Hitchcock's twisted fever dream of obsession — where falling in love means literally falling.
A retired detective suffering from acrophobia investigates the strange activities of an old friend's wife, all the while becoming dangerously obsessed with her.
Direction
Hitchcock's most personal and technically dazzling film.
Cinematography
The dolly zoom — invented here, still unmatched.
Score
Bernard Herrmann's swirling strings induce actual vertigo.
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