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Mind Map by Nadia Cheung, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Nadia Cheung
over 11 years ago
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Vertigo (1958, Hitchcock)
- Characters
- John 'Scottie' Ferguson
- JAMES STEWART
- "EVERYMAN" character
- Relatable
- audience identifies with him
- audience identifies with him
- Gains audience sympathy
- unfairness of the judge
- claims SCOTTIE "allowed them to die"
- blames AGORAPHOBIA
- blames AGORAPHOBIA
- claims SCOTTIE "allowed them to die"
- unfairness of the judge
- Relatable
- AGORAPHOBIC
- Weakness
- unusual male lead
- Weakness
- Blames himself for not saving MADELEINE the 2nd time round
- UNAWARE of PLOY
- UNAWARE of PLOY
- JAMES STEWART
- Madeleine/Judy
- KIM NOVAK
- NOT original casting choice
- NOT original casting choice
- Idea of 'doubles'
- Use of 'mirrors'
- IRONY
- IRONY
- Use of 'mirrors'
- 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
- just wants to be loved
- as JUDY, goes with the ploy of turning into 'MADELEINE'
- KIM NOVAK
- Gavin Elster
- Acquaintance of Scottie from school
- Knows of Scottie's weakness: Agoraphobia
- uses it to his advantage
- uses it to his advantage
- Knows of Scottie's weakness: Agoraphobia
- 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)
- the first half of the film is entirely staged by both ELSTER and JUDY (MADELEINE)
- Dresses and rehearses JUDY
- disappears once court is ended
- Acquaintance of Scottie from school
- 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
- tells doctor and audience that he is in love with MADELEINE
- looks after him
- hospital visits
- evidently still 'in love' with him
- becomes voice of reason
- John 'Scottie' Ferguson
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