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Vertigo Hitchcock
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This Vertigo Poster from the Alfred Hitchcock film will please you with its sober and refined style, and will therefore be ideal for your interior decoration!
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- Great UV resistance .
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- Recycled paper, guaranteeing respect for the environment.
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Description of this Vertigo Hitchcock Poster
The film begins with a chase scene on the roof of a San Francisco building. Two police officers are there in pursuit of a criminal. When one of them, John "Scottie" Ferguson (James Stewart), is suspended over a precipice following a failed attempt to jump from roof to roof, the other decides to help. Suffering from dizziness, "Scottie" can't help him, so he sees his friend slip from the roof and die. Due to this fear of heights, which also made him dizzy, he decided to leave the service. A few days after the incident, "Scottie" speaks to a close friend and crush of his, Marjorie "Midge" Wood (Barbara Bel Geddes), to whom he was briefly engaged while in school. The woman informs him that a doctor friend told her that the fear of heights can pass - but should not pass - with a strong emotional upheaval. Man decides to gradually get used to higher and higher altitudes. Standing on a chair, he looks out the window, where he can see the street in the distance. This vision triggers a new anxiety attack in him. He then visits his college friend Gavin Elster (Tom Helmore) at the shipyard, who has taken over the business owned by his wife Madeleine's (Kim Novak) family. Elster asks "Scottie" to follow Madeleine, who is acting strangely. The man suspects his wife of being possessed by the spirit of a dead man. At first, "Scottie" downplays the matter and refuses, but eventually agrees to help.[4]
The same evening, the man goes to a restaurant where he sees Madeleine for the first time, sitting at a table with her husband. He is impressed by her beauty. The next morning, he watches her buy a small bouquet of flowers and go to Carlotta Valdes' grave in the old Dolores Mission cemetery, then go to the gallery where he sits and looks at her portrait with concentration. The man notices that the bouquet bought by Madeleine is identical to the one that the woman in the painting is holding in her hands. He also notices that the two women have identical hairstyles. Continuing his investigation, "Scottie" goes to the old McKittrick Hotel, where he sees a woman at the upstairs window. After showing his ID, he learns from the principal (Ellen Corby) that Madeleine has been showing up regularly during the day for the past two weeks under the name Carlotta Valdes. Convinced that the woman is in the room, he goes, despite the director's initial objection, upstairs. It turns out the woman wasn't in the hotel that day. Confused, he returns to Madeleine's house, where he sees her parked in the green Jaguar that he had just observed in front of the hotel. Outside his window, he notices a small bouquet of flowers. Eager to know the town's history, he asks "Midge" to recommend someone. They go to the bookseller Pop Leibel (Konstantin Shayne). His account reveals that Valdes came from the southern part of the city, probably from a mission. She had a husband and a child, but was soon abandoned by a man, leading to her madness. She led a lonely and unhappy life which ended in suicide. It turns out that the McKittrick Hotel was his home in the past. In the evening, "Scottie", intrigued by the story, takes "Midge" home. The woman takes the whole affair at a distance.
The next day, "Scottie" speaks to Elster. She shows him a catalog with a portrait of Valdès. The man admits to the detective that Madeleine owns several pieces of jewelry that, in the past, belonged to Valdes, the woman's great-grandmother. The child whose loss led to Valdes' madness and death was Madeleine's grandmother. “Scottie” suspects the woman is obsessed. He decides to return to the gallery, where he sees Madeleine sitting. She soon drives to San Francisco Bay, near the Golden Gate Bridge, where she sprinkles flowers from a corsage in her hand onto the water. She then attempts suicide by throwing herself into the bay. An observant “Scottie” rushes to his aid. He takes Madeleine to his house. When she arrives, she is awakened by the ringing of a telephone. She is at first confused and surprised to see a man. Sitting near the fireplace, she thanks "Scotty" for saving her life. They both speak. The woman doesn't remember what happened, but she remembers being by the stream. When the man asks her if she has ever visited the art gallery where Carlotta's portrait hangs, she replies in the negative, thus confirming Elster's words that Madeleine never remembers her trips to places associated with Carlotta. Soon her husband calls. He informs "Scottie" that Madeleine is 26, the same age as Valdes when she committed suicide. At that point, the woman leaves the apartment. In front of "Scottie's" house, she is seen by "Midge".
