VERTIGO (1958) Movie Reaction w/ Coby FIRST TIME WATCHING
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Vertigo movie reaction. Check out Coby's first time watching Vertigo reaction. The psychological mystery thriller was directed by Alfred Hitchcock in 1958 and stars James Stewart and Kim Novak.
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Coby + Hitchcock -- Round 3 !
That was great, really looking forward to other Hitchcock reactions.
If you enjoy Psychological thrillers and haven't seen it before "Identity" (2003) is a hidden gem
@@Muckylittleme absolutely!
"She just fell? Because she was scared of the nun?" Anyone who's been around nuns will get that, but also, Madeleine mentioned early on about being scolded by the nuns when she was a girl. This film is a puzzle box that shows different facets every time you turn it. Great reaction; I love how completely riveted Coby was watching this. In fact, you don't really watch it; you're immersed in it, with its gorgeous locations and colour palette and everything else Hitchcock did so adroitly and artfully.
@@DavidAntrobus it's a fever dream film
@@criminalcontent Yes, that's a good way to describe it!
People didn't take Novak seriously enough as an actress. That she differentiated Madeleine and Judy SO DAMN WELL that virtually everyone doubts themselves when they see Judy's reveal is just testament to how great she was.
SHE'S NOT YET DEAD SO (NOVAK) WRITE TESTIMONY INSTEAD OF TESTAMENT (WILL) !
@@Fanfanbalibar Testimony refers to evidence from a witness, while testament is the actual tangible proof or evidence. Her performance is itself a testament to her talent. My praising her performance is testimony to it. Hope that helps.
Yes, I was totally fooled the first time. It's incredible what make-up and hair can do. And Novak was totally different as Judy.
The first time I watched it I had no idea Judy was the same actress as Madeline! 😀
It's amazing how rarely reviews (until the 2000s really!) paid much attention to Novak's contributions to this film. I think people thought that any "pretty blonde" could play the role. Novak's two most unique qualities were brought out in this movie in startling ways: 1) her mythic and aloof "otherworldliness" which fit Madeleine so perfectly and 2) her warm "small town" vulnerability which made Judy such a touching and tragic character. This unique combination made Novak the most suited movie star at the time to play this role, and she gave it everything she had to great results.
Going from Rear Window to Vertigo is a great choice. That whiplash of seeing him in that movie vs his creepy descent here must have been unsettling for Coby lol.
Yes, Kim Novak was 25 years old in real life, when "Vertigo" came out.
Yeah. 24 during filming. Adults just looked like adults back then.
@@crincon True! 😁
@@crinconPeople got older faster.
@@Progger11 People were more mature in character much earlier.
Not during the 2 hrs of the movie ! @@Progger11
I first saw Vertigo in a theater when it had been restored and re-released in 1983. The ending was such a shock. She fell, he looked down from the ledge, cured of his vertigo, the curtain closed, and we were out on the street a minute later, nerves still jangling. Walking down the sidewalk in a group of stunned viewers, wondering WTF just happened, is one of my most memorable moviegoing experiences.
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i took my girlfriend to the 1983 re-releases of the Hitchcock films - she loved both Rear Window and Vertigo - i had seen them both before when i was a kid - and had remembered them - they were so vivid that i recalled large chunks - and of course the plots
Yes, Coby, I think you should watch it again! Of all the movies ever made, Vertigo might be the MOST re-watchable. Every time you see it, you'll catch something else, some nuance of Madeline's/Judy's character, or another deft directorial touch from Hitchcock. Now that you know the story and are prepared for the twists, you can carefully observe how incredible the acting is throughout, not only James Stewart and Kim Novak (who is sensational), but also many of the other characters, especially poor Midge. And if you read critical analysis, you'll want to listen to the music cues and keep track of the unique color schemes and the set decoration. This film is endlessly rewarding for repeat viewings.
Yes and yes and yes !
And if you can, take a listen to Wagner's "Prelude and Love Death" from the opera, Tristan und Isolde. You will really appreciate the film's music cues. (Love/Death is one of the main themes of the movie.) Keep digging. There is so much more to this film.
I enjoy reading Roger Ebert's reviews there always very enlightening
ONE of the reasons why I think this movie is so great is because you aren't 100% sure what is actually going on until there is 2 minutes left in the movie.
Hitch doesn’t hold your hand. He throws you right into the story.
