Vertigo (1958)

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  Vertigo is a twisted and innovative thriller, combining all the elements of film noir to create arguably the best of the genre. Kim Novak and Jimmy Stewart have enchanting chemistry that grounds the story, and allows the audience to invest and buy into the narrative that is slowly unraveling. Alfred Hitchcock invented "The Vertigo Effect" to portray the protagonist's eponymous disability, and it has grown to be one of the most popular and well beloved camera effects in cinema history; however, this is not the only thing Alfred Hitchcock excels at in this film. The camera angles, cinematography and color saturation are simply exceptional, resulting in a film that is gorgeous to look at, and superbly well directed. Bernard Herrmann's Score is truly magnetic as it allows the audience to feel the love between the main characters, and the pain felt by each of them in tension fueled scenes. Vertigo is a landmark in the thriller genre, and cinema as a whole, delivering one of the most captivating mysteries ever put to the big screen.

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