I have said it before, I was not the least bit interested (until this project) in watching Hitchcock's movies. I don't know why. Maybe it was because I thought they were 'scary'. Whatever the reason...I was wrong. This guy knew how to make a movie. He was able to capture the right mix of suspense through music, camera angles, and story telling. He was able to let the viewer suspend reality for 90 minutes and believe what was happening on the screen. Mostly because what was happening, was happening to 'real' people (they were like you, you could relate to them) and that's what made them scary. The people in his movies weren't villains, or bad people, or some caricatures, they were just ordinary everyday folks who had some extraordinary circumstances happen to them.
This is a good movie because you totally do not know what is going to happen. You think you do, but then BAM! there is this huge twist. I guess that is the modus operandi of his films in general. But it still makes for good entertainment.
There are 4 movies by Hitchcock on this list: Vertigo, Rear Window, Psycho, North by Northwest. Which is the most by one director (Spielberg has 3.) What relevance does that have in the bigger scope of filmmaking? Probably none. I do think that it reinforces the importance of Hitchcock and his ability to make a good movie.
One word to describe 'Vertigo': Twisty.
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