Yes indeed @@mattx449
@@mattx449
But in his way, using all his mean trickery, lying, cheating and driving you wherever he wants. In the end the bastard always gets away with it, that's why he's one of the best
My favorite movie. The next time you watch it, take notice that in the final moments when Scottie is standing in the bell tower looking down, he assumes the posture of a bird. He's free as a bird, of emotions that've been haunting him. During a vacation trip in the summer of 1990 I visited San Juan Bautista. The mission never had a bell tower. A matte painting of one was made and placed in front of the camera. The stairs he and Judy climbed were actually a 70 foot tall set in the studio. I enjoyed your commentary very much. Well done Coby!
Great reaction to my favorite Hitchcock movie. When you watch it a second time, you see it from a completely different perspective. Hitchcock was an obsessed man, obsessed with storyboarding his movies and obsessed with beautiful blondes. This movie was an expression of his obsessions. Notice also the vertiginous wanderings through the streets of San Francisco as Scotty followed Madelene. Of course, this was by Hitchcock's design along with all the symbolic colors, the reds and greens and grays.
Don't believe everything you read on the internet about famous dead people.
Fun reaction! The only time I’ve seen someone jump scared by a bouquet of flowers! 💐😮🤣
Fantastically sharp reaction. My good friend Dorothy's father scored this film and it tells the inner story to a T and each time I watch this it's such a lesson on how to tell a suspense film driven by character rather just thrilling events.
This isn't a movie mystery... It's a movie about obsession. It was very bold of Hitchcock as he reveals his own obsession with breathy cool tempered blondes. It's a movie about insanity... Scotty was driven insane and we get a front row seat. It's not until it's too late that he realizes his insanity. Remember it's not about romance, it's about obsession.
Midge serves a very specific purpose in this story. They were engaged and she broke it off, maybe out of fear. She still loves him and he knows it, she gives off all the signals, which he navigates around with agility while remaining her best buddy. The message is there from the start: Scotty doesn't give second chances.
FRIEND ZONE
that and exposition
Great reaction. I have seen this movie many times and still feel conflicted. This widely considered to be Hitchcock’s masterpiece. The Studio didn’t take good care of the original master, and it was in a serious state of disrepair. A company had to be hired to restore it. This is the version that we currently enjoy.
Love watching reactions to this and seeing people’s minds blown in real time 😂
I've really enjoyed watching you react to these Hitchcock movies, your enjoyment really makes it special! Hope to see more in the future!
You nailed this reaction! Thank you… it was so much fun seeing this movie through the eyes of someone going in cold!
The fact that you appreciated this one so much shows excellent taste ! Hope you continue on your Hitchcock journey. Rebecca, Notorious and Marnie are my personal favorites. Thanks again for the great reaction !
My first time watching I was intrigued ,invested ,confused ,resolved , back to being confuse and surprised...lol
This is one of Hitch's best. Another great reaction, young lady. Thank u for being open minded to these older classics and helping to introduce them to younger audiences. Another excellent Hitchcock film from 1971 is FRENZY, and it's set in Britain.
Great watch love your reaction
Oooohhh just recently found this channel, really enjoying the reactions, and this is a reminder that I still need to see North By Northwest myself lol
It's also a story about whether we love the essense of the other, or their image (how they looked and were when we met them younger, or how we shaped them in our fantasies about them), and we stop love them when they deviate from that, or we try to vainly recapture that idea of them that we had
Excellent reaction and you continue to be enjoyable to share the movie experience. Vertigo is a movie that has many experiences and numerous themes. There is obsession, madness, domination, willing submission, lust, stalking, jealousy, and revenge…. Just to name a few but not nearly all. Vertigo is a master class in the failings of humans with the ability to be something different to different people while viewing and then somehow be different when personally watching again. Great directors, actors, thinkers, and critics study this movie and all have different experiences and perspectives. Like the mind and our thoughts, there is no one or pure explanation. Just watch, enjoy the unique experience, and be glad this was produced. Nothing like it before or since has come to a movie screen.Sadly this was not a hit when it was released and Hitchcock needed a movie quickly that was a big success. North by Northwest followed. A very entertaining movie but pretty straightforward. Hitchcock was upset with the response for Vertigo that he never used James Stewart again and unjustly blamed the actors. The movie was just too far ahead of it’s time and was dismissed by critics and the mainstream media. It took the emerging college film students, television, and young directors in the 70’s to rightly bring Vertigo back. Then in the mid to late 70’s, Vertigo achieved the late but earned acclaim.
He never used Cary Grant after North By Northwest, either; Psycho was his last black and white movie. These three movies were the end of an era for Hitchcock, and no movie he made AFTER this trio was quite up to par with his earlier work, The Birds and Frenzy included.
