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Vertigo is a 1958 American film noir psychological thriller film directed and produced by Alfred Hitchcock. The story was based on the 1954 novel D'entre les morts (From Among the Dead) by Boileau-Narcejac. The film was shot on location in San Francisco, California, and at Paramount Studios in Hollywood. It is the first film to use the dolly zoom, an in-camera effect that distorts perspective to create disorientation, to convey Scottie's acrophobia. As a result of it's use in this film, the effect is often referred to as the InchVertigo effectInch. Vertigo received mixed reviews upon initial , but is now often cited as a classic Hitchcock film and one of the defining works of his career. Album Tracks 1. Vertigo - Original Movie Soundtrack 1. Vertigo Prelude and Rooftop 2. Madeleine and Carlotta's Portrait 3. The Beach 4. Farewell and the Tower 5. The Nightmare and Dawn 1. Side B 1. Love Music 2. The Necklace and the Return and Finale 3. Bonus Tracks - Original Soundtrack Recordings from Alfred Hitchcock Films 4. Theme from Alfred Hitchcock Presents (Funeral March of a Marionette) 5. From the Television Series - Theme from Dial M for Murder 6. Mouvements Perpetuels from Rope 7. Theme from the Trouble with Harry 8. Juke Box #6 from Rear Window 9. Prologue; Duet for Four Feet from Strangers on a Train
