by guest contributor Joel Gunz
Practically every frame of every movie Alfred Hitchcock made could be blown up and hung on a museum wall. He had such a clear sense of composition that you can turn off the sound, forget the story and set your DVD player to slo-mo, letting the images parade by.*
Among the many iconic pictures that his camera has captured, the one pictured above is arguably the most sublime.
Among the many iconic pictures that his camera has captured, the one pictured above is arguably the most sublime.
Practically everything that happens in the first half of Vertigo is carefully designed to lead the viewer to Madeleine’s (Kim Novak’s) trip to Fort Point, at the foot of the Golden Gate Bridge. Let’s take a closer look at this single frame from the movie.