@@garytiptin6479 Agree. 👍 Foe me the greatest disappointment was Torn Curtain.Newman and Andrews at the top of their star power, Cold War plot with built in suspense, and a large budget… but what a lifeless movie. Sadly after 1960 and the television show had run its course, Hitchcocks vein of gold,like a treasure strike, has run out. But what a great 25 year run.
exact, exact, exact !
What a highly entertaining reaction! This movie is one of my favorites and I'm confident that Coby will love it even more when she watches it again. I'm loving these recent Hitchcock reactions as well as the two that Cami did for Popcorn Roulette. I look forward to the next one!
Vertigo can be found on lists compiled of the best films ever made, despite a plot that makes no real sense, and a big reveal given way too early. There are much easier ways to murder someone than the ridiculously complicated scheme employed by the husband. Despite this, the film is a psychological masterpiece operating below the surface plot, and that deals with themes of obsession, longing, and especially the desire to overcome death itself. The sequence in the Empire Hotel where Judy walks out of the bathroom to be revealed as Madeline is one of the most powerful in all of film because Scotty feels like he himself has defeated death. In addition, the score and cinematography are among the best ever put on film.
Surprised this has so many upvotes.
For one thing the plot makes perfect sense, you are just confusing a movie murder plot with real life.
Of course the plot is theatrical, it is a fictional movie not a documentary and sure you can shoot your wife in the head in a crowded street but you likely won't have a perfect alibi and open and shut case.
Tell me how you would murder your wife with a perfect alibi and witness account?
As for the reveal being too soon?
It is deliberate to build on the psychological tension between them leading to the climax of the movie.
If only Hitchcock had you to advise him how to make a movie, he could have been a success!
Bravo !@@BluesImprov
The red herring is Madeline magically disappearing from the hotel room with her car, and nobody sees her. The audience believes she's a ghost or his imagination but this element is never explained.
@@hayleyferguson3346 True, and that was probably left on the cutting room floor.
I guess we have to believe the landlady was paid off to lie and "Madeline" snuck out straight after showing herself at the window.
Obviously it was done for theatrical effect and to keep the audience guessing but it is the weakest part of the plot.
EXACT, EXACT, EXACT !@@BluesImprov
Outstanding reaction! If you watch it again, pay closer attention to the colors that signify changes and characters and moods. Always worth a focused peek. Hitch often said he "plays the audience like a piano", knowing exactly how to plot along. And btw, you are wicked cute ...just sayin
Yours is a great review and commentary of what many people believe to be Hitchcock's best film.
Great reaction! Excited for Notorious too. It's my favourite Hitchcock film and one of Cary Grant's very best performances.
I'm really enjoying these Hitchcock reactions! I hope we can expect more to come.
So enjoyable seeing you react to this! It does almost beg you to rewatch it after you see it the first time--the first time through I remember continually saying "Wait, what?!" Anyway, glad you enjoyed it. Since you are enjoying Hitchcock, it makes me wonder: Have you ever seen The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)? I imagine you have, but if not, it's a must watch! It is very well done and has a Hitchcockian suspense-type vibe. I think you'd love it if you've not seen it.
Very creepy!
If you want to see James Stewart and Kim Novak together again, Bell Book and Candle is really good. Not really on the theme of the channel, but a fun watch for you.
Vertigo has been not only my favorite Hitchcock movie but my favorite movie of all time. I am so glad you also share that sentiment. Hitchcock's personal favorite was Shadow Of A Doubt. It's another must see!
No confusion, many thanks to you for reacting sensibly, few do it that way (many want to value themselves, to show more intellectual than they are). It's very enjoyable to watch your reactions.
Yes, nice one, another great reaction 😊
I would have to say that my favourite Alfred Hitchcock movie is the 1935 version of The 39 Steps. Hopefully sometime soon you'll get to see it. Great reaction 👏👍🍻
As Maria Callas said (or was assumed to have said) "you cannot compare champagne and Coca-Cola!!!!!!!!
By the way, the late Maria Callas is the greatest opera singer of at least 20th century and a tall, beautiful woman, for those who aren't famliar with opera !
I am so glad you enjoyed this classis Jimmy Stewart loss the girl twice, obsession can destroy everything.
Some Hitchcock film suggestions,
1955 To Catch A Thief (Cary Grant, Grace Kelly, and Hitch on the French Riviera. Wonderful fun, Suspense, scenery, Superb witty dialogue, Glamour. Highly recommended.
