Vertigo (1958): The Critics

Search By: Year Country Home People Films Articles Store		Vertigo (1958): The Critics Alfred Hitchcock, has been spread pretty thin in recent years. The old master, now a slave to television, has turned out another Hitchcock-and-bull story in which the mystery is not so much who done it as who cares. Time Magazine, 16th June 1958 The lure of death, the power of the past, the guilty complicity of a clean-cut hero, the near-fetishistic use of symbol and color: these Hitchcock hallmarks are all mesmerizingly on view. New York Times, 4th October 1996 Unfortunately, even that mastery is not enough to overcome one major fault, for the plain fact is that the film's first half is too slow and too long. Variety, 13th May 1958 The absence of virtually any humour makes the relentlessness of Scotty's fated obsession all the more dark and harrowing. BBC [ADD]









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