Vertigo

Snubbed Forever: Kim Novak 

Dir. Alfred Hitchcock. 1958, 128 mins. U.S. DCP. With James Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes. Voted the greatest film of all time in the 2012 Sight & Sound international critics poll, Hitchcock’s peerless psychological thriller follows a San Francisco private detective who comes out of retirement to trail an old schoolmate’s beautiful wife, who appears to be haunted by a figure from her ancestral past. Both an ingeniously plotted mystery and a profoundly disturbing tale of romantic obsession, Vertigo is an emotional experience like no other—an astonishment on the level of image, sound, and storytelling. Stewart’s rightfully acclaimed performance as a man who falls into spirals of psychosis is matched at every turn by Novak’s ethereal work as two different, yet equally tragic women:  the inscrutable Madeleine and the earthy Judy. 

Tickets: $17.50 / $12 senior and students / $10 youth (ages 3–17) / discounted for MoMI members ($7–$11). There is a $1.50 transaction fee per ticket for all online purchases. The cost of admission may be applied toward a same-day purchase of a membership. 

This event is sold out. Limited tickets may become available on standby at the door. Please pick up tickets at the Museum’s admissions desk upon arrival. All seating is general admission. 

Please note: the previously scheduled March 9 screening has been canceled.