1954 The Trouble With Harry (Dark Comedy about a most inconvenient corpse. Love it.)
1953 Dial M for Murder (A planned murder doesn’t go according to plan. Starring Grace Kelly.)
1951 Strangers on a Train
1948 Rope (Two men murder a school chum for the thrill, and have a party for him. John Dall, Farley Granger, and Jimmy Stewart.)
1946 Notorious (GREAT Hitchcock movie. Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, and Claude Rains in a spy love triangle. Must see.)
1943 Shadow of a Doubt (Jospeh Cotton, Theresa Wright. Hitchcock’s personal favorite.)
1940 Rebecca (Laurence Olivier, and Joan Fontaine. Won Oscar for best picture in 1940. Judith Anderson was amazing as Mrs. Danvers.)
She's actually done "Rope".
Love seeing these reactions! Nothing better than seeing someone's first reaction to so many great scenes! A bit of trivia. During the making of the film, Kim Novak said to Hitchcock, "There's one part I don't understand. Where did Madeline go when she disappeared in that hotel?" He said, "That's why it's called a mystery, my dear." Hitchcock loved leaving small unexplainable mysteries in his films so people would think about it when they went down to the fridge late at night. He called them "icebox moments" and he tried to have one in every film. I'm a writer and I'm heavily inspired by both Hitchcock and the Bond stories, so it's a real kick seeing you dive into both!
they're the best ! More to come
Fantastic and alert reaction to one of the greatest films of all time!
Here’s my top 10 Hitchcock films:
1) Vertigo (1958)
2) The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
3) Rear Window (1954)
4) North By Northwest (1959)
5) Psycho (1960)
6) Rope (1948)
7) The Birds (1963)
8) The Lady Vanishes (1938)
9) Frenzy (1972)
10) Torn Curtain (1966)
Honorable mention to
Marnie (1964) and
The Wrong Man (1957).
Hope you will continue your Hitchcock journey/discovery, and that reactions to The Man Who Knew Too Much and Rope (both featuring James Stewart) will be on your schedule.
Keep it going!
Don't forget "Dial M for Murder"!
Strangers on a Train
no "shadow of a doubt"?
I’d put Shadow Of A Doubt, Strangers On A Train and Dial M For Murder all straight after the Top 10, along with The 39 Steps .
You must watch "Rebecca", Hitchcock's Oscar winning film.
coby has already seen that one
I’ve watched Vertigo several times, and each time of watching it, the number of plot twists and reveals still blows my mind! It’s so amazingly good in so many ways, I think I could write a short dissertation describing my thoughts about it 🔥🔥
Coby’s reactions to classic movies are just brilliant, love the astute and witty analysis, I’m already a big fan 🙌🙌🙌
Excellent reaction video! 🙏
Another great Hitchcock movie that will keep you guessing is 'Marnie' from 1964.
Agree. Marnie is a fascinating movie. It does have one problematic scene, but I love the story.
Another good James Stewart and Kim Novak movie is "Bell book and candle" and another good movie of James Stewart is "Harvey"✌️♥️
Bell Book and Candle is a great film. The basis for the TV series Bewitched. Jack Lemon and Ernie Kovacs are excellent supporting actors.
@@kenthunter6850 -- I've heard the title of the film, but you just piqued my interest in actually watching it. I always enjoy Stewart, and that's a good supporting cast. A few years ago, I watched an old black and white film called "I Married a Witch" and assumed that flick was "the" inspiration for Bewitched -- but there might be more than one!
The best Jimmy Stewart (same year as Vertigo) is "natomy of a murder" by Otto Preminger (the director)
One of Hitchcock’s best. It twists you around until you are so confused. Well done!!
James Stewart is amazing in this movie. I'm so used to seeing him play good guys, but here his character is so driven by obsession - to the point of being creepy and unhinged - that he feels like he might snap at any second. That final ascent up the stairs is just delicious to watch.
I honestly love watching classic "good guy" actors get nutty for a role, and Stewart's performance in Vertigo (as well as Gregory Peck in Moby Dick) is among my favorites.
Vertigo is Hitchcock's masterpiece, one of the greatest films ever made. (It's in my personal top 3.) Based on a French novel, it feels like two movies. It's the best ghost story ever made, it's all about being haunted, obsession. Coby's reaction was so, so good. Her scream at the reveal, just what a film lover wants from someone watching this for the first time. She didn't even look at how far into the film she was or how much was left, I'm so happy she got to be swept along by it. Rear window is a lot more light and fun, this is a dark, dark psychological tragedy, so expertly crafted. My recommended to her when she watches it again: When they are at the Mission the first time, notice the line of dialogue when "Madeline" says "it wasn't supposed to happen this way" and listen to how she says it - Hitchcock was waving it right in our face and we never catch it the first time! And the use of that amazing saturated green color for obsession. So stylized, so powerful. I'd love to hear her thoughts after a re-watch. Awesome reaction. Thank you guys.
