Scottie's Fatal Flaw in Hitchcock's "Vertigo"

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This paper traces the introduction and development of Scottie's vertigo as a method of creating shared empathy and greater suspense, including descriptions and analyzes of how his weaknesses contribute to the suspenseful tone of the film. This paper also examines the impact of Hitchcock's film techniques on later directors, and looks at several other films as comparisons.

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"In 1958, master of suspense Alfred Hitchcock released the film Vertigo, a modern suspense thriller based on the French novel d'Entre les morts (Among the Dead), co-written by Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac. After its adaptation to the silver screen by writers Samuel A. Taylor and Alec Coppel, Hitchcock cast his two leads, Jimmy Stewart and Kim Novak. The plot follows Scottie, a former cop who suffers from an intense fear of heights and the dizziness brought on by vertigo. His former schoolmate, Gavin Elster, asks him to follow his wife, Madeleine, under the suspicion that Carlotta Valdes, a deceased Hispanic woman, has possessed Madeleine's mind and body. A spiraling plot full of intrigue, romance, fear, and identity crisis ensues, leaving Scottie to fight off the deceptive forces around him while struggling with his internal dilemma."

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