Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Vertigo (1958, Hitchcock)
- Characters
- John 'Scottie' Ferguson
- JAMES STEWART
- "EVERYMAN" character
- Relatable
- audience identifies with him
- Gains audience sympathy
- unfairness of the judge
- claims SCOTTIE "allowed them to die"
- blames AGORAPHOBIA
- AGORAPHOBIC
- Weakness
- unusual male lead
- Blames himself for not saving MADELEINE the 2nd time round
- UNAWARE of PLOY
- Madeleine/Judy
- KIM NOVAK
- NOT original casting choice
- Idea of 'doubles'
- Use of 'mirrors'
- IRONY
- Part of a ploy to accomplice murder
- Hitchcock had specific visuals for the 'look' of both JUDY & MADELEINE
- falls in love with SCOTTIE
- as JUDY, goes with the ploy of turning into 'MADELEINE'
- just wants to be loved
- Gavin Elster
- Acquaintance of Scottie from school
- Knows of Scottie's weakness: Agoraphobia
- uses it to his advantage
- Employs JUDY to pretend to be MADELEINE
- Dresses and rehearses JUDY
- the first half of the film is entirely staged by both ELSTER and JUDY (MADELEINE)
- disappears once court is ended
- Midge
- becomes voice of reason
- had previously broken off engagement with SCOTTIE
- evidently still 'in love' with him
- hospital visits
- tells doctor and audience that he is in love with MADELEINE
- looks after him