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Classified as one of the best films in the history of cinema, this Cold Sweat Poster will transport the world of Alfred Hitchcock to your home!
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Description of this Cold Sweats Poster
Sweats Froides (Vertigo) is a 1958 American film noir, psychological thriller directed and produced by Alfred Hitchcock. The story is based on the novel Between the Dead by Boileau-Narcejac (1954). The screenplay was written by Alec Coppel and Samuel A. Taylor.
The film stars James Stewart as former police detective John "Scottie" Ferguson. Scottie is forced to take early retirement because an incident while on duty causes him to develop acrophobia (an extreme fear of heights) and vertigo (a false sensation of spinning motion). Scottie is hired by an acquaintance, Gavin Elster, as a private detective to follow Madeleine (Kim Novak), Gavin's wife, who has been exhibiting strange behavior.
The film was filmed in the city of San Francisco, California, as well as at Mission San Juan Bautista, Big Basin Redwoods State Park, Cypress Point on 17-Mile Drive, and Paramount Studios in Hollywood. It is the first film to use dolly zoom, a camera effect that distorts perspective to create disorientation, to convey Scottie's acrophobia. Due to its use in this film, the effect is often referred to as the "Vertigo effect".
Cold Sweat received mixed reviews upon its initial release, but is today often cited as a classic Hitchcock film and one of the defining works of his career. Attracting significant scholarly reviews, it replaced Citizen Kane (1941) as the greatest film ever made in the British Film Institute's 2012 Sight & Sound critics' poll.[4] The film is often considered one of the greatest films ever made. It has appeared in the American Film Institute's best film polls several times,[5] most notably in 2007 where it was ranked as the ninth greatest American film of all time. In 1996, the film underwent a major restoration to create a new 70mm print and a DTS soundtrack.
In 1989, Cold Sweat was one of the first 25 films selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the United States National Film Registry due to its "cultural, historical, or aesthetic significance".
After a chase on a rooftop, where a fellow police officer falls to his death, San Francisco detective John "Scottie" Ferguson retires due to his fear of heights and vertigo. Scottie tries to overcome his fear, but his ex-fiancée, underwear designer Marjorie "Midge" Wood, says another severe emotional shock may be the only cure.
Gavin Elster, a college acquaintance, asks Scottie to follow his wife, Madeleine, claiming that her mental state is abnormal and could put her in danger. Scottie reluctantly agrees and follows Madeleine to a florist where she buys a bouquet, to the Mission San Francisco de Asís and to the tomb of Carlotta Valdes (1831-1857) and to the Legion of Honor art museum where she contemplates the portrait of Carlotta. He sees her entering the McKittrick Hotel, but upon further investigation, she does not appear to be there.
A local historian explains that Carlotta Valdes committed suicide: she had been the mistress of a rich married man and had carried his child; the otherwise childless man kept the child and rejected Carlotta. Gavin reveals that Carlotta (who he fears may possess Madeleine) is Madeleine's great-grandmother, although she knows nothing about it and does not remember the places she has visited. Scottie follows Madeleine to Fort Point and when she jumps into the bay, he saves her.
The next day, Madeleine stops to deliver a letter to Scottie, who has just stopped with his car, and they decide to spend the day together. They go to Muir Woods and Cypress Point on 17-Mile Drive, where Madeleine runs toward the ocean. Scottie grabs him and they kiss. The next day, Madeleine visits Scottie and tells him about a nightmare. Scottie identifies it as Mission San Juan Bautista, Carlotta's childhood home. He takes her there and they tell each other that they love each other. Madeleine suddenly runs into the church and climbs the bell tower. Scottie, stopped on the steps by his acrophobia, sees Madeleine plummeting to her death.
The death was ruled a suicide. Gavin does not blame Scottie, but the latter breaks down, becomes clinically depressed and is sent to a sanatorium, almost catatonic. After her release, Scottie frequents the places Madeleine visited, often imagining that he sees her. One day, he notices a woman on the street who reminds him of Madeleine, despite her different appearance. Scottie follows her to her apartment where she identifies herself as Judy Barton, from Salina, Kansas.
Judy has a flashback revealing that she was the person Scottie knew as "Madeleine Elster". She posed as Gavin's wife in an elaborate murder scheme. Judy writes a letter to Scottie explaining her involvement: Gavin deliberately took advantage of Scottie's acrophobia to substitute his wife's freshly killed body in the apparent "suicide jump". But Judy tears up the letter and continues the charade because she loves Scottie.
They start seeing each other, but Scottie remains obsessed with "Madeleine". He asks Judy to change her clothes and dye her hair to look like Madeleine. After Judy agrees, hoping that they can finally find happiness together, he notices that she is wearing the necklace depicted in Carlotta's painting. Scottie realizes the truth that Judy was Gavin's mistress before being rejected, just like Carlotta. Scottie then insists on driving Judy back to the Mission.
There, he tells her that he must piece together the event that led to his madness, admitting that he now understands that "Madeleine" and Judy are the same person. Scottie forces her into the bell tower and makes her confess to her deception. Scottie reaches the top, finally overcoming his acrophobia. Judy admits that Gavin paid her to pose as a "possessed" Madeleine. Gavin faked his suicide by throwing his wife's body from the top of the bell tower. Judy begs Scottie to forgive her because she loves him. He kisses her, but a shadow - in fact a nun who is investigating the noise - emerges from the trapdoor in the bell tower and surprises her. Judy suddenly throws herself backwards and falls to her death. Scottie, once again grieving, stands on the ledge of the tower as the nun rings the mission bell.