Your open mouth stare at Judy's "reveal" made the whole review worth it! Great job.
This is my favorite Hitchcock
The true twist in this movie is that in the last few minutes it should become clear that Scotty was never a creep but a detective for the entire second half of the movie. You can see it in his face, when he orders the dresses and the make up, like a bloodhound on a scent. He knew that the woman he loved was dead, or rather never existed: "She is gone." All the women he approached after that, who reminded him of her, he lost interst in quickly when coming closer. With Judy he had to get real close to be sure it was her who played him and changing her was more like setting a stage than to recalling the past. He manipulated and groomed her to solve a murder, while the husband did exactly the same to commit the crime. This love is just an illusion, there was no future.
I don't agree. Hitchcock himself said the film is about obsession and madness. Scottie is indeed guilt driven obsessed with "loving" Madeline again so he tries to recreate her. It's showing how anyone can become insanely attached to someone. The realization of her true identity is clearly a surprise when he sees the necklace. That's when he changes from unbalanced boyfriend back into detective mode.
Yes, it's clearly what happens !@@hayleyferguson3346
i disagree - if he was aware - and scheming - that would spoil the emotional trajectory - he was taken in until he saw the necklace - then and only then the detective took over - there was nothing to indicate that he knew before that moment - in fact - when he's dragging the girl up the stairs - he tells her the one mistake she made was to keep the necklace - that was the pivotal moment for him
@@hayleyferguson3346 And I see that Judy is much more unbalanced, obsessed and mad than Scotty. She let her boyfriends do this to her twice, once to commit a murder and once to solve a murder. But she always gets a pass from everyone who only sees the surface.
@@johneyon5257 Her keeping the necklace was not his pivotal moment, it was the moment he knew he caught her. It was evidence, exactly what he was looking for.
David Fincher has described the shot where Judy comes out of the bathroom dressed as Madeleine with her hair up as the most important shot in film history. I can't say I disagree with him.
Yes. To reveal a perfectly beautiful woman and have it land as a horrifyingly sickening moment is absolute genius.
@@jsharp3165 - It is fascinating. The way she emerges like she's teleporting into the room like she's not real - which, of course, she's not. She's Scottie's fantasy. I think that's what Fincher meant. It is very much why we go to the movies, to see some image that fulfils a dream or a fantasy. To watch Scottie fulfil his fantasy is both relatable but, in the context, deeply disturbing.
So true!@@drdavid1963
I think that's what Hitchcock was trying to express. His own deep desires for the perfect actress
This movie is an operatic tragedy: big sweeping emotions, details that don't make sense because the big emotions are what really matters. Loved your reaction.
He even says he's not sure what he's hoping to achieve by having a ghost from his past stand before him again. I think the intent of the film was to highlight his subconscious trying to work out what happened, both as a detective but also (like the rest of us) trying to find some closure or sense of peace when his failures might have cost someone their life or ruined others'.
It may seem crazy, but like he said in the end he was the one that got picked on. Not only by someone he thought was his friend - so as to be an alibi to get out of an unhappy marriage, but also by an accomplice who he thought he loved - but was primarily a carefully crafted act who continued to lie to him.
They used a traumatic experience and his PTSD to egg him on to a similar situation again so that they could get something out of it. They used his trust, and how it left him wasn't a concern of theirs.
That'd drive anyone insane. Or towards grasping for what would seem crazy goals, in order to get some sort of peace of mind.
I haven't got much to add (as I couldn't hope to express more succinctly what you've already written here) other than: I've seen multiple reactions to this brilliant movie and it honestly makes me sad that so many people don't seem to be able to grasp just how much that whole situation would mess up a person.
So, what I wanna say is - thank you for writing that!
@@CeciliaGatherer No problemo.
Shout out to Bernard Herrmann, and one of the greatest film scores ever written
I think 26 year old women back then dressed like they were 40. Today, 40 year old women dress like they are 26. Very confusing 😅
Vsauce has a video that explains it a bit
czcams.com/video/vjqt8T3tJIE/video.html
Lol, so true.
Kim Novak and James Stewart did another great movie together called Bell, Book and Candle. Ring the bell, close the book and quench the candle.
What a fantastic reaction! Vertigo is a favorite of mine. It's based on a novel, D'entre les morts, by a French writing team who wrote under the name Boileau-Narcejac. They wrote another novel called Celle qui n'était plus that was adapted by Henri-Georges Clouzot in 1955 into the low budget thriller Les diaboliques. This movie is EXCELLENT. One of the best thrillers ever made. If you like suspense films with twists and turns, I think you'd really like it.
