Scottie, do you believe that someone out of the past - someone dead - can enter and take possession of a living being?
No 40 - Vertigo Director - Alfred Hitchcock This film made me feel stupid. I went in with very little knowledge of the plot, I only knew it had a dream sequence designed by Dali (another memory carefully stored from my wonderful times at MOMI ). It DOESN'T have a dream sequence designed by Dali! Spellbound does .... and Spellbound isn't even on the ruddy list. So, as I didn't know the plot of the film I was very surprised when it is unveiled that Gavin Elster would like retired detective John ' Scotty ' Ferguson to follow his wife because he thinks she is possessed by a suicidal ghost. That is a bit of a bonkers plot. It certainly isn't what I was expecting from a Hitchcock film. Now yes, there is a twist that explains it all in a logical way. It also cancels out the main crux of my bugbear with this film.... However, as the twist isn't revealed till about 20 minutes before the end, I have lots and lots of notes which talk about one thing: Jimmy Stewart ...