Comments on: Vertigo, Then and Now

Vertigo, Then and Now

y10k — Sat, 05 Apr 2003 21:01:21 -0800

Vertigo then and now is a collection of pictures from Vertigo, then and now. [via Scrubbles]

By: WolfDaddy

WolfDaddy — Sat, 05 Apr 2003 21:08:29 -0800

[this is good] way good. Hitchcock, History, Frisco! What's not to love??

By: MiguelCardoso

MiguelCardoso — Sat, 05 Apr 2003 21:37:16 -0800

Beautiful, y10k. Vertigo would be one of my favourite films if only I could get over its beauty and actually see it once, instead of just watching, transfixed.

By: AstroGuy

AstroGuy — Sat, 05 Apr 2003 21:37:19 -0800

Awesome link. I love this 'then and now' stuff. Thanks y10k.

By: davidmsc

davidmsc — Sat, 05 Apr 2003 21:38:50 -0800

Way cool. Truly the most beautiful city I've ever had the privilege of seeing, and being to see it through different "lenses" via this site just proves that The City's beauty is timeless.

By: Dunvegan

Dunvegan — Sat, 05 Apr 2003 22:06:40 -0800

[joy] Thanks y10k. Wonderful find. My favorite movie of all time + my favorite city of all time = enjoyable self-conducted Vertigo walking tours.

By: Vidiot

Vidiot — Sat, 05 Apr 2003 22:15:42 -0800

Very cool, y10k. I'd love to see the same thing for most of his movies -- they usually have such a strong sense of place. *cues up "To Catch A Thief"*

By: Dunvegan

Dunvegan — Sat, 05 Apr 2003 22:19:24 -0800

Oh, and WolfDaddy, in deference to the ghost of Emperor Norton I... please never, ever call it Frisco!

By: jonson

jonson — Sat, 05 Apr 2003 22:22:54 -0800

Thank you for this post! So very cool.

By: MiguelCardoso

MiguelCardoso — Sat, 05 Apr 2003 22:27:21 -0800

Funny you should mention "To Catch a Thief", Vidiot... Here, from the indispensable MacGuffin website, is the kind of wonderfully pretentious conjecture that Vertigo has always inspired. And what's still the classic Hitch website - whatever you do, don't be put off by its lousy appearance!

By: Vidiot

Vidiot — Sat, 05 Apr 2003 23:24:15 -0800

ooooh, Hitch websites! Now I can be consoled in my insomnia!

By: Vidiot

Vidiot — Sat, 05 Apr 2003 23:45:56 -0800

by the way, rephotography is fascinating. I've been interested in the idea ever since reading Stewart Brand's truly excellent How Buildings Learn, in which he studies how buildings and their uses change over time.

By: paddbear

paddbear — Sun, 06 Apr 2003 07:33:18 -0800

There's a whole book on Hitchcock's Bay Area films--"Footsteps in the Fog"-- published earlier this year. Quite a nice look at the "then" and "now" of the Bay Area locations of many Hitchcock films.

By: languagehat

languagehat — Sun, 06 Apr 2003 09:07:29 -0800

I've never been to SF, but Vertigo is one of my favorite movies, and I absolutely love this kind of then-and-now comparison, especially when done with this level of attention to angle and detail. In short, thank you, y10k!