Les diaboliques also sort of laid down a challenge for Hitchcock. Everyone was talking about the little black-and-white French thriller that "out-Hitchcocked Hitchcock," so Hitchcock sought out a story that could be shot cheap. He used his television crew from "Alfred Hitchcock Presents," shot on black-and-white, and made Psycho.
Keep up the great work! Can't wait to see what you do next!
Scotty is standing on the ledge of the bell tower looking down, free of his vertigo.
In the book the movie is based on the twist was revealed at the end. Hitchcock revealed it earlier because he felt it would be more suspenseful for people to wonder what would happen if Scottie found out the truth.
Did Hitchcock ever explain the nonsensical hotel scene? I read the book just to get an explanation, but the scene is completely different.
I'm not sure he explained it, but I always assumed the hotel woman was paid off by Elster--she probably was told that it was a practical joke.
@@ramonacosta2647 It's just a detal !!!!!! a red herring to make you write decades after decades!
This is my favorite Hitchcock movie!
It's a confusing movie at times, but an absolute classic. It stands up to many repeated viewings.
"This actress is so much older than 26" when the movie was shooting she was actually 24. People dressed and had their hair and conduct more adult then.
Now, we want adolescence to last at least until age 35.
The shock of Judy falling to her death off the tower with the visual of Scottie standing on the ledge suggests that apparently Scottie is cured of his vertigo. This great ending was almost spoiled, as the film broke a censor rule in those days - bad guys weren't supposed to get away with bad deeds.
There was an alternate ending shot where Scottie and Midge are back at her apartment and it comes on the radio that Gavin Elster was arrested.
I would like to have known that Gavin got arrested for the murder, but maybe from just a shot of a San Francisco Chronical article after the newspaper had been tossed into a public waste basket.
I can't see how the police could pin anything on Gavin.
Midge was listening to a report that a warrant has been issued for Elster's arrest. My take is he's arrested, but walks.
Great reaction C. - Kim Novak was amazing. Just a few days ago she turned 91. Heh, as for leading actresses, Alfred Hitchcock sure liked blondes.
Hitchcock never made a movie involving the supernatural. You might try "Shadow of a Doubt ", Hitchkock's personal favorite next.
The Birds came close
@@billolsen4360The Birds wasn't as good. The attacks aren't explained, the special effects are poorly done, and the movie doesn't end; it just STOPS. None of his films after Psycho are as satisfying as the earlier ones.
love vertigo! blessings!
The landmark at 37:50 that you didn't recognize is the Palace of Fine Arts. It was originally built for the 1915 Pan-American Exposition, and was supposed to have been destroyed when the Expo was over. Fortunately, they decided to keep it. It's one of the most beautiful spots in the city.
It's the exact copy of our Palace of the Legion of Honor in Paris (France, not Texas)
@@Fanfanbalibar There's a museum in San Francisco called the Palace of the Legion of Honor that's a copy of the original in Paris. That's the place in the movie with the painting of Carlotta. The Palace of Fine Arts is a different place.
@@Jeff_Lichtman IT'S JUST WHAT I WROTE ABOVE, AND I'M A FRENCH, FROM PARIS (FRANCE)
That mission at the end is about 45 minutes from where i live, its San Juan Bautista and the tower was actually painted in. Its a wonderful little town, the mission was established in the 1700s.
With thus movie you know now why Hitchcock was refered to as the master of suspense.
Scotty is obsessed with a fantasy and the fact that he compels Judy (takes advantage of her love/low self-esteem) to do what she does is so maddening, it’s one of the reasons I can’t fully embrace this movie.
Judy didn't deserve sympathy. She went into the role of Madeline to help Gavin murder his wife with her eyes wide open.
He is not obsessed with a fantasy. He is obsessed with solving the case because he knows it is all wrong. What maddens me is how people think Judy should get away with what she did. She knew there would be murder and she helped it along. Being in love is not an absolution. There really was a dead woman. Scotty knew exactly what he was doing, he was forcing her to make a mistake. She kept the memorabilia of the crime, he wouldn't, he wasn't sentimental enough to "keep her". She may have been hanged if she hadn't fallen/jumped.
Scotty is the VICTIM here.
@@haps2019 I like to think Scotty got his thinking straight and married Midge and their great great grandson served on the USS Enterprise.
That's how it so often occurs in real life
Alfred Hitchcock's masterpiece.
