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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Description of this Vertigo Hitchcock Poster
The film begins with a chase scene on the rooftop of a San Francisco building. Two police officers are chasing a criminal. When one of them, John “Scottie” Ferguson (James Stewart), is left hanging over a precipice after a failed attempt to jump from rooftop to rooftop, the other decides to help him. Suffering from vertigo, “Scottie” is unable to help, resulting in his friend slipping off the roof and dying. Due to this fear of heights, which also causes him to suffer from vertigo, he decides to leave the service. A few days after the incident, “Scottie” speaks to a close friend and love interest of his, Marjorie “Midge” Wood (Barbara Bel Geddes), to whom he was briefly engaged during his student days. The woman informs him that a doctor friend told him that the fear of heights can pass—but should not pass—with a strong emotional upheaval. The man decides to gradually accustom himself to higher and higher altitudes. Standing on a chair, he looks out the window, from where he can see the street in the distance. This vision triggers another anxiety attack. 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 it and refuses, but eventually agrees to help him.[4] That 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 visit Carlotta Valdes’s grave in the old Mission Dolores cemetery, then go to the gallery where he sits and gazes intently at her portrait. The man notices that the bouquet Madeleine bought is identical to the one the woman in the painting is holding. He also notices that the two women have identical hairdos. Continuing his investigation, “Scottie” goes to the old McKittrick Hotel, where he spots a woman at the upstairs window. After showing his ID, he learns from the manager (Ellen Corby) that Madeleine has been checking in regularly during the day for the past two weeks under the name Carlotta Valdes. Convinced that the woman is in the room, he goes upstairs, despite the manager’s initial objection. 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 he had just observed outside the hotel. Outside her window, he notices a small bouquet of flowers. Eager to learn the town’s history, he asks “Midge” for a recommendation. They go to the home of bookseller Pop Leibel (Konstantin Shayne). His story reveals that Valdes came from the south side of town, probably from a mission. She had a husband and a child, but was soon abandoned by a man, which led to her madness. She led a lonely and unhappy life that ended in suicide. It turns out that the McKittrick Hotel was her home in the past. That evening, “Scottie,” intrigued by the story, takes “Midge” home. The woman takes the whole affair at arm’s length. The next day, “Scottie” talks to Elster. She shows him a catalog with a portrait of Valdes. The man confesses to the detective that Madeleine owns several pieces of jewelry that once belonged to Valdes, the woman’s great-grandmother. The child whose loss led to Valdes’s 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 scatters flowers from a corsage she is holding onto the water. She then attempts suicide by jumping into the bay. An observant Scottie rushes to her aid. He takes Madeleine to his home. Upon arrival, she is awakened by a ringing telephone. She is initially confused and surprised to see a man. Sitting by the fireplace, she thanks Scottie for saving her life. They talk. The woman does not remember what happened, but she does remember being at the creek. When the man asks her if she has ever visited the art gallery where Carlotta’s portrait hangs, she replies negatively, confirming Elster’s claim that Madeleine never remembers traveling to places associated with Carlotta. Soon, her husband calls. He informs “Scottie” that Madeleine is 26, the same age Valdes was when she committed suicide. At that moment, the woman leaves the apartment. Outside “Scottie’s” house, she is seen by “Midge.” The next day, “Scottie” finds Madeleine (whom he has followed by driving behind her) outside 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 creek and what is happening to her, Madeleine tells him that she feels as if she is walking down a long corridor covered in mirror fragments that reflect the life of a familiar person. As “Scottie” continues to question her words, Madeleine reveals that she feels overcome by madness, which is causing 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 that night, Madeleine wakes “Scottie” by coming to his house. She recounts in detail a recurring nightmarish dream in which she saw an old Spanish church. The man recognizes in her description the nearby Mission San Juan Bautista, which has not changed in a century. The woman vehemently denies having been there before. Wanting to rid herself of her 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’s perspective. When the couple kiss again and confess their feelings for each other, the woman feels it is too late and that she must do something. She runs away to the church, then to the top of the bell tower. The man initially runs after her, but his fear of heights and dizziness prevent him from climbing. Paralyzed on the stairs, he hears a scream and, through the window, sees Madeleine fall from the tower. The woman’s death is ruled a suicide. Elster comforts “Scottie” and blames himself for unnecessarily involving him in the matter. 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, Scottie suffers from depression and a nervous breakdown. For a year, he recovers in a clinic, where he listens to Mozart recordings, among other things. He is cared for by Midge. As his condition improves, he visits the places Madeleine used to visit (a restaurant, an art gallery, a flower shop). One day, he meets a woman on 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 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 “Scottie” knew as Madeleine, but she was not Elster’s wife. She begins packing, then writes a letter to the man revealing that he was the victim of an elaborate scheme. Elster had bribed her to pretend to be his wife and possessed her to make it look like a suicide. She was the person from the tower who disposed of the body of his previously murdered wife. Elster used “Scottie” as a witness because he knew her fear of heights would prevent her from pursuing and uncovering the truth. Judy, however, truly loved “Scottie” and decides to hide the brutal truth. She tears up the letter she wrote and throws it in the trash. That evening, Judy and “Scottie” have dinner together. The man once again sees Madeleine’s image in another woman, dressed 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 her hair like Madeleine. He pays attention to every detail of her outfit, even the color of her shoes. This worries Judy more and more. Finally, he asks her to dye her hair blond, like Madeleine. The woman, eager to experience love, agrees. He eagerly awaits her return from the hair salon in the hotel room. Scottie’s suspicions grow when he discovers that Judy owns a necklace identical to the one he saw in Carlotta Valdes’ portrait. Under the pretext of a dinner out of town, the man takes her to the site of the San Juan Bautista mission, wanting to recreate the events of 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 Judy and Madeleine are one and the same. The woman tries to break away from him and escape, but to no avail. Climbing the stairs to the top, Scottie realizes he has overcome his fear of heights. On the tower, Judy reveals the entire plot to the man, but clarifies that she has fallen in love with him. The couple kiss. Seeing the nun’s shadow approaching, the woman took a step back and fell from the tower. She died instantly.