History Film / Vertigo

* LovingAShadow: It's clear that Scottie never would have given Judy a second glance if she hadn't so strongly resembled Madeleine.

* ReplacementGoldfish: Sums up Scottie's entire relationship with Judy.

* LovingAShadow: It's clear that Scottie never would have given Judy a second glance if she hadn't so strongly resembled Madeleine.

* ReplacementGoldfish: Sums up Scottie's entire relationship with Judy.

** On a more infamous note (no pun intended), when Robert A. Harris and James Catz restored the movie for the 1996 re-release, Universal had the soundtrack remixed into six-channel DTS by mixing new sound effects with the original music and dialogue. However, by the time Universal decided to restore the movie again, for its 2012 re-release and Blu-Ray debut, technology had evolved to a point where they could remix the soundtrack while keeping the original sound effects.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Midge disappears half-way through the movie.

* FollowTheLeader: BrianDePalma's ''Body Double'', but with claustrophobia instead of acrophobia.

* SpoilerTitle: Depending on how you interpret it, the Portuguese title of the movie - ''[[spoiler:A Mulher Que Viveu Duas Vezes]]'' ([[spoiler:The Woman Who Lived Twice]]) - counts as one.

* PuttingAHandOverHisMouth: Happens during TheReveal. [[spoiler:Kim Novak has just seen her doppelganger (the real Madeleine) fall to her death and we see Galvin muffling her scream]].

* BatmanGambit: [[spoiler:Gavin's plan to use Scottie's fear of heights to prevent him from getting to the top of the tower definitely qualifies. And if Scottie had ever seen a picture of the real Madeleine, Gavin would've been sunk.]]
* BettyAndVeronica / LightFeminineDarkFeminine: [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]] and played with in fascinating ways.

* ClimbingClimax

** On a more infamous note (no pun intended), when Robert A. Harris and James Catz restored the movie for the 1996 re-release, Univeral had the soundtrack remixed into six-channel DTS by mixing new sound effects with the original music and dialogue. However, by the time Universal decided to restore the movie again, for its 2012 re-release and Blu-Ray debut, technology had evolved to a point where they could remix the soundtrack while keeping the original sound effects.

* DoppelgangerReplacementLoveInterest: {{deconstructed}}

** When Judy leaves the bathroom after getting her hair done in Madeline's style, there is an intense fog around her as though Madeline has "come back from the dead." [[spoiler: Which she technically ''has''.]]

* GainaxEnding

* InternalReveal: The audience finds out that [[spoiler: Judy and Madeleine are one and the same]] shortly after Judy's introduction. Scottie only figures it out when he sees [[spoiler:Judy wearing Madeleine's necklace]].

* LiteralCliffhanger

* LoveMartyr: Judy

* NunsAreSpooky

* ThroughTheEyesOfMadness

* {{Bowdlerise}}: The "foreign censorship ending" described below under DeletedScene.

* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:Gavin Eslter, although this is presumably negated in the DeletedScene mentioned above.]]

* CatapultNightmare

* CatapultNightmare: Scottie does this after the haunting dream sequence.

* InternalReveal: A particularly shocking one in which the audience finds out that [[spoiler: Judy and Madeleine are one and the same]].

A classic 1958 film directed by Creator/AlfredHitchcock.

!!Tropes:

* TakeMyHand: Used, and tragically subverted, in the opening scene.

The movie was re-released to cinemas in 1983 and on home video in 1984. This time it was a commercial hit and reviews were overwhelmingly positive. By the end of the 1980s, ''Vertigo'' [[VindicatedByHistory was considered among the best films of Hitchcock and highly significant for film history]]. In 2008, the American Film Institute gave this movie the #1 position in a list of the 10 best mystery films produced in America. In 2012, it earned first place in a poll by ''Sight and Sound'' determining the 50 greatest movies, dethroning ''Film/CitizenKane'' from 50 years of making the top of their charts.

The film was released to mixed reviews and modest box office results. Critics complained of the film being overly long, slow and too "bogged in detail". However by the late 1960s, scholar Robin Wood re-evaluated the film to be "one of the four or five most profound and beautiful films the cinema has yet given us". Removed from circulation in 1973, it remained somewhat obscure. It was re-released to cinemas in 1983 and on home video in 1984. This time it was a commercial hit and reviews were overwhelmingly positive. By the end of the 1980s, ''Vertigo'' [[VindicatedByHistory was considered among the best films of Hitchcock and highly significant for film history]]. In 2008, the American Film Institute gave this movie the #1 position in a list of the 10 best mystery films produced in America. In 2012, it earned first place in a poll by ''Sight and Sound'' determining the 50 greatest movies, dethroning ''Film/CitizenKane'' from 50 years of making the top of their charts.

The film was released to mixed reviews and modest box office results. Critics complained of the film being overly long, slow and too "bogged in detail". However by the late 1960s, scholar Robin Wood re-evaluated the film to be "one of the four or five most profound and beautiful films the cinema has yet given us". Removed from circulation in 1973, it remained somewhat obscure. It was re-released to cinemas in 1983 and on home video in 1984. This time it was a commercial hit and reviews were overwhelmingly positive. By the end of the 1980s, ''Vertigo'' [[VindicatedByHistory was considered among the best films of Hitchcock and highly significant for film history]]. In 2012, it earned first place in a poll by ''Sight and Sound'' determining the 50 greatest movies, dethroning ''Film/CitizenKane'' from 50 years of making the top of their charts.

* DeletedScene: During the film's production, a tacked-on ending scene set in Midge's apartment was shot, offering a clearer exposition of Elster's and Scottie's fates. It was shot for overseas prints of the film in countries whose censor boards were tougher than the [[HaysCode Hays Office]] (which, by 1958, was a lot more lenient and was entering its twilight), and was eventually included as an extra on the laserdisc and DVD releases. (Watch it [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imbLXT2K--M here]].)

* {{Bowdlerise}}: The "foreign censorship ending" that was uncovered during the film's restoration, tying up many of the film's loose ends and moral ambiguities, specifically [[spoiler:ensuring that Gavin is put away for his crime]]. Hitchcock shot it in order to appease censor boards outside the US that were more restrictive than the [[HaysCode Hays Office]] (which, by 1958, had grown far more lenient), and did not like it one bit.

* DeletedScene: During the film's production a tacked-on ending scene mandated by the HaysCode (set in Midge's apartment, and offering a clearer exposition of Elster's and Scottie's fates) was shot. While Hitchcock managed to get the scene excised in favor of his preferred, more ambiguous ending, it did turn up in some overseas prints of the film and was eventually included as an extra on the laserdisc and DVD releases. (Watch it [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imbLXT2K--M here]].)

* DeletedScene: During the film's production a tacked-on ending scene mandated by the HaysCode (set in Midge's apartment, and offering a clearer exposition of [[spoiler:Elster's and Scottie's]] fates) was shot. While Hitchcock managed to get the scene excised in favor of his preferred, more ambiguous ending, it did turn up in some overseas prints of the film and was eventually included as an extra on the laserdisc and DVD releases. (Watch it [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imbLXT2K--M here]].)

** On a more infamous note (no pun intended), when Robert A. Harris and James Catz restored the movie for the 1996 re-release, they remixed the soundtrack into six-channel DTS by mixing new sound effects with the original music and dialogue. However, by the time Universal decided to restore the movie again, for its 2012 re-release and Blu-Ray debut, technology had evolved to a point where they could remix the soundtrack while keeping the original sound effects.

* InternalReveal: A particularly shocking one in which the audience finds out that Judy and Madeleine are one and the same.