Vertigo

Poster for Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo featuring a bold orange background with a white spiral pattern radiating inward. At the center, silhouetted figures of a man and woman appear to fall or twist within the spiral, evoking dizziness and psychological instability. The top text reads “James Stewart Kim Novak in Alfred Hitchcock’s Masterpiece,” and the title “Vertigo” appears in large black letters at the bottom.

Director: Alfred Hitchcock

Lead Actors: James Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes, Tom Helmore

Release Year: 1958

IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052357

Podcast Episode: Episode 110: There’s Nothing Like a Freudian Obsession of Mother — Vertigo (1958) with Daniel Kieckhefer

Psychology Concepts: aggression, attachment, Behavioral Psychology, childhood trauma, Clinical Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, conformity, coping, death, Developmental Psychology, disgust, dreams, emotions, false memory, family dynamics, fear, Film Analysis, grief, guilt, Health Psychology, Memory, mental illness, motivation, Personality Psychology, persuasion, posttraumatic stress disorder, psychodynamic theory, Psychological Disorders, psychopathology, psychosis, relationships, sexism, social influence, Social Psychology, stress, the self