] BackgroundVertigo(1958) is one of Alfred Hitchcock""s most powerful, deep, and stunningly beautiful films (in widescreen 70 mmVistaVision) - it is afilm noirthat functions on multiple levels., and the vigilante group split up.Below deck in the power room, Wayne precariously crept along a maze of pipes on a catwalk.A blast of steam blew the glasses off his face and were irretrievable.As he continued unsteadily forward, from his POV, he saw a blurry figure in front of him, and fired his gun."A leather book titled "Intolerance" opens, with a title card superimposed over the text of the open pages:Act I:Our first story - out of the cradle of the present."When Lecter returned to Paris, Lady Murasaki greeted him in his apartment, noting that he smelled of smoke and blood.