"Her husband's not bad." LOL Predictions with Hitchcock are not easy, he loved to lead people in twists and turns.
Two more outstanding Hichcock movies that are often picked for reactions are Marnie with a very young Sean Connery and the Rope again with Hichcock's favorite leading man James Steward and the whole movie was shot in real time with just 10 cuts according to experts (only 3 are really recognizable).
I have a fear of heights and a friend asked me why I was not afraid of flying....that person had no idea what a fear of heights is .
As for the cars, Coby, my mother had a buddy named June, who had a 1956 DeSoto that looked just like James Stewart's car. It was new, the first time I saw it. I'm old!
Any chance that you might watch To Catch A Thief, Notorious, or Suspicion? I'd love for you to see another Hitchcock film with Cary Grant.
all of the above
Great reaction! I have to admit 'North By North-West' is my personal favourite Hitchcock (I like the lighter touch and Cary Grant and Eva Marie Saint's chemistry) but this and 'Psycho' might be objectively the best.
You might also want to watch some other Hitchcock films. "The Birds" is very famous, "The Man Who Knew Too Much" is from around the same period as "Vertigo" and "Rear Window" and also stars Jimmy Stewart. And then there's one of my favorites; "Strangers on a Train." It's older and is in black and white but it has a very, very memorable character... And it's a mystery of sorts.
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You are such a smart woman…and I loved your reaction to this masterpiece
Hitchcock movies are so interesting to watch as he always played with the camera shots. That "vertigo" shot was invented by him.
A very overlooked Hitchcock film is "The Trouble with Harry" a clever mystery with great comical moment.
At the time this movie was made, all films were under the very restrictive Hays Code (early '30's to 1969), and one requirement was that an evil-doer not be able to get away with it. So she had to face some serious consequence as the result of her part in the murder of the wife.
Originally, there was a follow-up scene months later, with Scottie and Midge together and they hear on the radio the husband had been found and arrested. But Hitchcock felt it was way too anti-climatic and got the censors to let him off the hook.
Many of these old movies follow the adage, "never trust a character with a mustache," which was a feeling that John Wilkes Booth left the world with for a long time.
BRAVO, WELL DONE, SIR ALFRED !
I can't see how they could pin anything on the husband. Scottie would have quite some explaining to do as to why he and Judy were up in that tower in the middle of the night.
@@paulbrawley2595 True. But we the audience knew - and the Hays Code was about what could be shown to US. Judy falling from the tower because she was startled by the nun is pretty weak tea, too.
A lot of the Agatha Christie-type mysteries similarly often have murders which would be hard to get a conviction against but the wilily detective tends to find a way to get them to confess. For instance including (not in a Christie story) where the murdered woman looks just like a local actress (because the two roles are played by one person) and so the actress plays the role of the victim's ghost and gets the husband spooked enough (pun intended) to blurt out his confession.
To Catch a Thief is my favorite Hitchcock film, and it also has Cary Grant and Grace Kelly. You’d love it.
There was a "D". The grave was at the Mission Dolores. People do that swim from Alcatraz quite regularly now.
Where does that Alcatraz swim end?
@@billolsen4360 Usually at the St. Francis Yacht Club, sometimes the Ferry Building.
@@Majoofi Thanks! I used to go out to the Berkeley Marina and thought that might be a good landing spot for escapees since the ocean waves coming in thru the Golden Gate would push them right up on shore, but, looking at a map, that's way too far a distance compared with swimming to the Embarcadero area.
If you want another psychological thriller film noir then check out Hitchcock's 1945 film SPELLBOUND. It has some surreal dream scenes, compliments of Salvador Dali, and excellent acting by Gregory Peck and Ingrid Berman.
Judy didn't see a nun, she saw a black shadow rise from the floor like an evil ghost. In the height of the creepy, terrifying moment with Scotty, she just freaked and lost sight of where she was.
As a kid we only watched b&w shows and movies on TV. Or went to see colour films in theatres. Hitchcock films are best seen on a big screen, and of course, films generally. They provide that physical presence and magnificence. Draw you in. But today there's an added problem. The Technicolor films are not possible to be shown as films in that format, anymore, which is one part of the problem. Another big issue (we just had a new comparison here in Scandinavia about this) is the digitized copies and their soundtrack. Analogue, even VHS soundtracks, convey that certain something that cold, hard, pure sounds of digital ones don't - the warmth and human element of the film. It is a shock to see even familiar newer films we know from a good analogue source - it's like seeing a film anew somehow. That's why some film-makers shoot on real film instead of digital. Vertigo was for many years withdrawn from theatres, until the mid-80s. A famous film veteran called Peter von Bagh saw it before that so many times that he knew it by heart. Wrote a thesis on it, which was unheard of, no-one did studies of just one film back then. He also wrote The History Of Cinema, and started the Midnight Sun Film Festival (and interviewed Sir Alfred who admitted that Vertigo was a magical experience for everyone during its making).
