Vertigo

    Part Two : Meeting Gavin, and his proposition

Who is Gavin Elster? Why did Scottie and his friend Midge think he has called him?

Answer the following questions while watching:

1. How did Gavin get into the ship-building business?
   
2. Does Gavin like his job?
3. How does he feel about San Francisco?
4. What does Gavin say he's sorry about?
5. What does Scottie tell him about his "problem"?
6. Why has Gavin asked Scottie to come to see him?
7. What is Gavin afraid of?
8. What does he think has happened to his wife?
9. What is Scottie's advice?
10. Does Scottie think Gavin is making it up ?
11. What happens when Madeleine has one of her turns?
12. How often does it happen?
13. Where does she go during the day?
14. What does she do there?
15. What does he want to know before contacting a doctor?
16. Why does he want Scottie to help him?
17. Where are Gavin and his wife going tonight?
18. What does he suggest to Scottie?

Read the following commentary about the restoration of the film and explain what is meant by the underlined phrases

Nearly fifty percent of all the films that have been made since the birth of Hollywood have been damaged by the ravages of time. Vertigo almost became such a casualty. Over the past three decades, the original film negative had been rotting away in studio vaults. Originally photographed in VistaVision, a non-anamorphic, deep-focus filming process developed by Paramount Pictures, Vertigo was exposed on film horizontally, not vertically. Since VistaVision is no longer used in the film industry, except for certain types of special effects sequences, Harris and Katz had to essentially rebuild a brand-new restoration negative of the film. They succeeded. In November of 1997, Vertigo dazzled new audiences and resurrected the passion of its devoted and long-time fans when the restored version made its stunning widescreen debut on screens across the United States.