Sunday, May 16, 2010

Vertigo Is Now Viewable As A Movie Download

By William Woods

Hitchcock's iconic movie Vertigo is a classic thriller and features lead characters James Stewart and Kim Novak. Vertigo is the kind of movie that you once you have seen you will always remember.

The film was adapted from a novel by Narcejac and written for the big screen in 1958 by Taylor and Coppel.

Much of the setting for the movie takes place in northern California from San Francisco to San Juan Bautista and there are many iconic landmarks used in the shoot such as the Golden Gate Bridge, Muir Woods and Coit Tower.

The plot of the film is compelling viewing and is ranked as one of the best films of all time. There are many twists and turns which will have you on the edge of your seat.

The central protagonist of the movie, Scottie, is a detective who witnesses a traumatic death of his colleague. The image haunts him and this is when his vertigo begins which has symptoms of aversion to heights. He takes early retirement and ends his days as a detective until an old college chum, Gavin, pleads for his help in a private case.

The pace picks up as Scottie is hired to tail Madeleine, Gavin's wife. She is obsessed with a woman named Carlotta Valdes and visits her grave and portrait each day.

Scottie continues to follow Madeleine and sees her jump into the bay at Fort Point. He prevents her from taking her own life, they form a rapport and she tells him that she is afraid that she is going insane. She has a recurring dream that plagues her.

Scottie knows that this is the mission in San Juan Bautista and thinks that she should face her fear. When they arrive Madeleine tears away from his side, runs up the steps to the roof and he is unable to follow because of his vertigo. He hears her scream and is powerless to act.

Madeleine's death haunts him and he revisits the places they went and can't forget her. He meets Judy, a striking young woman who bears an uncanny resemblance to Madeleine. He asks Judy to wear the same clothes and go to the same places that he went with Madeleine. She does this out of love for him.

A climax is where he makes the connection that they are the same person when he sees Judy wearing Carlotta Valdes' necklace.

He revisits San Juan Bautista with Judy determined to get the truth. He finds out that they are the same woman. The whole thing was a plot to murder Gavin's first wife, the woman that actually fell from the bell tower.

As the couple argue, a nun appears and Judy is frightened by this and plummets down from the bell tower onto the tiles below. Scottie recovers from the vertigo.

This film is a classic and an absolute must see. The plot driven suspense will keep you on the edge of your seat till the very end. - 2361

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