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Coloring In Alfred Hitchcock's Film Vertigo

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Vertigo
Vertigo (1958) is about Scottie Ferguson (James Stewart), a detective who is forced to retire because of his fear of heights. He then takes a case from his friend, Gavin Elster (Tom Helmore), in which Scottie has to follow Elster’s wife, Madeline Elster (Kim Novak). He becomes obsessed with her and falls in love with her. Like in all Alfred Hitchcock’s movie, the second half of the movie changes how the viewers see the characters and events. Coloring plays a significant role in this movie, two colors that seem to repeat throughout the movie is red and green. It is first shown in Ernie’s, the restaurant that Gavin and Madeline are in and so is Ferguson. The restaurant has red walls, red chairs, and red floors. Madeline is wearing a
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