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Suspense And Tension In Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo

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The movie that I choose was Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo. It is written by Samuel W. Taylor, Alec Coppel, and Maxwell Anderson. Claimed to be one of the greatest American films Hitchcock made. I don’t personally don’t know that I would say it is the greatest film ever made but was a fantastic suspense/thriller and I enjoy those type of film they keep you on the edge of your seat. It is a mesmerizing romantic suspense/thriller about a chilling, hopeless romance of man frantically reaching for a love that is ultimately is an illusion. You can help but get chills watching this movie it engulfs you in a swirl of terror and tension as a web of obsession and deceit is weaved.
The unbelievable story is that of Scottie played by James Stewart. He is a detective who ends up having a deep fear of heights when he sees a colleague of his fall to his death while trying to save him. Scottie’s fear is so profound that he felt he had no other choice but to leave the force. Scottie is later contacted by an old friend who …show more content…

What I found to be less easy to set down is the film's disturbing point of this doomed woman, the real wife. Even though we don’t really get to experience the real Madeleine I believe most I know I was left with this sense of sorrow for her that leaves the wanting justices that never comes. Hitchcock's story though not real it leaves something that runs deeper than one expects from this story. Hitchcock did say that his movie vertigo was was his most personal one that he had made. Behind all the twists and turns and the crazy hurdles it seems to me that what was being pointed out is that perfect happiness does not exist in real life. Hitchcock used this movie to show that may be able to imagine some kind of perfect situation for ourselves, but it can never be achieved in reality. Because no matter what something will aways throw one off because we all suffer from vertigo

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