The next day, "Scottie" finds Madeleine (whom he followed by driving a car behind her) in front of her house. The woman brings him a letter, wanting to express her thanks once again. The man manages to persuade her to take a walk together in the woods, where they discuss the fleeting nature of time and memory. When the man asks her why she jumped into the stream and what is happening to her, Madeleine tells him that she feels like she is walking down a long corridor covered with mirror fragments that reflect the life of a familiar person. As "Scottie" continues to question her words, Madeleine reveals that she feels overwhelmed by madness, which causes suicidal thoughts. The man kisses her tenderly and assures her that he will never let her go, and their relationship takes on an air of intimacy. Late at night, Madeleine wakes up "Scottie" by coming to his house. She tells him in detail about a recurring nightmare dream in which she saw an old Spanish church. The man recognizes in his description the nearby Mission San Juan Bautista, which has not changed in a century. The woman vehemently denies having been there before. Wanting to get rid of his fears, they go to the site together the next day. "Scottie" reassures her that everything she saw is real and that she has nothing to fear. Madeleine recounts her childhood memories from Carlotta Valdes' point of view. When the couple kiss again and confess their feelings for each other, the woman feels that it is too late and that she must do something. She fled towards the church, then towards the top of the bell tower. The man first runs after her, but his fear of heights and his dizziness prevent him from going up. Paralyzed on the stairs, he hears a scream and, through the window, he sees Madeleine falling from the tower. The woman's death is being ruled a suicide. Elster comforts "Scottie" and blames himself for involving him unnecessarily in the affair. He informs her that he is leaving for Europe.
After Madeleine's death, "Scottie" has a nightmare in which he sees the silhouette of Carlotta Valdes and the open grave into which she falls. Grieving for his beloved, the man suffers from depression and a nervous breakdown. For a year, he recovered in a clinic, where he listened, among other things, to recordings of Mozart. It is supported by "Midge". As his condition improves, he tours the places Madeleine used to visit (a restaurant, an art gallery, a flower shop). One day, he meets a woman in the street who, despite the many differences in appearance, reminds him of Madeleine. He follows her to the Empire Hotel and tries to get her to talk to him. The woman reveals to him that her name is Judy Barton and that she is a simple girl from the town of Salina, Kansas. As proof, she shows him a driver's license issued in California three years earlier. Despite her initial reluctance, she agrees to accompany "Scotty" to dinner. When the man leaves the room, it turns out that Judy is the de facto woman that "Scottie" knew as Madeleine, but she was not Elster's wife. She begins packing, then writes a letter to the man revealing that he has been the victim of an elaborate plan. Elster had bribed her to pretend to be his wife and possessed her to make it appear like a suicide. This is the person in the tower who placed the body of his previously murdered wife. Elster used "Scottie" as a witness because he knew his fear of heights would prevent him from pursuing the truth. Judy, however, really loved "Scottie" and decided to hide the brutal truth. She tears up the letter she wrote and throws it in the trash. In the evening, Judy and "Scottie" have dinner together. The man again sees the image of Madeleine in another woman, dressed in the same way as his beloved. He then takes Judy back to the hotel, asking if they can spend more time together.
"Scottie" has affection for Judy, but their relationship is not possible because of his memories of Madeleine. He puts more and more pressure on the woman to dress and comb like Madeleine. He pays attention to every detail of his outfit, even the color of his shoes. This worries Judy more and more. Finally, he asks her to dye her hair blonde, like Madeleine. The woman, eager to experience love, accepts. He eagerly awaits his return from the barbershop to the hotel room. "Scottie's" suspicions grow when he discovers that Judy has a necklace identical to the one he saw in the portrait of Carlotta Valdes. Under the pretext of an out-of-town dinner, the man takes her to the San Juan Bautista mission site, wanting to recreate the course of events on the day Madeleine committed suicide. “Scottie” forces the woman to climb the bell tower and reveal the truth. At the same time, he admits that he knows that Judy and Madeleine are one and the same person. The woman tries to break away from him and escape, but in vain. As he climbs the stairs to the top, "Scottie" realizes that he has managed to overcome his fear of heights. On the tower, Judy reveals the whole plot to the man, but makes it clear that she has fallen in love with him. The couple kisses. Seeing the nun's shadow approaching, the woman takes a step back and falls from the tower. She dies instantly.
