Well done tour of Vertigo location sites. However, the Empire Hotel interiors, like all the interiors in the movie, including Scottie's apartment and Ernie's restaurant, were filmed on soundstages at Paramount.
My favorite movie all my life and perhaps the greatest movie ever made. Never tire of seeing those locations. Only wish more of them had survived. I saw the Podesta Baldocchi flower shop downtown before it left sometime in the late 70s or 80s. I understand the McKittrick Hotel was demolished sometime in the 60s or 70s. Would have been great to still have those around. Thank you.
@@felixunger1971 Hi - Thank you again. One thing I forgot to mention is that the scene in the forest, supposedly set in Marin county, was actually filmed somewhere near Santa Cruz. I recently visited the redwoods park in Big Bend, CA, not that far from Santa Cruz, and I think it was actually filmed there.
@@felixunger1971 Hi yet again. I wish I had been more aware of it when I visited Big Bend. It didn't occur to me that it was the scene until after I'd left. If I go back I'll see if I can find the exact location... But the park has no ocean location (I don't think so anyway) so - was the kiss filmed elsewhere? I guess..... If you want to talk about the film live sometime I am jpinsfca1 on SKYPE. Regards, John
Your images are rather fuzzy! I had filmed these sites with a Sony Camcorder in the 1996 and after and I was steady, even if you walk you can have steady images !
ANDY: Once Upon A Time … Years Pass … Then One Day … (stops down left, dizzy in First Position) “Vertigo” …(shows DVD box) … Alfred Hitchcock’s masterpiece - greatest movie ever made. Better than “Citizen Kane”. “Sleepless in Seattle”. Starring Kim Novak, Jimmy Stewart and (pause) Kim Novak! Stewart hanging for dear life while a cop reaches out for him, and falls … A Virtual Tour of San Francisco peaks and valleys: Fort Point, Muir Woods, Golden Gate Bridge. Nob Hill, Coit Tower, Ferry Building. Mission Dolores, San Juan Bautista. Legion of Honor, Palace of Fine Arts, Cypress Point. A plot as twisted as Lombard Street: Fake suicides, recurring charades, mistaken identifications. A fateful necklace, the mysterious wife, a possessed mistress. Catatonic acrophobia, a dummy bell tower, the sudden nun. A green hotel. The ironic reappearance of Judy from Salina! All of it cascades into a dolly-zoom nightmare: “The Vertigo Effect”. Designed by Paramount’s second cameraman Irmin Roberts. The dolly moves the camera forward, while the zoom moves backward - warping perspective of the viewer … me! Hell, I have that special effect embedded in my head - any time the lights go out. (still woozy) I feel it when I’m standing right here. Right now. (demonstrate: wobbly walk down center) jamiejobbbackstagepass.blogspot.com/2019/06/vertigoblues-or-gravitysgot-down-alife.html
Amazing Hitcock,Amazing Movie !!!
wonderful thanks for sharing..makes me look at one of my favourite cities with a new angle thru your footsteps
WELL DONE, WELL DONE, WELL DONE!!! Thanks for sharing your tour with us :o)
Well done tour of Vertigo location sites. However, the Empire Hotel interiors, like all the interiors in the movie, including Scottie's apartment and Ernie's restaurant, were filmed on soundstages at Paramount.
My favorite movie all my life and perhaps the greatest movie ever made. Never tire of seeing those locations. Only wish more of them had survived. I saw the Podesta Baldocchi flower shop downtown before it left sometime in the late 70s or 80s. I understand the McKittrick Hotel was demolished sometime in the 60s or 70s. Would have been great to still have those around. Thank you.
John McGlynn my pleasure and thank you so much for watching!
@@felixunger1971 Hi - Thank you again. One thing I forgot to mention is that the scene in the forest, supposedly set in Marin county, was actually filmed somewhere near Santa Cruz. I recently visited the redwoods park in Big Bend, CA, not that far from Santa Cruz, and I think it was actually filmed there.
I think you are right! I do know it wasn’t filmed where I visited, though it was obviously meant to be set there.
@@felixunger1971 Hi yet again. I wish I had been more aware of it when I visited Big Bend. It didn't occur to me that it was the scene until after I'd left. If I go back I'll see if I can find the exact location... But the park has no ocean location (I don't think so anyway) so - was the kiss filmed elsewhere? I guess..... If you want to talk about the film live sometime I am jpinsfca1 on SKYPE. Regards, John
Your images are rather fuzzy! I had filmed these sites with a Sony Camcorder in the 1996 and after and I was steady, even if you walk you can have steady images !
Yes, you are right. Though I did my best with the technology I had - including editing software.
The Hotel room was a set. Only the exterior was shot at the Hotel although the current owner fools people that it was shot there.
ANDY: Once Upon A Time … Years Pass … Then One Day …
(stops down left, dizzy in First Position)
“Vertigo” …(shows DVD box)
… Alfred Hitchcock’s masterpiece - greatest movie ever made.
Better than “Citizen Kane”. “Sleepless in Seattle”.
Starring Kim Novak, Jimmy Stewart and
(pause) Kim Novak!
Stewart hanging for dear life
while a cop reaches out for him, and falls …
A Virtual Tour of San Francisco peaks and valleys:
Fort Point, Muir Woods, Golden Gate Bridge.
Nob Hill, Coit Tower, Ferry Building.
Mission Dolores, San Juan Bautista.
Legion of Honor, Palace of Fine Arts, Cypress Point.
A plot as twisted as Lombard Street:
Fake suicides, recurring charades, mistaken identifications.
A fateful necklace, the mysterious wife, a possessed mistress.
Catatonic acrophobia, a dummy bell tower, the sudden nun.
A green hotel. The ironic reappearance of Judy from Salina!
All of it cascades into a dolly-zoom nightmare: “The Vertigo Effect”.
Designed by Paramount’s second cameraman Irmin Roberts.
The dolly moves the camera forward, while the zoom
moves backward - warping perspective of the viewer … me!
Hell, I have that special effect embedded in my head
- any time the lights go out.
(still woozy)
I feel it when I’m standing right here.
Right now.
(demonstrate: wobbly walk down center)
jamiejobbbackstagepass.blogspot.com/2019/06/vertigoblues-or-gravitysgot-down-alife.html