Hitchcock's most personal film

Rating: 10/10 (15 February 2000)

Although my favourite Hitchcock film is Strangers On A Train, this is his masterpiece as well as one of his darkest films since it deals with the theme of obsession. This movie is the closest Hitch comes to fully expressing his inner demons to nearly being explicit. The beginning of this film can be seen as a continuation of Rear Window. Vertigo (1958) also deals with some similar themes explored in Rear Window (1954). This is the third film that deals with a person's mental state. The other two being Spellbound (1946), which dealt with a man's fear of white, and Marnie (1964), which dealt with the main character's fear of red. This motion picture is a highlight of the director's fame career and should be considered on any top ten greatest films list.