Hitchcock's Greatest Movie.

Rating: 10/10 (7 March 2009)

"Vertigo" (1958) is my favourite Alfred Hitchock film. Not only is the casting, music, and direction perfect, its also a brilliant, but disturbing look into a mans obsession of a woman. Even if the first part of the film wasn't already excellent, you have Scottie(James Stewart) transforming Judy Barton(Kim Novak) into Madeleine, and his near descent into madness(?). No one but Hitchocock could do it as good as this. An interesting thing to note, is that it was based on a French book by Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac called "D'Entre Les Morts". These two writers had provided the original novel for Henri-Georges Clouzot's (the French master of suspense) "Les Diaboliques". A haunting film that demands multiple viewings.