Vertigo

This week on Myopia Movies,we step onto the ledge of cinematic
obsession with Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo — a film that turns
love, identity, and acrophobia into an existential spiral. Jimmy
Stewart plays a retired detective with a fear of heights and a
talent for projection, and Kim Novak plays… well, let’s just say
she plays a lot.


Is this 1958 classic still a mesmerizing masterpiece of
psychological suspense, or is it just Hitchcock working out his
therapy sessions on-screen? Does the dream logic and slow-burn
pacing hold up in an era of TikTok attention spans? Or does it
collapse under the weight of its own neuroses?


Strap in, stare down from that bell tower, and try not to fall —
as we put Vertigo to the test of time. Did it hold up, or were
our memories just spinning?
How will Vertigo hold up?

Host: Nic


Panel: Matthew, Alex, Keiko


 


Directed by Alfred Hitchcock


Starring: James Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes, Tom
Helmore, Henry Jones, Raymond Bailey