His best film was “ Vertigo” (1958); it contains a scene where Novak emerges from a ghostly green mist while Stewart watches her.
“ Psycho” was been called the most influential of his films, ushering in the current period of screen violence. His best film was “ Vertigo” (1958); it contains a scene where Novak emerges from a ghostly green mist while Stewart watches her. In his face is exaltation: He has re-created the image of the lost woman he is obsessed with. In her face is pain: She is not only the image of that woman, but in fact was that woman, a fact she cannot reveal – because, having cruelly deceived him, she loves him.