Great movie. When you get a chance, Dark Passage is a must see movie. Bogart and Bacall is always a winning team, (married in real life too)!
That would be a good series for a reactor. All the Bogart/Bacall films (starting with To Have and Have Not -- which is in my top ten all-time list).
@@anthonyleecollins9319 I mentioned Dark Passage because it's a Crime/Film Noir film.
This is my favorite Hitchcock movie and in my top 10 favorites of all time. This movie is just brilliant. I'm not sure but I wouldn't be surprised if this was the movie that first coined "movie twist" came from. Hitchcock, Jimmy and Kim are all on the top of their games here. The little tricks with color pallets and the vertigo effects were groundbreaking when it first was released. But as for the plot itself, the thing I love about it is the fact guilt plays as the theme all the way through. Guilt over the dude falling off the roof trying to save Scottie led to his vertigo. Guilt over the loss of her child led Carlotta to kill herself. Guilt over Madeline dying led to Scottie's delusion. Guilt over her part in Madeline's murder plot led to Judy accidentally killing herself. The ending is so abrupt. But the jig was up!! It wasn't like Scottie could just not say anything. We can assume he would expose the plot and the husband would go down for murder and so would Judy as an accomplice, so having her fall to her death out of seeing the Nun and mistaking her for a "specter of judgment" actually is more satisfying. Another thing I love that people have always argued back and forth is the complexity of Scottie and was he a good dude or brilliantly devious. I mean technically he never tried to have an affair with his friend's wife, he THOUGHT he was doing that with not much of a feeling of guilt (there it is again) at all!! And we really don't know for certain if he knew Judy was full of it from the beginning and was playing the game of delusion to find the evidence to expose her. When he saw the necklace, he had all the proof he needed. But he could've actually been delusional up to that point. OR it could've been a mixture of both. He is a very complex and grey character. What is that relationship with Midge about? It was never really explained. There is a lot of nuance and ambiguity to this whole story and it's why it is so brilliant. It's why this movie has been said to be one of the favs of directors from Martin Scorsese to M. Night Shyamalan to even Jordan Peele. It is one of the movies that is studied film classes for a good reason.
We associated certain styles of dress with our grandparents but when they were young it was the young style of dress for them.
Hitchcock planned every second and angle, etc., in his films, very, very meticulous and deliberate.
Fantastic reaction, thanks.
Thank you !
The space in-between the dialog is a great way to describe Hitchcocks method.
Check the Rope. Hitchcock again
already recorded !
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Rear Window, Psycho, Vertigo for me, Lifeboat (1944) is a great Hitchcock movie that not many people have seen. Hitchcock is great at making you second-guess yourself. Jimmy Stewart is a great actor. You need to watch The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956).
I knew you'd liked it! Great reaction and very similar to my own!
I've just discovered your channel and it is a perfect fit for "The Asphalt Jungle" (1950) - an excellent crime caper (that has one of Marilyn Monroe's earliest roles.)
IMHO, he's "Jimmy Stewart" unless talking about his military record. Then he's Brigadier General James Stewart.
You must watch Rope; The Man that Knew Too Much, Strangers on a Train, Shadow of a Doubt, Dial M for Murder, Life Boat all by Alfred Hitchcock; Wait Until Dark with Audrey Hepburn and Dead Ringer with Bette Davis, The Post Man always rings twice with Lana Turner; 12 Angry Men 😁
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Look at 'ROPE' I love Alfred Hitchcock movies. Thank you for hosting all these movies. Alfred, makes you feel like a spy. A new subscriber. 🥰 Oh, the girl with the glasses is the woman that played in the TV show, 'DALLAS' in the early 1980's. I once loved San Francisco. I think James Stewart was not so good?
I saw this on TV in the 60s; anybody remember Saturday Night at the Movies on NBC? As a youngster, I found it haunting and more than a bit disturbing. Naturally, I appreciated it later for the Hitchcock classic it is.
My favorite of the 3 1950s Hitch/Stewart collaborations is The Man Who Knew Too Much, although most critics place it third behind RW and Vertigo.
4 collaborations :Rope, The man who knezw too much, Rear window and Vertigo !
@@FanfanbalibarWrong. Rope was made in 1948.