Alfred Hitchcock Vertigo Themes

Alfred Hitchcock Vertigo Themes

Alfred Hitchcock might be history's most respected director among both the critics and the public. I think He made Vertigo to celebrate the entertainment we love about the movies, yet ones that, upon closer inspection, reveal a deeper understanding of how techniques work wonders on the subconscious. Vertigo might be one of his greatest movies of all time and should credit more often about this masterpiece. When I watched Vertigo, I believe it has three themes throughout the whole entire film. The themes I recognized throughout the movie are love, guilt, and illusion. There can be a lot of debate on whether I am right or wrong about the themes but let me explain more in my essay. Alfred Hitchcock shows love throughout the film but isn't pretty. ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...Madeleine, the object of his obsession, is a fantasy, or the ghost of Elster's wife. When 'Madeleine' is really Judy, she falls in love with Scottie but she loves a man who thinks he's in love with someone else. She has to become that someone else to get his love but how is that for a healthy relationship? Scottie can't ever love Judy for who she is; he has to turn her into Madeleine to feel anything at all but I don't think we can ever call that love. Also, Hitchcock manifests love in the acting by showing it in the beginning, middle, and end of the movie. He shows much Madeline cares about Scottie and vice versa. The next theme I discovered in Vertigo was guilt. When Scottie sees his fellow policeman fall to his death, he's disabled not only from acrophobia, but also by a crushing sense of guilt. Even if he doesn't say so explicitly, we sense that Hitchcock is zooming the camera on Scottie because he believes that he caused the officer's death and the officer was trying to save Scottie's life. Also, I think getting involved with saving Madeleine may have been a way to get rid of some of that guilt. When he thinks his fear of heights also killed Madeleine, he loses his

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