When Vertigo – from the realm of the dead in 1958 on the cinema screen saw the light of day, the audience was overwhelmed with the mystery he depicted. Today the thriller is considered a cult film and becomes As one of the best work traded by cult director Alfred Hitchcock (psycho, the birds).
Vertigo was greatly underestimated at the time – and is celebrated today all the more
As Screen Rant worked out in August 2024, Vertigo was recorded in 1958 after his appearance in 1958. The spectators: inside Haded with the complex plot of the filmwho didn’t have enough pace for her and confused it.
A Review of the New York Post even claimed:
Hitchcock believes that he can get away with a murder in the areas of logic and realism.
The psychological thriller staged by Hitchcock is about the former police officer John “Scottie” Ferguson (James Stewart), who suffers as a fear of height due to an almost fatal accident.
Shortly afterwards he is commissioned by his friend Gavin Elster (Tom Helmore), whose wife Madeleine (Kim Novak), who seems to be obsessed with a spirit. But the more intensely Scottie goes on Madeleine’s traces, the deeper he gets into a surreal network of deception and obsession.
What escaped the audience at the time was that Hitchcock didn’t just want to tell Vertigo an exciting story. It was also about to shed light on his protagonist’s agitated inner life. In particular, motifs such as obsession, identity and the inability to let go of the past play a role and have great impact on the type of staging.
Today Vertigo is considered the best thriller ever
Only a few cinema generations later, namely in the 80s, was able to assert himself Hitchcock’s work. Cineast finally realized: Inside the innovative narrative style and complexity of the thriller and broke out in never -time enthusiasm.
At Moviepilot it has a high 7.7 out of 10-however, the Moviepilot community is known to be more critical than the global average. At Metacritic, Vertigo holds an incredible 100 out of 100 and is with it One of the best discussed films ever. Why Vertigo is traded more or less officially than the best thriller ever is the renowned sight and sound best list. Until recently, he was even number 1 and was replaced by drama Jeanne Dielman. But he remains the best thriller.
In Germany you can currently enjoy the once misunderstood masterpiece at Amazon Prime Video in the subscription. Both the German synchronous version and the English original are available.