Hitchcock and James Stewart collaborated for the fourth and final time on this strange story of loss and obsession that was voted the second greatest film of all time by a recent Sight & Sound International Critics poll. Stewart plays an ex-detective afflicted with trauma-induced Vertigo who is asked by an old friend to keep tabs on his wife (Kim Novak), who fears she is possessed by the ghost of a long-dead relative and may be preparing to take her own life. What follows is a series of events that add up to an emotionally complex depiction of manipulation and regret that is as far from a typical suspense film as you could get, a daring and masterful work of art described by Hitchcock as his most personal film.
In association with the University of Alberta Film Studies Department, Film Studies 100: Introduction to Film Study
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- Tuesday October 27 at 7:00PM
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