Vertigo

Alfred Hitchcock's mental thriller takes winding paths though San Fransisco, when both characters wander, lost in their own heads rather then the city. This leads to beautiful pans and views from the hood of the car, where the city if forced to blur by in the backround. This story contiunues with the Hitchcock style of the leading man to forceable overcome his tragic flaw, this time a fear of heights, a extreme case of Vertigo, which wouldn't be a problem in anywhere besides a city, where sky scrapers stretch high.

There is betrayal, or rather a double crossing reviled. Love turning to the point of Obsession, "evil twins" this plot line had all the markings of a bad soap opera, but the beautiful camera work made it a classic rather than trashy. Large shots of rooftops like at the missionary south from the city, where the ground seems so far away, gives more believability to the watcher, that the fear of hights is justified. The ghastly green light that pours threw the window of the hotel the betrayer lives gives more to the feelings of complete ominousness.

Vertigo also has the special effects of a bad Sci-fi movie, the ominous unearthly tones, the rotating eye intro, the pulling away of the stairs that started special effects. While this movie is now a classic, it must have raised some eyebrows back when it was first out.