One of the Great Cinematic Tragedies

Rating: 10/10 (30 January 2020)

Let's not beat around the bush: "Vertigo" is one of the greatest tragedies in cinema history from one of the greatest filmmakers to ever live. It's a film that perfectly blends a thrilling and disturbing noir storyline with lovers so star-crossed it would've made Shakespeare proud. It's also a film that so perfectly captures the golden age of Hollywood: it's rife with glorious 50s melodrama, saturated with beautiful Technicolor, the costumes are extravagantly designed, and it features a soundtrack so earnest and melancholy it practically begs the viewer to shed a tear. "Vertigo" is a film that has inspired generations of filmmakers and will continue to inspire them. "Vertigo" isn't even my favorite of Hitch's films (you can't beat "Psycho" in my opinion), and that right there should be a testament to how great of a director the late Master of Suspense really was.