stewart finds profound and disturbing new depths in his psyche as Scotty, the tortured acrophobic detective on the trail of a suicidal woman apparently possessed by the ghost of someone long dead. Kim Novak is the classical Hitchcockian blonde whose icy exterior conceals a churning, volcanic emotional core. The agonised romance of Bernard Herrmann's score accompanies the two actors as a third and vitally important character, moving the film along to its culmination in an ecstasy of Wagnerian tragedy. Of course Hitch lavished especial care on every aspect of the production, from designer Edith Head's costumes (he, like Scotty, was most insistent on the grey dress), to the specific colour scheme of each location, to the famous reverse zoom "Vertigo" effect (much imitated, never bettered). The result is Hitch's greatest work and an undisputed landmark of cinema history.

On the DVD: This disc presents the superb restored print of this film in a wonderful widescreen (1.85:1) anamorphic transfer, with remastered Dolby digital 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

Video Description
DVD Special Features:
"Obsessed with Vertigo" featurette (29 mins)
Feature Commentary
Theatrical Trailer
Production Notes
Cast and Filmmakers' Notes

1.85:1 anamorphic
Languages: Dolby Digital 5.1 English, 3.0 Surround German, Mono French, Italian and Spanish
Subtitles: English, French, German, Dutch, Portuguese, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish, Danish, Polish, Czech

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Psychic and scenic wonders, 3 Aug 2004
By Stephen A. Haines (Ottawa, Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews
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Vertigo is indisputably Hitchcock's most engrossing suspense film. It's also the most scenic. Apart from giving Kim Novak two roles to play, a double treat at any time, we are given extended tours of San Francisco and the Coast. For Hitchcock, all this outdoor scenery is something of a departure. Yet it's not simply advertising for what once was a beautiful city enhanced by a beautiful woman. The story needs all this touring about in revealing who this woman really is. And the travelling takes place in time as well as space.

All this intrigue and travel results from Detective John Ferguson [Stewart] falling from a roof during a chase. He suffers from acrophobia - fear of heights - which retires him from the police force. He's hired to follow Madeleine, a businessman's wife, on her roamings around the city. She's clocked up a lot of odometer, although claiming merely shopping. None of this requires Ferguson to ascend any heights. In fact, he drops from street level in rescuing Madeleine from an attempted terminal swim in San Francisco Bay.

Do they fall in love? Need you ask? Madeleine, in love or not, is still driven - apparently by the ghost of a 19th Century Spanish grandee's wife, Carlotta. Carlotta resided in the lovely museum town of San Juan Bautista, one of California's mission chain communities. Ferguson and Madeleine make the drive [although going the wrong way on the road]. Madeleine, seemingly possessed, jumps from the Mission campanile [which doesn't exist]. Ferguson, his vertigo restraining him, cannot follow her up the stairs to stop her. End of story?

Not quite. Novak has two roles in this film. Hitchcock, ever the master of intrigue, introduces Judy Barton into Ferguson's life. It is here that Hitchcock makes full use of Stewart's acting abilities. Stewart was always more than just a "middle American" and he shifts from puzzled love to ardent quest with fluid ease. Novak, too, transforms under Hitchcock's deft touch from a cool, aloof beauty to a frightened, subdued and wary girl caught up in bizarre circumstances. The resolution of all these changes can only be tragic.

Hitchcock's work was always superior. In this film, he outdid himself and gave his cast matchless opportunity to fill their roles. He used Stewart more than once, but the other films appear to be training sessions compared with this masterpiece. Hitchcock fills the story with subtle touches that make this film worthy of repeated viewing. Try it. [stephen a. haines - Ottawa, Canada]

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars When does love turn into obsession ???, 28 Mar 2005
By M. Alcat "bel_78" (Buenos Aires, Argentina) - See all my reviews
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Scotty (James Stewart) is a retired policeman with a big handicap, vertigo. He simply cannot stand heights, something that he didn't know until the moment when he was unable to help a fellow officer in danger. His vertigo paralyzed him, and as a result the other policeman died. Traumatized, he retired and decided to take up a job as a detective.

His first task in his new job is following the rich wife of an old acquaintance, Madeline (Kim Novak). Madeline is a beautiful and very rich woman, who supposedly has suicidal tendencies that trouble his husband. The problem is that after some time Scottie starts to fall in love with the enigmatic Madeline. Strangely enough, the same thing seems to happen to her when they meet. But will both live long enough to enjoy their love, or is someone bent on a dark scheme that will inevitably end in death?. What does Scotty's vertigo has to do with those plans?. How far do lies go in this whole story ?. And when does love turn into obsession?.

The answer to all these questions, and many more, can be found in this 1958 Hitchcock's classic. Someone told me that some films are called classics for a good reason. I think "Vertigo" is one of them. If you haven't seen it, please do. I think you won't regret doing that, and that you will pleasantly surprised by all the twists in this strange plot. Strongly recommended!!!.

Belen Alcat

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