Vertigo

Posted on April 24th, 2007 by shayden.
Categories: Uncategorized.

I have been thinking about how Scottie gets vertigo in the film and how it basically paralyses him. I don’t think that it is unusual for a person to be paralyzed by death or love. In real life sometimes this occurs, maybe not in the form of vertigo, but in different ways. People can get so obsessed or caught up in a relationship that their world revolves around it in the same way Scottie’s world revolves around “Madeline.” When someone dies, even if it is not your significant other, often times people close to the deceased take quite a while to get back to normal, often becoming depressed or constantly thinking about the death and the deceased. Scottie’s vertigo seems to be his cover up for these emotions he feels in trying situations.

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[...] Shayden’s blog has the interesting theory that Scottie’s vertigo is a cover up for the emotions that he feels in trying situations. To a certain extent I can buy this. At the start of the movie he seems light-hearted about his vertigo when he jokes with Midge about a pencil falling off of his desk, causing his vertigo to kick in. Plus he’s always saying how much he loves to just wander, an enjoyment he couldn’t do much while working so many hours. His vertigo allows him to take a lot of time off from work and relax until he fully recovers. However, I don’t see this as a valid argument because of Hitchcock’s constant reminders to the audience that Scottie’s vertigo is a serious injury. Whenever he is faced with heights he becomes dizzy and the film shows us the beginning shot when his partner fell to his death or the shot as he looks down the stairs while he’s chasing Madeleine. Scottie’s vertigo is legitimate. [...]

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