A little guess about the last half hour

Isai 2021-10-18 19:52:28

Why do I think the part after an hour and a half is all produced by the mentally ill male protagonist?

The reasons are as follows:
1. Perspective. Before almost every scene, there was a male lead in every mirror. After 90 minutes, not only Judy's perspective was added, but also the passage of her memories was added. In the first half, Miss Wood, who had been fascinated by the hero, did not show up again after visiting him, suspicious. (Someone will definitely mention the difference in perspective between the two parts of Hitchcock’s Cry, but I don’t think the two are similar. This movie is about the male protagonist from the beginning to the end, and suddenly changed A Judy's perspective to solve the puzzle is quite abrupt)

Second, motivation. If you try to treat the last 30 minutes as a dream, it undoubtedly has a strong compensation and negation function-the male protagonist’s fear of heights is healed, and Madeleine’s death was not his fault, but the murder. . What's more, Madeleine was murdered by his husband, and it was Judy who fell in love with herself. What a perfect set of plots, it has transformed himself, who was originally completely at a moral disadvantage (a woman who fell in love with a friend and a client) into a hero who dared to love and hate, and bravely solve the mystery. (Of course, I have to think of the relationship between the movie and the dream. The audience watching the movie is also dreaming. The male protagonist, as the carrier of the audience's consciousness, naturally hopes that the movie will have a satisfactory and humane and moral ending)

3: Coincidence. It was a coincidence that the hero met Judy. I don't know if the intention of this coincidence arrangement is really just a coincidence.

In summary, if there are too many unexplainable plots in the first half, it needs to be explained in the last thirty minutes. From a realistic point of view, it succeeded (although some coincidences are too unusual in my opinion).

Finally, I want to say whether there is always more than one truth, and which one is closer to the truth for you depends on which one you choose to believe.

One question: When Judy and the male lead were entangled on the tower, they said: "Dead! Dead! He'd broken her neck!" At that time, couldn't the autopsy at that time be able to distinguish between falling from a high altitude and breaking her neck (or other conventional means) Is the difference? I think this is either a flaw in the play or a hint.

ps. Jinnovak is really beautiful and dizzying. Can be tied with Grace Kelly as my 20th century goddess.

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  • Marques 2022-04-24 07:01:02

    [8.8/10] The nightmare part can be consecrated. The ending is WTF. Hitchcock's ability to create a suspenseful atmosphere is too strong.

  • Larue 2022-04-24 07:01:02

    To be honest, the plot really dragged on, but because it was Hitchcock's work, I didn't dare to fast-forward for a second. In the second half, I saw the heroine's death. After thinking about it, I didn't know how he would reverse this scene. I even began to doubt that female friend in the form of science fiction films. It turned out that it was. It feels like Hitchcock is writing a proposition composition using the word "ecstasy" to create an unconventional story based on a stress-induced post-traumatic stress that is afraid of heights. High is really high. The zoom on the high stairs is very sharp, but James Stewart's sly and glib look really doesn't like Jin Novak's first look at her beautiful two makeup looks completely changed.

Vertigo quotes

  • Scottie: [to Judy, after being taken to the scene of Madeline's death] No, no. I have to tell you about Madeleine now. Right there.

    [Pointing]

    Scottie: We stood there and I kissed her for the last time, and she said, 'If you lose me you'll know that I loved you and wanted to keep on loving you.' And I said, 'I won't lose you.' But I did.

    [pause]

    Scottie: And then she turned and ran into the church. I tried to follow, but it was too late.

  • Midge: You want to know something? I don't think Mozart's going to help at all.