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*SPOILER ALERT*
If you do not want to learn the ending of the Sixth Sense, read no further.
In the Sixth Sense, the viwer finds out in the last scene that Bruce Willis is actually dead. He died in the first scene. The filmmaker’s watched the movie and thought, “We have so many clues. How will we ever fool the audiences into believing he is alive?”
Yes, there are certain people who claim they knew he was dead when he was Haley Joel Osment told him in the hospital room, “Some ghosts don’t even know they’re dead. They walk around like normal people.”
But most people bought it, and most people were completely shocked to find out that he had been dead.
So, bringing this back to Vertigo, I think that (had he wanted to) Hitchcock could have fooled audiences into thinking that Judy and Madeleine were different people. Sure there would be a few that would watch it and say, “It’s the same actress. She’s the same person.” But if the film did not emphasize this, then audiences could have been tricked until the last moment. (Personally, I thought they did a great job dressing down Kim Novak for the role of Judy. Her hair and make-up were so different I questioned whether it was the same actress or not.) And even if audiences knew that Judy and Madeleine were played by the same actress, they could have assumed that Hitchcock did this on purpose because he wanted the characters to resemble each other.
]]>-Melissa Kashizadeh
]]>Although it makes sense to say that the twist is best to see at the end,
It was definitely fascinating to watch Scottie trying to figure out why Judy and Madeleine looked so similar and it emphasized the complexity and confusion audiences could have been feeling of the murder situation as a whole. Plus, Hitchcock’s way of letting the viewer in on the secret was entirely unique and gave the audience so much more to work with such as the suspense of waiting for Scottie to go about discovering the secret plot and the mystery of how “Judy” would react to Scottie’s psychological trauma for losing Madeleine. This took the plot to an entirely new and elevated level, which to me, was not boring in the least bit.
Thus, I say that Hitchcock’s plot in Vertigo should be left untouched the way it is.
]]>If Hitchcock had changed some of the scenes to hint that there was more to Judy (through her facial expressions - he seems to be very good at filming that) and not given away the secret so soon, I don’t think the film would have been boring. Reuven said it may have been confusing, but I think it would have really added to the mystery and eeriness of the movie, and have had resulted in an even more dramatic ending.
]]>By revealing the secret to the audience earlier, I think Hitchcock took away from the audience’s ability to relate to and sympathize with Scottie’s character. Judy’s reluctance to be dressed as Madeleine didn’t seem sympathetic anymore, I wasn’t even concerned for Scottie’s terrible loss and his disturbed emotional state after losing Madeleine…for me, it was all about Judy trying to cover up her murder plot, and it took away from Scottie’s character.
]]>As for the the pending issue of Midge, it did not really bother me so much. I mean once Scottie made it clear he had no interest in her the plot really moved and led up to the eventual confrontation between Scottie and Judy. At that point I think Midge’s character might have interrupted the flow of the movie, although I do concede that she was her character was a significant one in the overall story.
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