Hitchcock's "Vertigo"

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In reviewing the film, this paper explores the themes raised within it. It begins by exploring the theme of the expression of human fears - fear of heights and fear of death. Next the paper discusses the love theme and the subject of "rescue fantasy". Included in this discussion is the mentioning of the theme of the pessimistic human desire to die and leave the brutalities of a transitory world. The use of music, colors and special effects to capture psychological themes is studied and the public's response to the film is dealt with. The paper concludes by looking at some of the questions raised by the film and at the commentaries of some film critics.

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"Few films in the history of American industry have managed to provoke analysts all over the world and fewer have taken all the audience by surprise placing them in a dilemma surrounding the various, perplexing aspects of the film and entangling the intricate com's, Vertigo, that first became public in 1958, is certainly one such movie, the most debatable drama unfolding the lives of its characters with immense force and originality (Berman)."

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