Films
Vertigo
1958 · 128 min · United States · Cert. 12
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
A former San Francisco police detective juggles wrestling with his personal demons and becoming obsessed with the hauntingly beautiful woman he has been hired to trail, who may be deeply disturbed.
70mmDigital restoration
Programme note
Hitchcock shot the spiral into the film itself: the dolly-zoom down the bell tower was invented for this picture and has been borrowed ever since.
The 1996 restoration recovered the Technicolor and, with it, the green light Madeleine keeps stepping out of.
Written about this film
Sep 1, 2026
The green light in Vertigo, and how we got it back
What the 1996 restoration recovered, and why the colour matters more than the plot.