	<a target="_top" href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/fc.us468/member/movietv;abr=!ie;s1=m;s3=movi;pos=1;tag=i;sz=468x60;mtile=1;ord=2001?"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/fc.us468/member/movietv;abr=!ie;s1=m;s3=movi;pos=1;tag=i;sz=468x60;mtile=1;ord=2001?" border=0 height="60" width="468"></a>

<A HREF="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/fc.us88/member/movietv;abr=!ie;s1=m;s3=movi;pos=2;tag=i;sz=88x31;mtile=2; ord=3100?"><IMG SRC="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/fc.us88/member/movietv;abr=!ie;s1=m;s3=movi;pos=2;tag=i;sz=88x31;mtile=2; ord=3100?" height=31 width=88 border=0></A>

<A HREF="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/fc.us88/member/movietv;abr=!ie;s1=m;s3=movi;pos=3;tag=i;sz=88x31;mtile=3; ord=3101?"><IMG SRC="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/fc.us88/member/movietv;abr=!ie;s1=m;s3=movi;pos=3;tag=i;sz=88x31;mtile=3; ord=3101?" height=31 width=88 border=0></A>

Vertigo

Part Thirteen : The Final Act

Before Watching Judy's Entrance

Read Judy's letter to Scottie :

Dear Scottie: And so you found me. This is the moment that I've dreaded and hoped for, wondering what I would say and do if I ever saw you again. I never wanted to see you again. Now I'll go and you can give up your search. I want you to have peace of mind. You have nothing to blame yourself for. You were fooled. I was the tool, and you were the victim of Gavin Elster's plan to murder his wife. He chose me to play the part because I looked like her, dressed me up like her. He was quite safe because she lived out of the country and rarely came to town. He chose you to be a witness to a suicide. Carlotta's story was not real, all invented to make you testify that Madeleine wanted to kill herself. He knew of your vertigo. He knew you'd never get up the stairs to the tower. He designed it so well. He made no mistakes.I made a mistake. I fell in love. That wasn't part of the plan. I'm still in love with you. And I want you so to love me. If I had the nerve, I'd stay and hide, hoping that I could make you see me again as I am, for myself, and so forget the other and forget the past. But I don't know whether I have the nerve to lie.

Now watch the scene and correct the errors in the text.

While Watching

What is Judy planning to do now?
Why did Gavin choose Judy to play the part of his wife?
Where was his wife during this time?
How real was Carlotta's story?
What mistake did Judy make?
Why does Judy rip her letter up after writing it?
What happpens while the two of them are eating at the restaurant
When does Scottie suggest meeting again?
What does Scottie proppose about Judy's job?
What does Judy agree to?

After Watching
Read this extract from a review of the film. What do you think?
The placing of the revelation in the middle of the film, rather than saving it for the end is cited as making it Hitchcock's least suspenseful film. Rubbish! Hitchcock himself explained that he was replacing shock with suspense by doing this.
Write your own review of the film. What did you like about it? What didn't you like?
Created and Maintained by: Graham Stanley
All Lesson Plans Copyright Graham Stanley, 1999
...but f

web hosting • domain names
web design • online games