Vertigo (NFT/BFI Film Classics)
by Pierre Boileau, Thomas Narcejac | Mystery & Thrillers |
ISBN: 0747531870 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 0747531870 Global Overview for this book
Registered by 
GoryDetails
of Nashua, New Hampshire USA on 7/15/2010
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
GoryDetails of Nashua, New Hampshire USA on 7/15/2010 This Book is Currently in the Wild!
2 journalers for this copy...
I've seen and enjoyed Alfred Hitchcock's classic psychological thriller Vertigo many times, but hadn't realized until fairly recently that it was based on a novel. Once I learned that I was eager to find a copy, and lo! The other day I came across this good-condition trade paperback among the secondhand books at Toadstool Books in Milford. Hooray!
Later: Very interesting... This is one of those cases where if I'd read the book first I would have been stunned by the twists in the movie, but as I did it the other way around I found myself anticipating the wrong things in the book! It does have many of the same plot elements, including the key one (which I won't mention as it's a huge spoiler), but lots of others are... rather different. [As are the character names, which actually helps a bit in keeping the movie-plot and book-plot separate in my head.]
Suspenseful, emotional, and very, very twisty - glad I (finally!) read this one.
[There's a TV Tropes page for the film, btw.]
Later: Very interesting... This is one of those cases where if I'd read the book first I would have been stunned by the twists in the movie, but as I did it the other way around I found myself anticipating the wrong things in the book! It does have many of the same plot elements, including the key one (which I won't mention as it's a huge spoiler), but lots of others are... rather different. [As are the character names, which actually helps a bit in keeping the movie-plot and book-plot separate in my head.]
Suspenseful, emotional, and very, very twisty - glad I (finally!) read this one.
[There's a TV Tropes page for the film, btw.]
This book's going into my Based on the Book bookbox, with this book serving as the bookbox journal. The box will be on the way to the first participant soon. Enjoy!
Travelling with the "Based on the Book" bookbox. Really enjoyed the movie though!
Journal Entry 4 by 
haahaahaa98
at Little Free Library - Clark St (At Thomas St) in Belmont, Massachusetts USA on Tuesday, September 14, 2021
haahaahaa98 at Little Free Library - Clark St (At Thomas St) in Belmont, Massachusetts USA on Tuesday, September 14, 2021
Released 2 yrs ago (9/14/2021 UTC) at Little Free Library - Clark St (At Thomas St) in Belmont, Massachusetts USA
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
Loved the film, but am prioritizing some other reads.
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Welcome to Bookcrossing! Please make a journal entry to let me know that this book has been caught so I know that it has found a good home with you. If you are new to BookCrossing, when you join please indicate that you were referred by haahaahaa98. I hope that you enjoy the book. You can make another journal entry with your comments when you are done reading.
Then, whenever you are ready to send it on its way, make a journal entry if you are giving or sending this book to a known person, or a release note if you are leaving it “in the wild” again for anyone to catch. Then watch its journey. You’ll be alerted by e-mail each time someone makes another journal entry. And it’s confidential (you are known only by your screen name and no one is ever given your e-mail address), free, and spam-free.
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