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Originally Posted by fuzzymctiger  Look, I agree that it's probably one of the best films every made, but best doesn't always mean interesting, and frankly I got bored and I got a bit annoyed with James Stewart, especially after having seen him give a terrific performance in Rear Window one hour earlier to Vertigo.
Now Rear Window, I would say is one of the best films ever made. |
I'm a huge Hitch fan, and i love Rear Window (though not as much as Brian De Palma does haha) but it's a thriller pure and simple, Vertigo is a story about an obssessed individual who ruins everything in his pursuit of a unobtainable fantasy (proto giallo anyone?)....this plays against
JS' "good guy" image for a start, a brave and subversive move at the time. give it a year and watch it again..........
Please.