Paul Schrader is the other writer, twisting Vertigo beautifully into something sicker... Overall, film couldn't be more like Hitch's - though also has echoes of Marnie, Dial M for Murder and Rebecca - exaggerated by one of Bernard Herrmann's last great scores, featuring a choir and church organ.
More wonderful deep focus and interesting compositions from Vilmos Zsigmond, at his most diffused (like, it must be said, many of the exterior shots in Vertigo) - film is almost entirely shot at angles, also like its predecessor... Some seriously good scenes such as the first drop-off of the money on the pier, with wonderful moving perspective...
Cliff Robertson, Genevieve Bujold, John Lithgow.. Doesn't really have any other characters of note.
Q thinks the mausoleum in the park looks ridiculous. I am of course inclined to agree.
Film is nuts, but most interesting. Finale in corridor looks eerie - they're so far apart from each other...
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