Why do we say people "fall in love"? Not for nothing, answers Vertigo. The film is interested in falling in all its forms, literal and figurative. Characters are always falling off buildings in Hit...

In a key scene, Scottie and Madeleine visit California's Muir Woods National Park. (The scene was actually filmed at Big Basin Redwoods State Park.) Madeleine is enthralled by the giant redwoods, b...

Because vertigo. From the opening titles to the bun in Madeleine's hair, swirly shapes are everywhere in the film. The camera swirls around Judy and Scottie as his mind goes spinning back to his me...