Just Enjoy a Masterpiece

Rating: 10/10 (30 October 2018)

We all know the story...a husband concocting a mystery about a 'wife' who is haunted by an old spirit and accidentally kills herself.
But next time you watch it - and you can watch it over and over again - focus on set pieces: the opening chase across silhouetted San Fran rooftops, the initial meeting in the most spectacular office between the now-retired detective and scheming shipyard owner, Kim Novak's suicidal dive under the Golden Gate Bridge, and best of all, Novak emerging as the redone blond beauty in a green-lit neon hotel room...God, what a beauty!
Then there's Saul Bass opening color credit designs and Bernard Herrmann's spellbinding dizzying score.